This reminds me of someting I heard from a scallop biologist, who loved to
ask her students where the Sea Scallop Placopecten magellanicus got its
name. After all, what did Magellan have to do with the North Atlantic?
Apparently some samples were mislabelled and it was identified as coming
from the Strait of Magellan.
While I have no idea whether this story is true, it does emphasize the
importance of knowing where your samples come from!
Bill Silvert
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From: "Jager, Yetta" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:59 PM
Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Wallace's "The Malay Archipelago"
In addition to labeling where his specimens were captured (unlike Darwin),
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