Re: U.parthenopipes

Jan Schlauer (Jan@pbc-ths1.pci.chemie.uni-tuebingen.de)
Tue, 26 Mar 1996 12:22:28 +0100

Dear Fernando,

> Are you guys kidding? You're gonna leave us all dying with
>curiosity?!?!?

Compared with the other stuff mentioned, parthenopipes (Greek for "virgin
gaper") is really harmless (I hope even for US consumption).

BTW, I was not the "taxonomic sicko" who chose this epithet. And I would
not call him (Peter Taylor himself) one.

IMHO, the sickos occupy other positions in this game. The fault is not with
the names. 8-)

Kind regards
Jan