Paul Sikkel, a Miami research professor, has long associated the Florida Keys with Jimmy Buffett. He named the new species Gnathia jimmybuffetti.
Sikkel, 61, hopes the three-millimeter-long isopod’s name will help preserve Buffett’s memory.“I’m a scientist professionally, but I really love the arts, especially music,” Sikkel said. “I grew up as sort of a music junkie … so I really love opportunities to sort of bring the two together.”
Sikkel started listening to Buffett as a teenager in La Cañada Flintridge, Calif. He enjoyed snorkeling at local beaches, and Buffett’s music reminded him of the ocean. Since then, Sikkel said, he has attended dozens of Buffett’s concerts, including three in Florida in the past three years. Using lights to attract organisms in shallow water in 2021, Sikkel and other researchers attempted to collect gnathiidae, tiny larvae and parasites. After researchers caught a species they had not seen before, they confirmed via genetic sequencing that it was new.
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