Comments on: Myrmekiaphila NeilYoungi

By: Stray Mongrel

Stray Mongrel — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:09:38 +0000

I’m not sure you can sue for having a spider named after you. I don’t think there are laws that exist to cover that.

I firmly believe that suing over naming a spider after you would be petty and frivolous. If, on the other hand, it were a type of skunk that was named after him, I would understand any animosity.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:40:45 +0000

If he doesn’t like it I guess he will sue the guy for using his name. Can’t sue spiders. He could try eradicating them, but that might be seen as bad form. But why put your name or someone elses to a species? Makes no sense to me. The same with latin names. Just a good, plain English description should suffice.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:17:14 +0000

“neilyoungi”

CASVS GENITIVVS HOC ESTNE.