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Édouard Chevreux
Édouard Chevreux (10 November 1846, in Paris – 10 January 1931, in Bône) was a French carcinologist. Chevreux specialised in the study of Amphipoda, an order of malacostracan crustaceans. With Jean-Louis Fage (1883–1964), he was co-author of the section on "Amphipodes" in the ''Faune de France''. The genera '' Chevreuxius'' and '' Chevreuxiella'' are named after him, as are numerous crustacean species. Selected writings * ''Sur le Gammarus berilloni catta'' * ''Voyage de la goëlette "Melita" aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889–1890'', (1891) – Voyage of the schooner "Melita" to the Canary Islands and Senegal, 1889–1890. * ''Amphipodes provenant des campagnes de l'Hirondelle (1885–1888)'', (1900) – Amphipods from the campaigns of the "Hirondelle" (1885–1888). * ''Paracyphocaris praedator; type d'un nouveau genre de Lysianassidae'', (1905) – "''Paracyphocaris praedator''"; the type of a new genus of Lysianassidae. * ''Amphipodes'', (1906) – Amphipods * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
