Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a
naturalist
Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms, including animals, fungi, and plants, in their natural environment, leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study. A person who studies natural history is cal ...
from Nice.
Risso was born in the city of
Nice
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The Duchy of Savoy (; ) was a territorial entity of the Savoyard state that existed from 1416 until 1847 and was a possession of the House of Savoy.
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, and studied under
Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published ' (1810), ' (1826) and ' (1818–1822).
Risso's dolphin was named after him. He is denoted by the
author abbreviation Risso when
citing a
botanical name
A botanical name is a formal scientific name conforming to the ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) and, if it concerns a plant cultigen, the additional cultivar or cultivar group, Group epithets must conform t ...
; the same abbreviation is used for
zoological names.
Genera and species named after him
* ''
Rissoa'' : a genus of gastropods
* ''
Rissoella'' : a genus of gastropod
* ''
Rissoella'' : a genus of
red algae
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* ''
Electrona risso'' : a
lanternfish
Lanternfish (or myctophids, from the Greek language, Greek μυκτήρ ''myktḗr'', "nose" and ''ophis'', "serpent") are small mesopelagic fish of the large family (biology), family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, ...
*''
Polyacanthonotus rissoanus'' : smallmouth spiny eel
Genera and species named by him
He named 549 marine genera and species.
IPNI
The International Plant Names Index (IPNI) describes itself as "a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and lycophytes." Coverage of plant names is best at the rank of species and genus. It in ...
gives 81 records for Risso.
Bibliography
* Risso A. (1818). "Memoire sur quelques Gasteropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observes dans la Mer de Nice". ''Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts'' 87
368��377.
* Risso A. (1826–1827). ''Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes''. Paris, Levrault.
** (1826). Vol. 1: XII + 448 pp., 1 plate.
** (November 1827). Vol. 2: VII + 482 pp., 8 pl. (flowers).
** (September 1827). Vol. 3: XVI + 480 pp., 14 pl. (fishes).
** (November 1826). Vol. 4: IV + 439 pp., 12 pl. (molluscs).
** (November 1827). Vol. 5: VIII + 400 pp., 10 pl. (other invertebrates).
* Emig C. C., 2012. Révision des espèces de brachiopodes décrites par A. Risso. Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology
Article 2012/02 (CG2012_A02) with the scientific bibliography of A. Risso in an appendix
References
Further reading
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External links
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* Site Risso
Joseph Antoine RISSO - 1777 - 1845 Nice (Nissart) : sa Biographie avec references
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1777 births
1845 deaths
Italian taxonomists
Italian carcinologists
Italian ichthyologists
People from Nice
19th-century Italian zoologists
Scientists from the Kingdom of Sardinia