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 (1532-1564)
Journey to the West (c. 1592)
William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
Don Quixote (1605-1615)
Robinson Crusoe (1719)
Gulliver's Travels (1726)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)
Victor Hugo (1802–1885)
The Three Musketeers (1844)
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821–1881)
Moby-Dick (1851)
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)
Jules Verne (1828–1905)
Mark Twain (1835–1910)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1897)
Dracula (1897)
Peter Pan (1904–1911)
The Village in the Jungle (1913)
H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)
Zorro (1919–present)
Winnie-the-Pooh (1925–1928)
Macunaíma (1928)
Enid Blyton (1897–1968)
Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892–1973)
Jorge Amado (1912–2001)
Foundation (1942–1993)
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014)
Dune (1963–1985)
Jára Cimrman (1966-)
Aubrey–Maturin series (1969-2004)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978-2009)
The Neverending Story (1979)
Discworld (1983-2015)
The Witcher (1986–present)
A Song of Ice and Fire (1996–present)
Harry Potter (1997-2007)
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures (2003)
Ready Player One (2011)
Other literature
Comics
The Adventures of Tintin (1929–1986)
Popeye (1929–present)
DC Comics (1935–present)
Marvel Comics (1939–present)
Peanuts (1950-2000)
The Smurfs (1958–present)
Asterix (1959–present)
Monica and Friends (1959–present)
Calvin and Hobbes (1985–1995)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (1987–present)
One Piece (1997–present)
Other comics
Films
Disney and Pixar (1921–present)
Looney Tunes (1930–present)
Orson Welles (1915–1985)
Godzilla (1954–present)
Star Wars (1977–present)
Alien (1979–present)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984-2010)
Terminator (1984–present)
Crocodile Dundee (1986-2001)
Predator (1987–present)
The Fifth Element (1997)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Madagascar (2005-2022)
Avatar (2009–present)
Other films
Television
The Muppets and Sesame Street (1955–present)
Doctor Who (1963–present)
Star Trek (1966–present)
Dungeons & Dragons (1983–1985)
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present)
Battlestar Galactica (2003-2013)
The Big Bang Theory (2007-2019)
Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
Stranger Things (2016-2025)
Other television series
Games
Galaga (1981)
Mario (1981–present)
The Legend of Zelda (1986–present)
Street Fighter (1987–present)
Pokémon (1996–present)
Monster Hunter (2004–present)
BioShock (2007–present)
Other games
Other media
See also List of unusual biological names List of organisms named after famous people
References