Why was a Florida sea creature named for singer Jimmy Buffett? Researchers have a reason
HOWARD COHEN
Miami Herald
The bottom of our planet’s oceans remain a dark and mysterious place, but recently scientists have made a sweeping discovery about the depths below. According to a recent study, once you dive past a depth of 14,436 feet, or just over 2-and-a-half miles, the creatures who dwell there change d…
You might think Jimmy Buffett has already been immortalized through his five decades of popular music and the business empire he built since emerging from the Key West scene of the early 1970s.
Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band perform "Fins" during a Dec. 9, 2021, concert in West Palm Beach, Florida. A team of scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School named a new species of a member of a group of crustaceans, gnathiid isopods, the Gnathia jimmybuffetti after the singer-songwriter.
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Jimmy Buffett and his Coral Reefer Band perform "Fins" during a Dec. 9, 2021, concert in West Palm Beach, Florida. A team of scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School named a new species of a member of a group of crustaceans, gnathiid isopods, the Gnathia jimmybuffetti after the singer-songwriter.
Matias J. Ocner, Miami Herald via Tribune News Service
