Bazinga rieki

Translingual

Bazinga rieki, type species of the genus Bazinga

Etymology

Identified in 2013 by Lisa-Ann Gershwin and Peter Davie. Genus name is from bazinga, a type of harp as well as an interjection indicating a trick or prank, because they presume it had been mistaken for juveniles of other species; see Bazinga. Species name acknowledges Denis Riek, who photographed specimens.

Proper noun

Bazinga rieki ?

1. A taxonomic species within the family Bazingidae – a small jellyfish native to Australia.

References

• Bazinga (jellyfish) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gershwin, L. and P.J.F. Davie (2013) “A remarkable new jellyfish (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from coastal Australia, representing a new suborder within the Rhizostomeae”, in Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, page 625