Because you're not a true rock star until you have a creepy crawly critter named after you.
Frank Zappa: 'Phialella zappa, Pachygnatha zappa;' Zappa, a genus of Gobiidae
Avant-garde musician Frank Zappa inspired a number of species' names. In 1987, the jellyfish was named by Ferdinando “Nando” Boero from Genova, Italy. He wrote to Zappa hoping to meet him, as he was a big fan. Zappa said, “there is nothing I would like better than having a jellyfish with my name.”
Scientists also named an entire genus of goby fish after Zappa, as well as an orb-weaver spider whose black markings reminded the scientists of Zappa's crazy mustache.
The Ramones: 'Mackenziurus johnnyi;' 'Mackenziurus deedeei;' 'Mackenziurusceejayi' and 'Mackenziurus joeyi'
The Mackenziurus genus of trilobites containing several species, but four are most famous, named after members of the American punk band the Ramones in 1990.
M. joeyi is named after Joey Ramone; M. johnnyi, named after Johnny Ramone; M. deedeei, named after Dee Dee Ramone; and M. ceejayi, named after C. J. Ramone.
