Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem, including fictional elements.
† Denotes that the organism is extinct.
Literature
Greek mythology
Norse mythology
Gargantua and Pantagruel
William Shakespeare
Don Quixote
Robinson Crusoe
Gulliver's Travels
Victor Hugo
The Three Musketeers
Moby-Dick
Lewis Carroll
Mark Twain
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Arthur Conan Doyle
Rudyard Kipling
Cyrano de Bergerac
Dracula
Peter Pan
H. P. Lovecraft
Winnie-the-Pooh
Vladimir Nabokov
J. R. R. Tolkien
Enid Blyton
Jorge Amado
Dune
Aubrey–Maturin series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Discworld
The Witcher
A Song of Ice and Fire
Harry Potter
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventure
Ready Player One
Other literature
Comics
The Adventures of Tintin
Popeye
Asterix
DC Comics
Marvel Comics
Peanuts
Monica and Friends
Calvin and Hobbes
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Other comics
Films
Disney and Pixar
Looney Tunes
Orson Welles
Godzilla
Star Wars
Alien
Terminator
Crocodile Dundee
Predator
The Fifth Element
The Big Lebowski
Madagascar
Avatar
Other films
Television
Doctor Who
Star Trek
Sesame Street and The Muppets
Dungeons & Dragons
SpongeBob SquarePants
Battlestar Galactica
The Big Bang Theory
Other television series
Games
Galaga
Super Mario
The Legend of Zelda
Street Fighter
Pokémon
BioShock
Other games
Other media
See also
- List of unusual biological names
- List of organisms named after famous people
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