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List of organisms named after works of fiction

Newly created taxonomic names in biological nomenclature often reflect the discoverer's interests or honour those the discoverer holds in esteem, including fictional elements.

† Denotes that the organism is extinct.

Literature

Greek mythology

Norse mythology

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Journey to the West

William Shakespeare

Don Quixote

Robinson Crusoe

Gulliver's Travels

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Victor Hugo

The Three Musketeers

Moby-Dick

Lewis Carroll

Jules Verne

Mark Twain

The Adventures of Pinocchio

Arthur Conan Doyle

Rudyard Kipling

Cyrano de Bergerac

Dracula

Peter Pan

The Village in the Jungle

H. P. Lovecraft

Winnie-the-Pooh

Macunaíma

Vladimir Nabokov

J. R. R. Tolkien

Enid Blyton

Jorge Amado

Foundation

Gabriel García Márquez

Dune

Jára Cimrman

Aubrey–Maturin series

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

The Neverending Story

Discworld

The Witcher

A Song of Ice and Fire

Harry Potter

Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures

Ready Player One

Other literature

Comics

The Adventures of Tintin

Popeye

DC Comics

Marvel Comics

Peanuts

The Smurfs

Asterix

Monica and Friends

Calvin and Hobbes

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

Other comics

Films

Disney and Pixar

Looney Tunes

Orson Welles

Godzilla

Star Wars

Alien

Terminator

Crocodile Dundee

Predator

The Fifth Element

The Big Lebowski

Madagascar

Avatar

Other films

Television

Doctor Who

Star Trek

Sesame Street and The Muppets

Dungeons & Dragons

SpongeBob SquarePants

Battlestar Galactica

The Big Bang Theory

Breaking Bad

Other television series

Games

Galaga

Super Mario

The Legend of Zelda

Street Fighter

Pokémon

BioShock

Other games

Other media

See also

References