Etymology

Dorothea's wriggler

Today it means: The fish Allomicrodesmus dorotheae. Full definition →

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The story

The name honours Dorothea Bowers Schultz, the wife of Leonard Peter Schultz, who illustrated the monograph in which this species is described, although not this species.

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