Walter Narchi

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Walter Narchi 1981

Walter Narchi (born September 2, 1929 in São Paulo ; † June 23, 2004 ibid) was a Brazilian marine biologist . He mainly researched the functional anatomy of bivalve mussels and wrote over 60 papers from 1960 to 2004, some of them with initial descriptions of new species of this strain.

Life and accomplishments

Scientific career

Walter Narchi studied natural history at the University of São Paulo from 1951 to 1954 . He received his doctorate from 1955 to 1960 on foraminifera and graduated in 1960 with the dissertation Sobre Lagenidae e Nodosariidae recentes do Brasil (Foraminifera) ( About recent Lagenidae and Nodosariidae of Brazil ). His doctorate was supervised by the German-Jewish scientist Ernst Marcus (1893–1968), who emigrated to Brazil in 1936 with his wife Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus .

In 1967 Narchi was invited as a visiting scholar at the University of the Pacific in Stockton , California . From January to December 1967 he conducted research at Pacific Marine Station, Dillon Beach, Marin County , California, where he was assisted by Director Edmund H. Smith.

Back in Brazil, in 1968 Narchi accepted Paulo Sawaya's invitation to found the zoology department of the Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Rio Claro, now Universidade Estadual Paulista , and this in personal union with his work as a researcher in the zoological department of the University of São Paulo.

In 1977, at the invitation of Brian Morton from the University of Hong Kong , Narchi took part in the First International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and South China in Hong Kong . Research in Hong Kong resulted in two publications.

From 1977 to 1981 he was head of the zoological department of the Institute of Biosciences at the University of São Paulo . Narchi became a professor in 1981 and 1981-1985 director of the Institute of Life Sciences at his university, succeeding Diva Diniz Corrêa .

The future Brazilian Environment Secretary Paulo Nogueira Neto is one of Narchi's numerous students .

Personal and family

Narchi was born in 1929 to a Greek Orthodox family who emigrated to São Paulo from Homs , Syria . His wife Estela Aparecida Narchi (born Pasqualini, * 1932 in Santa Ernestina , São Paulo ), who also studied natural history at the University of São Paulo and taught biology as a high school teacher , he married in 1961 and had three children with her. He named the Brazilian mussel Petricola stellae , which he discovered in 1975, after it.

further activities

After field trips in the state of Bahia , Narchi recognized the need to create a marine national park in the Abrolhos region in 1969 and initiated this together with Aílton Brandão Joly and Eduardo Cyrino de Oliveira-Filho . In his constant commitment to the environment, Narchi was a member of the scientific committee of the Associação de Defesa da Flora e Fauna (ADFF) (Association for the Protection of Fauna and Flora of Brazil) from 1973 to 1976, today: Associação de Defesa do Meio Ambiente (ADEMA- SP) and from 1979 to 1987 member of the board of the Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo (FPZSP) (Foundation Zoological Garden of São Paulo). From 1981 to 1991 Narchi worked as president of the Sociedade Brasileira de Malacologia (SBM) (Brazilian Malacozoological Society) for environmental protection and for the promotion of malacozoology (molluscology) in Brazil.

Initial descriptions

  • Lagena ycatupe Narchi, 1962
  • Fissurina coacatu Narchi, 1962
  • Fissurina evelinae Narchi, 1962
  • Fissurina juruta Narchi, 1962
  • Nodosaria boigra Narchi, 1962
  • Saracenaria tayaçu Narchi, 1962
  • Ceratobornia cema Narchi, 1966
  • Petricola stellae Narchi, 1975
  • Eutima sapinhoa Narchi & Hebling, 1975

Dedication names

  • Mysella narchii (Passos & Domaneschi, 2006)

Publications (selection)

  • W. Narchi, F. Dario: Functional morphology of Tivela ventricosa (Gray, 1838) (Bivalvia: Veneridae). In: The Nautilus. Philadelphia, USA. Vol. 116, No. 1, 2002, pp. 13-24.
  • W. Narchi, FD Passos, O. Domaneschi: Bivalves Antárticos e Subantárticos coletados durante as Expedições Científicas Brasileiras à Antártica I a IX (1982-1991). In: Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, Brazil. Vol. 19, No. 3, 2002, pp. 645-675.
  • W. Narchi, SGBC Lopes: Functional Anatomy of Nausitora fusticula (Jeffreys, 1860) (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). In: The Veliger. UNITED STATES. Vol. 41, No. 3, 1998, pp. 274-288.
  • W. Narchi, O. Domaneschi: An anomalous Specimen of Petricola stella (Narchi, 1975) from the Littoral of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In: The Veliger. UNITED STATES. Vol. 38, No. 3, 1995, pp. 270-272.
  • W. Narchi: Functional Anatomy of a new Petricola (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Littoral of Sao Paulo, Brazil. In: Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, England. Vol. 41, No. 5, 1975, pp. 451-465.
  • W. Narchi, NJ Hebling: The Life Cicle of the Commensal Hydromedusa Eutima sapinhoa ​​(new species). In: Marine Biology. UNITED STATES. Vol. 30, 1975, pp. 73-78.
  • W. Narchi: Comparative Study of the functional morphology of Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791) and Tivela mactroides (Born, 1778) (Bivalvia: Veneridae). In: Bulletin of Marine Sciences, USA. Vol. 22, No. 3, 1972, pp. 643-670.

In order to close gaps in the Portuguese-language biology didactic literature, Narchi also published the following textbooks:

  • W. Narchi: A Cobra. Vertebrados - Edart Livraria Limitada, São Paulo 1973.
  • W. Narchi: Crustáceos. Estudos Práticos - Editora Polygono Limitada e EDUSP, São Paulo 1973.
  • W. Narchi: A Barata. Edart Livraria Limitada, São Paulo 1967.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Walter Narchi. In: Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Walter Narchi: A Comparative Study of the Functional Morphology of Caecella chinensis (Deshayes, 1855) and Asaphis dichotoma (Anton, 1839) . In: Proceedings, First International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and south China . Hong Kong 1980, p. 277-289 .
  3. ↑ Walter Narchi: On the Biology of Veremolpa scabra (Hanley, 1845) (Bivalvia: Veneridae) from the South China Seas . In: Proceedings, First International Workshop on the Malacofauna of Hong Kong and south China. Hong Kong 1980, p. 253-276 .
  4. ^ Instituto de Biociências - Universidade de São Paulo - Diretores. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
  5. ^ Paulo Nogueira Neto: Uma trajetória ambientalista: diário de Paulo Nogueira Neto . Empresa das Artes, São Paulo 2010, p. 29 .
  6. ^ AB Joly, EC Oliveira Filho, W. Narchi: Projeto de criação de um Parque Nacional Marinho na região de Abrolhos, Bahia. In: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências . 41 (supl.). Rio de Janeiro 1969, p. 247-251 .
  7. ^ Sociedade Brasileira de Malacologia. Diretoria. Retrieved December 25, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Flávio Dias Passos, Osmar Domaneschi: A new species of Mysella Angas, 1877 (Bivalvia: Galeommatoidea) from Admiralty Bay, King George Island, South Shetlands, Antarctica, with data on its biology and functional anatomy . In: Polar Biology . tape 29 , no. 5 , 2006, p. 389-398 .
personal data
SURNAME Narchi, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian marine biologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 2004
Place of death São Paulo