Question

Discuss the etymologies of the following scientific names. Use any resources you need to discuss why these scientific names are (or are not) appropriate for the taxa carrying them. For example, you might state something like “Arborporphyriflos” (which does not exist) means “a tree with purple flowers”, so the etymology would be appropriate for a plant like that because the genus means tree (Arbor) and the specific epithet means purple flower (porphyriflos); however, if the tree was observed to produce yellow flowers the name’s etymology becomes somewhat inaccurate as a descriptor. Clearly, you will have to judge for yourself based on what you find out about these organisms:

1. Oxymonacanthuslongirostris:

2. Phylum Acanthocephala:

Answer 1

OXYMONACANTHUS LONGIROSTRIS

OXY MEANS SHARP

MON MEANS SINGLE

ACANTH MEANS SPINE OR THRONE

THUS A SHARP SINGLE SPINE

WORD ORIGIN GREEK GENUS NAME

SPECIES NAME LATIN LONG -I MEANING LONG

ROSTRUM MEANING SNOUT

COMES UNDER PHYLUM CHORDATA CLASS ACTINOPTERYGII -- RAY FINNED FISHES FOUND INDO PACEFIC REGION

-- PHYLUM ACANTHOCEPHALA

MEANS THORNY HEADED WORMS

ACANTHA -THORNY /GREEEK ORIGIN

CEPHALA -HEAD /LATIN BORROWED FROM GREEK WORD KEPHALOS

CEPHALUS MEANS HAVING A HEAD OF GIVEN SORT

GNATHIFERA CLASS AND HIGHERCLASSIFICATION -PLATYZOA

answered by: anonymous