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Carapus Dubius
''Carapus'' is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: * ''Carapus acus'' ( Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish) * '' Carapus bermudensis'' ( J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish) * '' Carapus dubius'' (Putnam, 1874) (Pacific pearlfish) * ''Carapus mourlani'' ( Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish) * ''Carapus sluiteri ''Carapus'' is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: * '' Carapus acus'' ( Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish) * '' Carapus bermudensis'' ( J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish) * '' Carapus dubius'' (Putnam Putnam may refer ...'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1905) References Carapidae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Ophidiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (; October 22, 1783September 18, 1840) was a French 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimately settling in Ohio in 1815, where he made notable contributions to botany, zoology, and the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America. He also contributed to the study of ancient Mesoamerican linguistics, in addition to work he had already completed in Europe. Rafinesque was an eccentric and erratic genius. He was an autodidact, who excelled in various fields of knowledge, as a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot. He wrote prolifically on such diverse topics as anthropology, biology, geology, and linguistics, but was honored in none of these fields during his lifetime. Indeed, he was an outcast in the American scientific community whose submissions were rejected automatically by leading journals. Among his theories were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapus Acus
''Carapus acus'' is a species of bony fish in the family Carapidae, the pearlfishes, and is native to the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It lives as a commensal in association with a sea cucumber, spending the day inside its host and emerging at night to feed. Description ''Carapus acus'' is a laterally-compressed, elongated fish growing to a length of about . The head measures about one eighth of the total length and there are 84 to 92 vertebrae, which gives the fish great flexibility. The continuous dorsal fin A dorsal fin is a fin located on the back of most marine and freshwater vertebrates within various taxa of the animal kingdom. Many species of animals possessing dorsal fins are not particularly closely related to each other, though through c ... and the Fish fin#AnchAnal, anal fin run the whole length of the body. There is no caudal fin and the tail ends with a point. The gut loops back and the anus is located just behind the head, in front of the pector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber van Bosse or Max Wilhelm Carl Weber (5 December 1852, in Bonn – 7 February 1937, in Eerbeek) was a German- Dutch zoologist and biogeographer. Weber studied at the University of Bonn, then at the Humboldt University in Berlin with the zoologist Eduard Carl von Martens (1831–1904). He obtained his doctorate in 1877. Weber taught at the University of Utrecht then participated in an expedition to the Barents Sea. He became Professor of Zoology, Anatomy and Physiology at the University of Amsterdam in 1883. In the same year he received naturalised Dutch citizenship. His discoveries as leader of the Siboga Expedition led him to propose Weber's line, which encloses the region in which the mammalian fauna is exclusively Australasian, as an alternative to Wallace's Line. As is the case with plant species, faunal surveys revealed that for most vertebrate groups Wallace’s line was not the most significant biogeographic boundary. The Tanimbar Island g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapus Sluiteri
''Carapus'' is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: * '' Carapus acus'' ( Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish) * '' Carapus bermudensis'' ( J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish) * '' Carapus dubius'' (Putnam Putnam may refer to: People * Putnam (surname) Places Canada * Putnam, Ontario, community in Thames Centre United States * Putnam, Alabama * Putnam, Connecticut, a New England town ** Putnam (CDP), Connecticut, the main village in the town ..., 1874) (Pacific pearlfish) * '' Carapus mourlani'' ( Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish) * '' Carapus sluiteri'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1905) References Carapidae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Ophidiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Petit (ichthyologist)
Georges Petit (11 March 1856 – 12 May 1920) was a French art dealer, a key figure in the Paris art world and an important promoter and cultivator of Impressionist artists. Early career Petit was the son of François Petit, who founded the firm of art dealers at 7, rue Saint-Georges (Paris) in 1846. Within just a few years, the ''Galerie François Petit'' was among the most powerful firms in the French art market. According to Robert Jensen in his book ''Marketing Modernism in Fin-de-Siecle Europe'', the auction house assumed, "multiple roles that ran the gamut from certifying the authenticity of the object, to guiding it through the hazards of the marketplace, to establishing its provenance and enlisting critics and historians to situate the artist's importance." Georges Petit inherited the firm, as well as a château and 3 million francs in 1877. He constructed a town house on the rue de Sèze. His annual expenses amounted to some 400,000 francs. That's what he spent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapus Mourlani
The star pearlfish, ''Carapus mourlani'', is a species of slender, ray-finned fish in the family Carapidae. It normally lives inside a starfish or a sea cucumber. Description The star pearlfish is a long, slim, silvery fish growing to a maximum length of . It has dark-pigmented spots, known as melanophores, scattered irregularly across its translucent, scaleless body. The dorsal and anal fins run the length of the body, with the dorsal fin rays being shorter than those of the anal fin. No pelvic fins are present. The posterior part of the upper jaw has numerous pointed, cardiform teeth arranged in rows, but no large fangs or gaps occur between groups of teeth. The eyes are well developed, although these fish mainly live in darkness. The swim bladder lies below the 9th and 10th vertebrae and has two chambers. The precaudal vertebrae are 15 to 17 in number. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederic Ward Putnam
Frederic Ward Putnam (April 16, 1839 – August 14, 1915) was an American anthropologist and biologist. Biography Putnam was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Ebenezer (1797–1876) and Elizabeth (Appleton) Putnam. After leaving college, Ebenezer had for a short time engaged in fitting young men for college, but soon went into business in Cincinnati as a commission merchant, a line in which he was successful. Recalled to Salem by his father's death in 1826, Ebenezer married there and devoted himself to the study and cultivation of plants and fruits, and involved himself in the Democratic Party in his county. Although frequently offered office, Ebenezer never accepted, except to serve as alderman in the so-called “model-government” of Salem when that town was first chartered as a city, and as postmaster of Salem.''The Cyclopædia of American Biography'', 1918 Frederic's early studies were at private schools, and with his father at home. He became curator of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapus Dubius
''Carapus'' is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: * ''Carapus acus'' ( Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish) * '' Carapus bermudensis'' ( J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish) * '' Carapus dubius'' (Putnam, 1874) (Pacific pearlfish) * ''Carapus mourlani'' ( Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish) * ''Carapus sluiteri ''Carapus'' is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: * '' Carapus acus'' ( Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish) * '' Carapus bermudensis'' ( J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish) * '' Carapus dubius'' (Putnam Putnam may refer ...'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1905) References Carapidae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Ophidiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carapus Bermudensis
''Carapus'' is a genus of pearlfishes, with these currently recognized species: * '' Carapus acus'' ( Brünnich, 1768) (pearlfish) * '' Carapus bermudensis'' ( J. M. Jones, 1874) (Atlantic pearlfish) * '' Carapus dubius'' (Putnam Putnam may refer to: People * Putnam (surname) Places Canada * Putnam, Ontario, community in Thames Centre United States * Putnam, Alabama * Putnam, Connecticut, a New England town ** Putnam (CDP), Connecticut, the main village in the town ..., 1874) (Pacific pearlfish) * '' Carapus mourlani'' ( Petit, 1934) (star pearlfish) * '' Carapus sluiteri'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1905) References Carapidae Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Ophidiiformes-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Thrane Brünnich
Morten Thrane Brünnich (30 September 1737 – 19 September 1827) was a Danish zoologist and mineralogist. Biography Brünnich was born in Copenhagen, the son of a portrait painter. He studied oriental languages and theology, but soon became interested in natural history. He contributed his observations of insects to Erik Pontoppidan's ''Danske Atlas'' (1763–81). After being put in charge of the natural history collection of Christian Fleischer he became interested in ornithology, and in 1764 he published ''Ornithologia Borealis'', which included the details of many Scandinavian birds, some described for the first time. The publication of ''Ornithologia Borealis'' was aided by his insight in the collection. Brünnich corresponded with many foreign naturalists including Linnaeus, Peter Simon Pallas and Thomas Pennant. He published his ''Entomologia'' in 1764. He then embarked on a long tour of Europe, spending time studying the fish of the Mediterranean Sea and publishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearlfish
Pearlfish are marine fish in the ray-finned fish family Carapidae. Pearlfishes inhabit the tropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans at depths to , along oceanic shelves and slopes. They are slender, elongated fish with no scales, translucent bodies, and dorsal fin rays which are shorter than their anal fin rays. Adults of most species live symbiotically inside various invertebrate hosts, and some live parasitically inside sea cucumbers. The larvae are free living. Characteristics Pearlfishes are slender, distinguished by having dorsal fin rays that are shorter than their anal fin rays. They have translucent, scaleless bodies reminiscent of eels. The largest pearlfish are about in length. They reproduce by laying oval-shaped eggs, about 1 mm in length. Ecology Pearlfishes are unusual in that the adults of most species live inside various types of invertebrates. They typically live inside clams, starfish, or sea squirts, and are simply commensal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Thomas Lowe
Richard Thomas Lowe (1802–1874) was an English scientist, a botanist, ichthyologist, malacologist, and a clergyman. In 1825 he graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, and in the same year he took holy orders. In 1832 he became a clergyman in the Madeira Islands, where he was also a part-time naturalist, extensively studying the local flora and fauna. He wrote a book on the Madeiran flora. He died in 1874 when the ship he was on was wrecked off the Isles of Scilly. Taxa Lowe named and described numerous molluscan taxa, including: * ''Caseolus'', a land snail genus and eight species within it * ''Lemniscia ''Lemniscia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae Geomitridae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land sna ...'', a land snail genus and two species within it See also * :Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe References * Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
