Loch Ness monster

[San Diego Natural History Museum]

I don't have the reference to hand, but Sir Peter Scott was one of the
people involved in coining the names *Nessiteras rhombopteryx* to have in
case a specimen was in fact recovered. Of course, ruder minds than mine
have pointed out that the name itself is an anagram for "monster hoax by
Sir Peter S."....yes, it was truly published and spelled that way.

Sally Shelton
Director, Collections Care and Conservation
non-crypto collections only ;-)

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On Thu, 22 Feb 1996, Joe Laferriere wrote:

> I read in the popular press that someone coined a scientific name for the
> Loch Ness monster. Is this true? In botany you could not do that without
> a type specimen or at the very least a type illustration. Are the rules
> similar in zoology?
>