Diva Diniz Corrêa

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Diva Diniz Corrêa (born May 10, 1918 in Avaré , São Paulo , † April 28, 1993 in São Paulo ) was a Brazilian marine biologist .

Life and accomplishments

Diva Diniz Corrêa graduated from the University of São Paulo , which she graduated in 1941. She mainly researched the taxonomy of the cordworm and wrote first descriptions of seven genera and various species of this tribe from 1948 to 1963 . She also published on Polycladida .

In 1957 Corrêa received a Guggenheim grant and continued her research in the USA. From March to August 1958, she worked at Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, Marin County , California , where she was assisted by Director Joel Hedgpeth . She stayed briefly at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and took part in excursions in the San Diego area led by Edward William Fager . She also studied the Allan Hancock Foundation's Pacific Cordworm Collection at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles . On the basis of the copies she collected during her stay in the USA, she published the text Nemerteans from California and Oregon in Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences in 1964 .

Corrêa later became a professor at the University of São Paulo. In 1963 she took over the chair of zoology from the retired German scientist Ernst Marcus (1893–1968). From 1977 to 1981 she was director of the University's Institute of Life Sciences . Her successor in this function was Walter Narchi .

Dedication names

  • Dinizia Marcus, 1947 ( Turbellaria )
  • Divanella Gibson, 1974 ( Nemertea )
  • Correanemertes Kirsteuer, 1967 (Nemertea)
  • Runcina (Lapinura) divae ( Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) (Gastropoda)

Publications (selection)

  • A primeira Dolichoplana (Tricladida Terricola). Zoologia, 12, Brazil. Bol. Fac. Filos. Ciênc. Letr. Univ. São Paulo, 1947, pp. 57-81.
  • Sôbre o genero Zygantroplana. Zoologia, 14, Bol. Fac. Filos. Ciênc. Letr. Univ. São Paulo, 1949, pp. 173-217.
  • A new polyclad from Brazil. Bol. Inst. Oceanogr. São Paulo, 7, 1958, pp. 81-86.
  • Two new marine Turbellaria from Florida. Bull. Mar. Sci. Gulf Caribb., 10, 1960, pp. 208-216.
  • The turbellarian Hofstenia miamia in the Caribbean Sea. In: Studies on the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands 33, M. Nijhoff, Hague 1963, pp. 38-40.
  • Nemerteans from California and Oregon. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, v. 31, no. 19, San Francisco 1964, pp. 515-558.
  • Corallimorpharia e Actiniaria do Atlántico oeste tropical. Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras, São Paulo 1964.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of graduates
  2. ↑ Memories, Biographies and Bibliographies of Famous Turbellariologists ( Memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 440 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iwane-j.ed.jp
  3. ^ Guggenheim grant
  4. ^ Nemerteans from California and Oregon.
  5. ^ History of the Department of Zoology at the University of São Paulo
  6. ↑ List of directors with photos
personal data
SURNAME Corrêa, Diva Diniz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian marine biologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Avaré , São Paulo
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1993
Place of death São Paulo