Alain Chabaud (13 March 1923 – 11 March 2013) was a French parasitologist, mainly a specialist of

nematode The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (h ...

s and

sporozoa The Apicomplexa (also called Apicomplexia; single: apicomplexan) are organisms of a large phylum of mainly parasitic alveolates. Most possess a unique form of organelle structure that comprises a type of non-photosynthetic plastid called an apico ...

. He was the Director of the Laboratoire de Zoologie (Vers) in the

Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle The French National Museum of Natural History ( ; abbr. MNHN) is the national natural history museum of France and a of higher education part of Sorbonne University. The main museum, with four galleries, is located in Paris, France, within the Ja ...

in Paris from 1960 to 1989. He was one of the founders of the

Société Française de Parasitologie La Société Française de Parasitologie (), often abridged as SFP, was founded in 1962 and is a Learned society, scientific society devoted to parasitology. It publishes the scientific journal Parasite (journal), Parasite and organizes prizes and ...

in 1962 and its president until 1975, and president of the

Société zoologique de France La Société zoologique de France (), founded in 1876 by Aimé Bouvier, is a scientific society devoted to Zoology. It publishes a bulletin and organises the Prix Gadeau de Kerville de la Société zoologique de France. List of presidents * 18 ...

in 1967.

Taxa named in his honour

Chabaud's name is honoured in many

parasite Parasitism is a Symbiosis, close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the Host (biology), host, causing it some harm, and is Adaptation, adapted str ...

taxa In biology, a taxon (back-formation from ''taxonomy''; : taxa) is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit. Although neither is required, a taxon is usually known by a particular name and ...

described by his colleagues. The most famous

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

named in the honour of Chabaud is '' Plasmodium chabaudi''

Landau Landau (), officially Landau in der Pfalz (, ), is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990), a long ...

, 1965, a species studied in many laboratories. Several

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

Nematoda The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitism, parasitic. Parasitic ...

were named in the honour of Chabaud, including '' Chabaudacuaria'' Mutafchiev & Kinsella, 2012, '' Chabaudechina'' Smales, 1999, '' Chabaudgolvania'' Freitas, 1958 (also honouring French parasitologist Jean-Yves Golvan). '' Chabaudus chabaudi'' Inglis & Ogden, 1965 has both genus and species names honouring Chabaud. Many

were named in the honour of Chabaud and include: ''Africana chabaudi'' Baker, 1981, ''Angiostrongylus chabaudi'' Biocca, 1957, ''Aonchotheca chabaudi'' ( Justine, 1989) Pisanu & Bain, 1999, ''Aspiculuris (Paraspiculuris) chabaudi'' Gupta & Trivedi, 1986, ''Atractis chabaudi'' Petter, 1966, ''Brygoonema chabaudi'' (Schmidt 1965), ''Cardiofilaria chabaudi'' Dissanaike & Fernando, 1965, ''Cephaluris chabaudi'' Inglis, 1959, ''Chromaspirina chabaudi'' Boucher, 1975, ''Cooperia chabaudi'' Diaouré, 1964, ''Cucullanus chabaudi'' Le-Van-Hoa & Pham-Ngoc-Khue, 1967, ''Cyathospirura chabaudi'' Gupta & Pande, 1981, ''Cyrnea (Procyrnea) chabaudi'' Rasheed, 1965, ''Dioctowittus chabaudi'' Bain & Ghadirian, 1967, ''Dujardinascaris chabaudi'' Diaz-Ungria and Gallardo, 1968, ''Enterobius chabaudi'' Kalia & Gupta, 1982, ''Falcaustra chabaudi'' Dyer, 1973, ''Gendrespirura chabaudi'' Le Van Hoa, 1962, ''Geopetitia chabaudi'' Rasheed, 1960, ''Gyrinicola chabaudi'' Araujo & de Toledo Artigas, 1983, ''Habronema chabaudi'' Ali, 1961, ''Hassalstrongylus chabaudi'' Diaw, 1976, ''Heligmonina chabaudi'' Desset, 1964, ''Longistriata chabaudi'' Desset, 1964, ''Maxvachonia chabaudi'' Mawson, 1972, ''Metacyatholaimus chabaudi'' Gourbault, 1980, ''Metathelazia chabaudi'' Singh & Pande, 1966, ''Molineus chabaudi'' Schmidt, 1965, ''Nematodirus chabaudi'' Rossi, 1983, ''Oswaldocruzia chabaudi'' Ben Slimane & Durette-Desset, 1996, ''Oswaldofilaria chabaudi'' Pereira, Souza Lima & Bain, 2010, ''Oxyspirura (Oxyspirura) chabaudi'' Baruš, 1965, ''Paraheligmonina chabaudi'' Kouyaté, 1981, ''Pelecitus chabaudi'' Bartlett & Greiner, 1986, ''Pelodera chabaudi'' Crusz & Santiapillai 1982, ''Protospirura chabaudi'' Vuylsteke, 1964, ''Psyllotylenchus chabaudi'' Deunff & Launay, 1984, ''Rhabdochona chabaudi'' Mawson, 1956, ''Schneidernema chabaudi'' Quentin, 1966, ''Sciadiocara chabaudi'' Schmidt & Kinsella, 1972, ''Sphaerocephalum chabaudi'' Inglis, 1962, ''Spirocamallanus chabaudi'' Gupta & Garg, 1986, ''Stewartia chabaudi'' Rao, 1989, ''Tachygonetria chabaudi'' Hering-Hagenbeck, 2001, ''Vexillata chabaudi'' Yoyette Vado, 1972, and ''Vogeloides chabaudi'' (Singh & Pande 1956). In addition, species from other

phyla Phyla, the plural of ''phylum'', may refer to: * Phylum, a biological taxon between Kingdom and Class * by analogy, in linguistics, a large division of possibly related languages, or a major language family which is not subordinate to another Phy ...

include

Acanthocephala Acanthocephala ( Greek , ' 'thorn' + , ' 'head') is a group of parasitic worms known as acanthocephalans, thorny-headed worms, or spiny-headed worms, characterized by the presence of an eversible proboscis, armed with spines, which it uses t ...

such as ''Breizacanthus chabaudi'' Golvan, 1969 and ''Centrorhynchus chabaudi'' Golvan, 1958;

Digenea Digenea (Gr. ''Dis'' – double, ''Genos'' – race) is a class of trematodes in the Platyhelminthes phylum, consisting of parasitic flatworms (known as ''flukes'') with a syncytial tegument and, usually, two suckers, one ventral and one or ...

such as ''Carmyerius chabaudi'' van Strydonck, 1970, ''Clinostomum chabaudi'' Vercammen-Grandjean, 1960, ''Microphallus chabaudi'' Capron, Deblock & Biguet, 1958, ''Neoapocreadium chabaudi'' Kohn & Fernandes, 1982, ''Opisthorchis chabaudi'' Bourgat & Kulo, 1977, ''Pseudosonsinotrema chabaudi'' (Caballero & Caballero, 1969) Sullivan, 1974;

Cestoda Cestoda is a class of parasitic worms in the flatworm phylum (Platyhelminthes). Most of the species—and the best-known—are those in the subclass Eucestoda; they are ribbon-like worms as adults, commonly known as tapeworms. Their bodies co ...

such as ''Catenotaenia chabaudi'' Dollfus, 1953, ''Hemicatenotaenia chabaudi'' ( Dollfus, 1953) and ''Oochoristica chabaudi'' Dollfus, 1954;

Monogenea Monogeneans, members of the class Monogenea, are a group of ectoparasitic flatworms commonly found on the skin, gills, or fins of fish. They have a direct lifecycle and do not require an intermediate host. Adults are hermaphrodites, meaning they ...

such as ''Diplectanum chabaudi'' Oliver, 1980 and ''Ligophorus chabaudi''

Euzet Euzet (; ) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Population See also *Communes of the Gard department *Occitania (administrative region) Occitania ( ; ; ) is the southernmost Regions of France, administrative region ...

& Suriano, 1977;

Oligochaeta Oligochaeta () is a subclass of soft-bodied animals in the phylum Annelida, which is made up of many types of aquatic and terrestrial worms, including all of the various earthworms. Specifically, oligochaetes comprise the terrestrial megadril ...

such as ''Acanthodrilus chabaudi'' Jamieson & Bennett, 1979;

Acari Mites are small arachnids (eight-legged arthropods) of two large orders, the Acariformes and the Parasitiformes, which were historically grouped together in the subclass Acari. However, most recent genetic analyses do not recover the two as ea ...

such as ''Amblyomma chabaudi'' Rageau, 1965, ''Brephosceles chabaudi'' Gaud, 1968 and ''Orthohalarachne chabaudi'' Gretillat, 1960;

Fleas Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds. Fleas live by ingesting the blood of their hosts. Adult fleas grow to about long, ar ...

such as ''Ctenocephalides chabaudi'' Beaucournu & Bain, 1982; Phlebotomes such as ''Phlebotomus (Paraphlebotomus) chabaudi'' Croset, Abonnenc & Rioux; Parasitic

Protozoa Protozoa (: protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris. Historically ...

such as ''Hepatozoon chabaudi'' Brygoo, 1963, the Trypanosome ''Trypanosoma chabaudi'' Chandenier, Landau & Baccam, 1988, ''Nyctotheroides chabaudi'' Albaret, 1972 and the

Gregarine The gregarines are a group of Apicomplexan alveolates, classified as the Gregarinasina or Gregarinia. The large (roughly half a millimeter) parasites inhabit the intestines of many invertebrates. They are not found in any vertebrates. Gregarines ...

''Sphaerorhynchus chabaudi'' Tuzet & Theodorides, 1951. A species of snake, '' Liophidium chabaudi'' Domergue, 1984, was also named in honour of Chabaud. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Chabaud", p. 51).

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