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He says scientists who discover a new species can basically call it whatever they want,
Agnarsson表示，科學家基本上可以給發現的新物種隨意取名，
as long as they use the correct genus name.
只要屬名正確。
For example, some scientists name a new species after a loved one or another scientist;
例如，一些科學家用他們所愛的人或另一個科學家的名字來命名新物種；
it's frowned upon to name it after themselves.
用自己的名字命名是不允許的。
Agnarsson's team called one spider Spintharus skelly, after a researcher's cat, Skelly.
Agnarsson的研究小組以研究人員的貓——skelly為蜘蛛起名為sptharus skelly。
The only real problem, he said, would be if a scientist was going to receive any sort of potential benefit,
他表示，真正的問題是，如果科學家能夠得到任何潛在的好處，
such as if a megastore paid a lab to christen a species walmarti.
比如，一家大型超市出資讓實驗室為walmarti命名。
(Even when the names don't have traditional Latin translations, Latin-ifying names for species is a common practice in science.
（即使這些名字在拉丁語里沒有傳統的翻譯，給物種起拉丁名也是科學上的普遍做法。
Generally, just add an i if it's a masculine name and an ae if it's feminine.)
一般來說，如果是女性名字加i，如果是男性名字加ae。
Agnarsson, along with four students who participated in the research,
Agnarsson和四名參與研究的學生，
named spiders after prominent advocates for animal conservation and action on climate change.
以著名動物保護和氣候變化行動的倡導者來給蜘蛛命名。
Among the spiders Agnarsson named are Spintharus davidbowiei
這些蜘蛛中，Agnarsson命名的有大衛·鮑伊
(not the first creature named after Bowie), S. davidattenboroughi
（這并不是第一個以鮑伊命名的生物)、S.大衛·愛登堡
(not even close to the first creature to be named after David Attenborough),
（這和第一個以大衛·愛登堡命名的生物截然不同)，
and S. leonardodicaprioi (Spintharus being the spiders'genus).
還有S.萊昂納多·迪卡普里奧（Spintharus屬于蜘蛛類別）。
