There a lot of rules governing how you name new species. But that doesn't mean that fun things can't still get through.
This is Kootenichela deppi, a new 540 million year old arthropod from a deposit related to the Burgess Shale in British columbia, Canada.
Dave told me he was going to call it this a while back. I didn't believe him. Lucky I didn't make a bet.
Why is it named after Johnny Depp? Well, these are its claws,
and here's it's reconstruction,
Got it yet? Well, here, Dave explains, in his own words,
Citation:
Legg, David. “Multi-Segmented Arthropods from the Middle Cambrian of British Columbia (Canada).” Journal of Paleontology 87, no. 3 (May 1, 2013): 493–501. doi:10.1666/12-112.1.
Direct link: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1666/12-112.1
Old NID
110996
