Christer Erséus, born 1951
in
Borås
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, is a Swedish zoologist. He defended his doctoral dissertation in 1980 at the
University of Gothenburg
The University of Gothenburg () is a List of universities in Sweden, university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current List of universities in Sweden#Public universities, S ...
,
where in 1991 he became professor of zoology
and director of studies in zoomorphology and systematics.
Prior to becoming professor at Gothenburg he worked at the Department of Invertebrate Zoology (NRM) at the
Swedish Museum of Natural History
The Swedish Museum of Natural History (), in Stockholm, is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden, the other one being located in Gothenburg.
The museum was founded in 1819 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, but goes bac ...
. His doctoral dissertation treated the ringworm group
Clitellata
The Clitellata are a class of annelid worms, characterized by having a clitellum – the 'collar' that forms a reproductive cocoon during part of their life cycles. The clitellates comprise around 8,000 species. Unlike the class of Polychaeta ...
.
Over the years, he has described over 500 new species of oligochaetes (Clitellata), and has published over 200 scientific articles on
Clitellata
The Clitellata are a class of annelid worms, characterized by having a clitellum – the 'collar' that forms a reproductive cocoon during part of their life cycles. The clitellates comprise around 8,000 species. Unlike the class of Polychaeta ...
. Christer Erséus is considered one of the world's leading experts in the group of worms.
His zoological author abbreviation is Erséus.
See also
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Taxa named by Christer Erséus.
References
External links
Wikidata query of authored data
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
University of Gothenburg alumni
Academic staff of the University of Gothenburg
20th-century Swedish zoologists
People from Borås
21st-century Swedish zoologists