Science Key Words

a: not or withoutannelus: little ringantho: flowerarthro: jointedaskos: bladderaster: starautos: selfavis: birdblennios: mucusbrachion: armbrevis: shortbryon: mosscephalus: headcheilos: margin, lipchondros: cartilagechorda: cordcytos (kytos): hollow vesselderm: skindiplos: double, twodino: horribleechino: spiny

mesos: middlemolluscus: softnoton: backoo: eggokios (eco): houseoligo: fewosteon: bonepycno: densityplasma: moldpod or pous: footporus: poreproctos: anusrectus: straightsapiens: wisesaur: lizardspinus: spinesteno: narrowtrophos: feederuro (oura): tailzoon (zoa): animal

ectos: outsideendon: withinenteron: guteu: trueeury: widefera: bearingflagella: whipsgastro: stomachgnathos: jawgymnos: nakedhaline: salthelminthes: wormheteros: differenthypsi: highhomos: same, commonichthys: fishknide (cnide): nettlekoilos (coelos): hollowplaty: flatmamma: breast

SOME LATIN AND GREEK ROOT WORDS AND THEIR ENGLISH MEANINGS

Dinosaur

Dinoflagellate

Cephalopoda Arthropoda

Ectoderm/Epidermis

Endoderm/Gastroderm

Cnidocyte

Cnidocyte

Coral Polyp

Rectus abdominus Superior rectus

Chondrichthyes Osteichthyes

Chondrocyte

Agnathan

Oocyte OogenesisBoutique

Tide Pool Blenny

Uses a euryhaline strategy. OviparousDemersal

Hypsoblennius caulopus 

Oligotropic Eutrophic

Biological Nomenclature

A species is both defined by its genus name and specific name.

Ex. Panthera tigris

Panthera- genus name

tigris- species name

Common names

Confusing

Ambiguous

Scientific names

Agreed upon system

Names

• Portuguese Man-of-War

• Bluebottle

• Physalia physalis

NamesLanguage

Latin or Latinized

Giving names

A highly technical process

Name is author’s choice

Commemorate People• Gardenia jasminoides (Dr. Alexander Garden)• Camellia japonica (Joseph Kamel)• Strelitzia reginae (Queen Charlotte

of Mecklenburg-Strelitz)• Siegesbeckia orientalis (Dr. Siegesbeck)

Descriptive

• Cardinalis cardinalis (red)• Railus aquaticus (watery)• Passer domesticus (house)

Geographic Location

• Kuhlia sandwicensis (Hawaii)• Periplanata americana

(American cockroach)• Zosterops japonica

(Japanese white-eye)

Pronunciation• Divide into syllables

• Choose where to place emphasis

Mon/a/chus schau/in/slan/di

Hawaiian Monk Seal

Monachus schauinslandi

Humor in namingAgra vation by Terry Erwin

a tropical beetle that was apparently very difficult to collect.

(Agra cadabra, Agra katewinslettae, Agra memnon, Agra sasquatch)

Heerz lukenatcha.

http://www.curioustaxonomy.net/puns/puns.html

Humor in naming

A spider called Orson-wells malus

A flower called Eristalis gatesi

An ant called Pheidole harrisonfordi