Ze Frank made a True Facts video asking for input on a species name for a new chiton mollusk identified by Juila Sigwart of the Senkenberg Ocean Species Alliance. A panel of expert judges which fortunately excluded Ze Frank came to a consensus and selected a name. This morning, a new paper was published in the Biodiversity Data Journal announcing the naming of Ferreiraella populi, the "chiton of the people."
More than 8,000 comments came in under the original video, so Ze Frank figured that some of the more humorous suggestions should be highlighted here since they did not make it into the science journal. Points for creativity, so to speak. Strangely, Ferreiraella chitonmcchitonface did not appear to gain any ground, but you might not be surprised that the most popular name in all those suggestions was Jerry. That one was disqualified from the competition by Jerry himself, if you can believe that story.
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