Adrien Dollfus
Adrien Frédéric Jules Dollfus (born March 21, 1858 in Dornach near Mulhouse , † November 19, 1921 in Paris ) was a French zoologist. His research interests were crustaceans and trilobites .
Life
Adrien Dollfus was the grandson of the Alsatian factory owner Jean Dollfus (1800–1887), cousin of Gustave Frédéric Dollfus and a relative of the parasitologist Robert-Philippe Dollfus (1887–1976). After completing his studies and graduating with a bachelor's degree, he devoted himself to research on crustaceans (especially woodlice ) and trilobites . In 1870 he founded the publication La Feuille des jeunes naturalistes. In 1888 he married Anna Noémie Schlumberger in Paris. From this marriage there were three children. In 1876 he became a member of the Société zoologique de France and from 1912 to 1913 he was president of this society.
Dollfus bequeathed his collections of crustaceans and trilobites, which he brought back from the Hawaiian Islands, Africa and Sicily , to the Elbeuf Museum .
One of the first descriptions of scientific Dollfus include several Assel genera, including Stenasellus , Stenociscus , Haedropleura , Odostomella , Mitrolumna , Trophonopsis , Muricopsis , Faucheria , Columbellopsis , Mesarmadillo , Synarmadillo , Ambounia and Caecosphaeroma .
Dedication names
The following taxa are named after Dollfus: Eocuma dollfusi Calman, 1907, Stenothoe dollfusi Chevreux, 1887, Jaeropsis dollfusi Norman, 1899, Arcturella dollfusi Monod, 1925, Eurydice dollfusi Monod, 1930, Diastylis dollfusi Fage, 1928
Fonts (selection)
- 1889: Crustacea Neerlandica. Nieuwe lijst ... door III Isopoda gedetermineerd door
- 1889: Le Muséum de Londres (British Museum of natural history, South-Kensington), notes et impressions
- 1890: Isopodes terrestres du "Challenger"
- 1890: Notice sur les isopodes terrestres de Marseille et de Salon avec descriptions et figures d'espèces nouvelles
- 1891: Mission scientifique du Cap Horn 1882-1883 VI (with Alphonse-Milne Edwards)
- 1895: Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le Territoire de Diégo-Suarez (Madagascar-North), Avril-Août 1893. Isopodes terrestres recueillis à Diégo-Suarea, à Tamatave et à la Réunion
- 1896: Notices faunistiques: Crustaces isopodes de la sicile
- 1898: Campagnes de la Melita. Tanaidae récoltés par m. Ed. Chevreux dans l'Atlantique et dans la Méditerranée.
- 1899: Ouvrages sur les terrains tertiaires d'Europe et CIRCA: (Paléontology, Stratigraphy, etc.) : 1re partie: Abbott - Buteux
- 1900: Crustacea isopoda [Hawaii]
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dollfus, Adrien |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dollfus, Adrien Frédéric Jules |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1858 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dornach near Mulhouse |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1921 |
| Place of death | Paris |