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Despina is named after a daughter of Poseidon and Demeter in Greek myth.

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Galatea is named after the sea nymph who attended Poseidon, or Neptune in Roman myth.

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Larissa is named after a nymph from Greek myth.

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Laomedeia is named after one of the Nereids.

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Naiad is named after a type of nymph that presides over various forms of small water such as springs and wells in Greek myth.

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Neso is named after one of the Nereids, offspring of the Oceanid Doris and Nereus.

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Proteus is named after the shapeshifting god of the sea in Greek myth.

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Sao is named after one of the Nereids, daughters of Nereus and Doris.

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Thalassa is named after the daughter of Aether and Hemera in Greek myth. Thalassa also means "sea".

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Triton is named after the son of Poseidon, the Greek counterpart to the Roman god Neptune. Before Neptune's second moon was discovered, it was known as "the satellite of Neptune".