Helmut Debelius

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Helmut Debelius (2011)
Lysmata debelius , the shrimp species named after Debelius .

Helmut Debelius (born March 11, 1947 in Frankenberg ad Eder ) is a German marine researcher , author , underwater photographer and humanist .

Life

Debelius worked for the police after graduating from high school. During his time as a detective inspector , he worked, among other things, as an economic investigator , bodyguard and undercover agent. Parallel to his professional career, he devoted a growing part of his time to the Enlightenment and criticism of religion: from April 1973 he headed the church exit counseling of the Humanist Union .

Debelius further discovered his love for the underwater world. In 1979 he founded the underwater photo archive IKAN. As an author, he wrote several books on marine habitats, which he illustrated with his own photographs. Furthermore, Debelius discovered several marine animals named after him, u. a. the angelfish Centropyge debelius , the cleaner shrimp Lysmata debelius , the pygmy seahorse Hippocampus debelius and the spindle kauri Naviculavolva debelius .

Because of his admiration for Charles Darwin, he developed into an evolutionary humanist and is now president of the Internet forum Humanistischer Pressedienst , because he considers the media presence of positions critical of religion to be important.

Since 2003 Debelius has owned a small winery in a Rheinhessen village where he grows Riesling and Regent.

Works (selection)

  • with Rudie H. Kuiter : Atlas of the marine invertebrates. Mollusks, worms, echinoderms, crustaceans , Stuttgart: Kosmos, 2009, ISBN 978-3-440-11042-3 .
  • with Rudie H. Kuiter: Atlas of the marine animals. The fish on the coasts of the world's oceans , Stuttgart: Kosmos, 2006, ISBN 978-3-440-09562-1 .
  • with Rudie H. Kuiter: Nudibranchs of the World , Stuttgart: Kosmos, 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-11133-8 .
  • Feast for devil rays. My most adventurous diving experiences , Stuttgart: Kosmos, 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-10977-9 .
  • Reef Guide Southeast Asia. Malaysia, Indonesia, Palau, Philippines, Trop. Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand , 2nd revised. Ed., Stuttgart: Kosmos, 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-11242-7 .
  • Indian Ocean Reef Guide. Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand, South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, East Africa, Seychelles , 4th revised. Ed., Stuttgart: Kosmos, 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-11101-7 .
  • Reef Guide Red Sea. Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Arabian Peninsula , 5th rev. Ed., Stuttgart: Kosmos, 2007 ISBN 978-3-440-11100-0 .
  • Fish Guide Mediterranean and Atlantic. From Spain to Turkey, from Norway to South Africa , 4th edition, Stuttgart: Kosmos, 2007, ISBN 978-3-440-11241-0 .
  • Red Sea underwater guide. Fish , Verlag Delius Klasing, 8th edition, 2006, ISBN 978-3-7688-1796-7 .
  • with Hans A. Baensch : Mergus Sea Water Atlas . Volume 1, 1997, Mergus Verlag, Melle 1997, 4th revised. Ed., 2006, ISBN 3-88244-110-0 .
  • with Rudie H. Kuiter: Angelfish. Pomacanthidae , Stuttgart: Ulmer, 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4458-1 .
  • with Rudie H. Kuiter: butterfly fish. Chaetodon , Stuttgart: Ulmer, 2003, ISBN 3-8001-4243-0 .
  • with Peter Wirtz: Lower animals, Mediterranean and Atlantic: From Spain to Turkey. From Norway to the Equator , Hamburg: Jahr Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-86132-681-7 .
  • Snail Guide Indo-Pacific. From the Red Sea to South Africa to the west coast of America , Hamburg: Jahr Verlag, 1997, 2nd revised. 2003 edition, ISBN 3-86132-203-X .
  • with Rudie H. Kuiter: Doctor fish and their relatives , Stuttgart: Ulmer, 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3669-4 .
  • with Rudie H. Kuiter: Wrasse. Stuttgart: Ulmer, 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3973-1 .
  • Cancer guide . Hamburg: Jahr Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-86132-504-7
  • Pisces as partners of lower animals , 3rd exp. Aufl., Stuttgart: Ulmer, 1989, ISBN 3-8001-7938-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Faces in contemporary humanism | http://who-is-hu.de/node/465
  2. ^ Announcements from HU Frankfurt No. 40 from Nov. 1973 | http://hpd.de/files/mitteilungen_hu_frankfurt_nr_40_von_nov_1973.pdf ( Memento from April 12, 2014 on WebCite )