Comments on: Smoke on the water

By: alephnull

alephnull — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:48:45 +0000

Stuff named after Frank Zappa. I can only remember the fish, which was called Zappa somehting.

Logik — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:07:10 +0000

Frank Zappa’s the connect.

Smoke on the water [ zappa and the...]

Zappa Confluentus, the shellfish.

Phialella zappai , the jelly fish.

Pachygnatha zappa, the spider.

There’s also this gene in Proteus mirabilis called ZapA.
an extinct mollusc called Amaurotoma zappa,

and a asteroid planet called ZappaFrank.

darthshak — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:15:48 +0000

Animals named after Frank Zappa (bottom most pic, duh)

Jellyfish like thing : phialella zappai
Fishy thing : zappa confluentus
Spider : pachygnatha zappa

shenoyvarun86 — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:04:16 +0000

1)Phialella zappai
2)zappa confluentus
3)Pachygnatha zappa

all named after Frank Zappa!

udupendra — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:25:25 +0000

Creatures named after Frank Zappa – Phialella zappai, Zappa confluentus, Pachygnatha zappa

krudebox — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:52:14 +0000

ah fish!! please cut the snail out from my previous response. Its a fish. The ZAPPA CONFLUENTUS

krudebox — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:47:40 +0000

Creatures named after Frank Zappa.

And from wiki, a phialellid jellyfish Phialella zappai, a fossil snail named Amaurotoma zappa, and a Cameroonese spider Pachygnatha zappa.
phew!

varuns88 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:21:43 +0000

1.Phialella Zappai
2.Zappa Confluentus
3. Pachygnatha Zappa

varuns88 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:20:24 +0000

Frank Zappa and genera of jellyfish,fish and ant named after him.

Gurupad — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:46:59 +0000

1. Phialella zappai
2. Zappa confluentus
3. Pachygnatha zappa
4. Frank Zappa

Fran Zappa