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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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DALYELLIA. An aquatic worm of the family Planaria (1822 J. Fleming Philosoph. Zoology II. 605).
[Called after Sir John Graham Dalyell (1775–1851), of the Binns, West Lothian, antiquary, naturalist, writer on Planaria.]
