Naming a Species Is Forever -- Some Scientists Worry Selling Classification Invites Abuse
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › July 07, 2008
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LOS ANGELES - Jeff Goodhartz is single and has no children. But he wanted to ensure the family name would live on after he's gone.
So he paid $5,000 to have a newfound sea worm given the Goodhartz name, "goodhartzorum."See the full content of this document
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Naming a Species Is Forever -- Some Scientists Worry Selling Classification Invites Abuse
"This really jazzes me up," said the 55-year-old high school math teacher whose namesake is translucent with a flamboyant blue tuft. "It will be out there, the family name."
And it will be swimming in the Belize mangroves where someone else discovered it...See the full content of this document
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