A Philella Zappai is a jellyfish that a jellyfish expert named after a famous musician, named Frank Zappa. It was named by Ferdinando "Nando" Boero, a jellyfish expert from Genova, Italy. He named it after this musician simply because he admired him and he wanted to meet him. When Frank found out about this, he said, “There is nothing I would like better than having a jellyfish with my name,” Then he invited Ferdinando to his house to spend a couple days with him.
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http://blogs.static.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/25388.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phialella_zappai
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