Antonio della Valle (1850,

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- 1935) was an

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zoologist Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...

who specialised in

Amphipoda Amphipoda () is an order (biology), order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods () range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 10,700 amphip ...

and

Ascidiacea Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer test or "tunic" made of the polysacchari ...

. He held positions in the

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and was later professor of Comparative Anatomy at the

University of Naples The University of Naples Federico II (; , ) is a public university, public research university in Naples, Campania, Italy. Established in 1224 and named after its founder, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, it is the oldest public, s ...

and was a member of the research team at

Stazione Zoologica The Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn is a research institute in Naples, Italy, devoted to basic research in biology. Research is largely interdisciplinary involving the fields of evolution, biochemistry, molecular biology, neurobiology, cell biol ...

in Naples.

Works

Partial list *1877 ''Contribuzioni alla storia naturale delle ascidie composte del Golfo di Napoli con la descrizione di alcune specie e varietà nuove di altre poco note''. Napoli :Tip. Communi *1881 Nuove contribuzioni alla storia naturale delle ascidie composte del Golfo di Napoli. ''Atti Accad. nag. Lincei'' Series 3, Memoir 10: 431–498 *1893 ''Gammarini del golfo di Napoli : Monografia / di Antonio della Valle. Con un atlante di 61 tavole in litografia. Hrsg. von der Zoologischen station zu Neapel''.Series: ''Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel'' 20 Berlin :R. Friedländer & SohnInfo on biodiversitylibrary.org
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References

1850 births 1935 deaths Italian zoologists Academic staff of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Academic staff of the University of Naples Federico II 19th-century Neapolitan people {{zoologist-stub