the box jellyfish was named after a queensland radiologist
The Box Jellyfish was named in honour of the Queensland radiologist Dr Hugo Fleck
C.fleckeri was named after North Queensland toxicologist and radiologist Doctor Hugo Flecker.
There was no active discussion about Queensland being named anything else.
Queensland's gemstone emblem is the sapphire. It was named as the state emblem in 1985.
The city of Cairns in north Queensland was named after the governor of Queensland at the time, William Wellington Cairns. Cairns was Governor of Queensland from 23 January 1875 to 14 March 1877.
The state of Queensland in Australia was named in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, who, in 1859, signed the Letters Patent, which declared that Queensland was now a separate colony from New South Wales.
Some of the places named after Australian explorer Edmund Kennedy are:Edmund Kennedy National Park in north Queensland, near Townsvillethe north Queensland electorate of KennedyKennedy Creek in Queensland
Cooktown
The sea urchin 'Diadema Sylvie' and the 'Pilina Earli' was named after Sylvia Earle. She is a marine biologist and scientist and served as the first female chief scientist of the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
there are 106 rivers that have been named
Queensland's marine emblem is the Barrier Reef Anemone Fish. It was officially named as Queensland's aquatic emblem in March 2005. Some sites state the marine emblem is the Queensland groper.
The koala was officially named the faunal emblem of Queensland in 1971. The brolga was officially named the avian emblem of Queensland in January 1986.