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I meant to tell everyone of this unusually derived name previously but I
couldn't find the paper, and then seeing Alan Solem's genus Ba reminded me
to find it.
The genus is Smeagol described by Frank Climo in 1980, it is a very
interesting type of small slug that lives interstitially in gravel beds in
New Zealand and Australia.
Frank's etymology is this - " The genus takes its name from the pallid,
sometimes subterranean Tolkien character Smeagol (whose alternative name is
Gollum), a pitiable humanoid who ultimately played a very important role in
saving 'Middle Earth' from the evil forces. The slug described below is far
more significant, phylogenetically, than its drab exterior indicates - hence
the analogy.
I think this is the best etymology of the many species I have seen
Regards
Stephanie Clark
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