I would do such an ego-search, but I happen to know that my Swedish
ancestors changed their name from the very common Anderson to Strom within
recent history prior to immigration to the USA!
Cheers,
Doug
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On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Alexander Muir <a.muir from nhm.ac.uk> wrote:
> Dear all,
>> Have you seen
>http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/index.htm ? It appears (I
> haven’t checked) that Ström had several creatures named after him, the names
> ending in stroemi, stroemii or stroemia! Geoff is correct about ICZN Art
> 33.4, you have to look up the original publication and stick with the
> spelling in that.
>>>> You can look up your own name on this site to see if anyone has named a
> species after you.
>>>> Good luck,
>> Alex
>>>> Mr. A.I. Muir, Nematode and Polychaete Research Group, Department of
> Zoology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, LONDON
> SW7 5BD, UNITED KINGDOM
>>>> Tel: +44 (0)20 7942 5567 Fax: +44 (0)20 7942 5054
>>>http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/zoology/a-muir/index.html>>>> -----Original Message-----
> From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu [mailto:
>annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Fauchald, Kristian
> Sent: 27 May 2011 15:34
> To: 'Geoff Read'; Annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu> Subject: RE: T. stroemii Re: [Annelida] Terebellides stroemi in the
> Adriatic?
>>>> Dear all,
>> Yes, Sars dedicated the species to a minister who had written a Description
> of one of the counties just at the westernmost point of Norway (Möre);
> remember that Michael Sars at that time was a minister at Manger just north
> of Bergen and travelled during the summers collecting, and if I know
> anything, he would stay with the local ministers when he came travelling,
> hotels were singularly scarce in the countryside.
>> Kristian
>>>> So, double ii it is always for this species.
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu [mailto:
>annelida-bounces from oat.bio.indiana.edu] On Behalf Of Geoff Read
>> Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 5:20 PM
>> To: Annelida from magpie.bio.indiana.edu>> Subject: T. stroemii Re: [Annelida] Terebellides stroemi in the Adriatic?
>>>> "a plethora of different spellings for this species"
>>>> True, but only one correct spelling, namely 'stroemii' with the double
>> i, as used by Michael Sars.
>>http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12997292>>>> ICZN Art 33.4 deals clearly with this single or double i issue &
>> requires the original spelling to be used.
>> Other variants are incorrect subsequent spellings, including McIntosh's
>> Challenger Terebellides stroemi kerguelensis.
>>>> T. stroemii is named to honor the Ström family, perhaps Hans Ström?
>> There are many 'stroemii' (double i) marine species epithets from the
>> early 1800's.
>>>> WoRMs is up to date on this issue if you want a quick pointer for
>> remembering which one to use.
>> The synonyms should be pointing to 'stroemii' not 'stroemi'.
>> I'll fix this, but these names may well NOT be synonyms of course.
>> Something to be checked.
>>http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=183466>>>> Geoff
>>>> >>> On 27/05/2011 at 1:47 a.m., "Michael Reuscher"
>> <Michael.Reuscher from gmx.net>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi Barbara,
>> > Garraffoni, Lana & Hutchings (2005) A catalogue of the
>> Trichobranchinae
>> > (Polychaeta: Annelida) of the world. Zootaxa 1065: 1-27.
>> > gives a good overview over described species, synonymies, etc. You
>> will find
>> > that there's a plethora of different spellings for this species.
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