cooperi

Cooperi is a term that appears primarily in biological nomenclature and onomastics. It is not the name of a single organism or place, but rather a Latin genitive form used in taxonomic naming to honor a person with the surname Cooper. In taxonomic practice, the epithet cooperi is common enough to appear in many different genera, and the individual commemorated is often not specified in the species name itself; locating the honoree requires consulting the original description.

In taxonomy, cooperi is a lowercase specific epithet introduced after a genus name to form a species name, such as Genus cooperi. It has been used across many groups, including vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, and microorganisms, whenever the author wished to recognize a contributor or discoverer named Cooper. Because Cooper is a widely used surname, the same epithet appears independently in numerous, unrelated taxa.

Outside of taxonomy, cooperi may occur as a surname or as a Latinized form of a personal name in various languages. It is not widely established as a stand-alone geographic name, organization, or widely recognized entity.

See also: Cooper (surname); Taxonomic nomenclature; Species epithet.