> Hi Geoff,
>
> I expierences both :) not exactly with Odontosyllis, but with *Eusyllis
> blomstrandi* and with *Eurythoe spec.*
>with Eusyllis i worked in the lab of Albrecht Fischer in Mainz, Germany and
Eurythoe i had contact with while snorkeling in Honduras. So i secund that
handling the latter is much more burning like fire on the skin, but seeing
the luminescence is more like experiencing fireworks.
Its absolutly correct to choose less confusing common names in scientific
publications, but actually i beliefe this won´t really let the term fireworm
for Odontosyllis die in the use of common public use.
So its better to point out that this term exists, but is confusing and
therefore usefule to use a more biunique term, than just "ignoring" it and
creating insular solutions of new common names.
We imho have the scientific names because they are biunique and
international, wrongly used common names or confusing common names are
common names, because they are common ;).
kind regards
Sven Zörner
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