Fenner Albert Chace Jr. (October 5, 1908 – May 30, 2004) was an American

carcinologist A carcinologist is a scientist who studies crustaceans or is otherwise involved in carcinology (the science of crustaceans). References {{Reflist, 24em . Carcinologists ...

Life

Fenner Albert Chace Jr. was born in

Fall River, Massachusetts Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state. Located along the eastern shore of Mount ...

. He attended

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

, and received his doctorate in 1934, and became a

curator A curator (from la, cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. When working with cultural organizations, a curator is typically a "collections curator" or an "exhibitions curator", and has multifaceted tasks dependent on the parti ...

at that university's

Museum of Comparative Zoology A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

. After the start of

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, he worked as a civilian for the

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oceanographic group, and later commissioned as an officer. His unit was dismantled, and he was reassigned to the US Navy Hydrographic Office. He worked to produce cloth survival charts to be used by aviators lost at sea. After the war, he succeeded

Waldo L. Schmitt Waldo LaSalle Schmitt (June 25, 1887 – August 5, 1977) was an American biologist born in Washington, D.C. He received his Ph.D. from George Washington University in 1922. In 1948, he received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the Uni ...

at the

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. He worked at the National Museum until his

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in 1978, and then he continued as '' Zoologist Emeritus''. He was "one of the most influential carcinologists of the 20th century", and named 200 taxa in the

Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers. The order is es ...

and

Stomatopoda Mantis shrimp, or stomatopods, are carnivorous marine crustaceans of the order Stomatopoda (). Stomatopods branched off from other members of the class Malacostraca around 340 million years ago. Mantis shrimp typically grow to around in length ...

, most of them

shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crustaceans outside of this order are refer ...

Taxa

Taxa named by Fenner A. Chace include: *''

Atyopsis ''Atyopsis'' is a genus of freshwater shrimp from Southeast Asia. It was erected in 1983 by Fenner A. Chace, Jr. for two species formerly treated in the genus ''Atya''. It differs from ''Atya'' by various characters, including the form of the te ...

'' Chace, 1983 *''

Eunephrops cadenasi ''Eunephrops cadenasi'', sometimes called the sculptured lobster, is a species of lobster found in the Caribbean. Description ''Eunephrops cadenasi'' is a medium-sized lobster with a cylindrical body. Adult male individuals of ''Eunephrops cade ...

'' Chace, 1939 *''

Palaemonetes cummingi ''Palaemonetes cummingi'', known as the Squirrel Chimney cave shrimp or the Florida cave shrimp, is a threatened species of cave-dwelling shrimp in the family Palaemonidae. ''P. cummingi'' has been observed in one sinkhole called Squirrel Chimne ...

'' Chace, 1954 *''

Physetocaris ''Physetocaris'' is a monotypic genus of caridean shrimp, containing a single species, ''Physetocaris microphthalma''. Systematics ''Physetocaris microphthalma'' is placed in its own family (Physetocarididae) and superfamily (Physetocaridoidea) ...

'' Chace, 1940 *''

Physetocaris microphthalma ''Physetocaris'' is a monotypic genus of caridean shrimp, containing a single species, ''Physetocaris microphthalma''. Systematics ''Physetocaris microphthalma'' is placed in its own family (Physetocarididae) and superfamily (Physetocaridoidea) ...

'' Chace, 1940 *''

Potamonautes choloensis ''Potamonautes choloensis'' is a species of freshwater crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. Range and habitat ''Potamonautes choloensis'' is native to mountain rivers and streams in portions of Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique. In has been f ...

'' (Chace, 1953) *''

Potamonautes idjiwiensis ''Potamonautes idjiwiensis'' is a species of crustacean in the family Potamonautidae. It is endemic to the island of Idjwi in Lake Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises t ...

'' (Chace, 1942) *'' Potamonautes montivagus'' (Chace, 1953) *''

Potamonautes mutandensis ''Potamonautes mutandensis'' is an endangered species of freshwater crab in the family Potamonautidae. It is found in Lake Mutanda and Lake Kivu in Uganda, Rwanda and DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République dém ...

'' (Chace, 1942) *

Procarididae Procarididea is an infraorder of decapods, comprising only eleven species. Six of these are in the genera ''Procaris'' and '' Vetericaris'', which together make up the family Procarididae. The remaining five species are only known from fossils an ...

Chace & Manning, 1972 * Procaridoidea Chace & Manning, 1972 *''

Procaris ''Procaris'' is a genus of shrimp in the family Procarididae. It contains the following species: *''Procaris ascensionis ''Procaris ascensionis'' is a species of shrimp, known only from two saltwater pools on Ascension Island Ascension ...

'' Chace & Manning, 1972 *''

Procaris ascensionis ''Procaris ascensionis'' is a species of shrimp, known only from two saltwater pools on Ascension Island Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about from the coas ...

'' Chace & Manning, 1972 *''

Psalidopus barbouri ''Psalidopus'' is a genus of shrimp placed in its own family, Psalidopodidae, and superfamily, Psalidopodoidea. It comprises three species, one in the western Atlantic Ocean, and two in the Indo-Pacific. ''Psalidopus barbouri'' ''P. barbouri'' ...

'' Chace, 1939 *''

Tetrasquilla ''Tetrasquilla'' is a genus of mantis shrimp containing a single species, ''Tetrasquilla mccullochae''. It is the only known pantropical stomatopod. The specific epithet commemorates Dr. Irene A. McCulloch, professor of zoology of the University ...

'' Manning & Chace, 1990 *''

Typhlatya monae ''Typhlatya monae'' is a species of basket shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is found in the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the ...

'' Chace, 1954 *''

Typhlatya rogersi ''Typhlatya rogersi'' is a species of basket shrimp in the family Atyidae. It is found in South America and Africa. References Further reading * Atyidae Articles created by Qbugbot Crustaceans described in 1972 {{Caridea-stub ...

'' Chace & Manning, 1972 Chace is commemorated in a number of names of taxa: *''

Alpheus fenneri Alpheos or Alpheus may refer to: * Alpheus (mythology), a river god in Greek mythology * Alpheus, West Virginia, a community in the US * Alfeios River, the Greek river which the mythological god refers to * Alphaeus, a father of two of the Twelv ...

'' A. J. Bruce, 1994 *'' Archaeatya chacei'' Villalobos, 1960 *''

Chacella ''Chacella'' is a genus of shrimps belonging to the family Palaemonidae Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except the de ...

'' A. J. Bruce, 1986 *''

Chaceon fenneri ''Chaceon fenneri'', commonly known as the golden crab or golden deepsea crab, is one of several species of crab harvested for food by humans. It was formerly called ''Geryon fenneri''. Like the blue crab, its common name comes from the color o ...

'' (Manning & Holthuis, 1984) *'' Chorocaris chacei'' (Williams & Rona, 1986) *''

Crassispira chacei ''Crassispira chacei'' is a species of marine gastropod in the family (biology), family Pseudomelatomidae. Description It has a stout, brownish gastropod shell, shell and resembles ''Crassispira turricula''. The shell is long, and wide. The s ...

'' Hertlein & Strong, 1951 *'' Dicranodromia chacei'' Guinot, 1995 *'' Fennera chacei'' Holthuis, 1951 *'' Fenneralpheus chacei'' Felder & Manning, 1986 *'' Fenneropenaeus'' Perez Farfante, 1969 *''

Hymenopenaeus chacei ''Hymenopenaeus'' is a genus of prawns containing 17 species. Species * ''Hymenopenaeus aphoticus'' Burkenroad, 1936 * ''Hymenopenaeus chacei'' Crosnier & Forest, 1969 * ''Hymenopenaeus debilis'' Smith, 1882 * ''Hymenopenaeus doris'' Faxon, 189 ...

'' Crosnier & Forest, 1969 *'' Ifanella chacei'' Vervoort, 1964 *''

Ischnochiton chaceorum ''Ischnochiton'' spp. (unknown species) from South Africa ''Ischnochiton'' is a genus of polyplacophoran mollusc. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Ischnochiton Gray, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:// ...

'' P. Kaas & R. A. Van Belle, 1990 *'' Michelopagurus chacei'' McLaughlin, 1997 *'' Pasiphaea chacei'' Yaldwyn, 1962 *'' Plesionika chacei'' Crosnier, 1986 *'' Pylocheles chacei'' Forest, 1987 *''

Scyllarus chacei ''Scyllarus'' is a genus of slipper lobsters from the Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean and Caribbean. Until 2002, the genus included far more species, but these are now placed in other genera. The following species remain in ''Scylla ...

'' Holthuis, 1960 *'' Vetericaris chaceorum'' Kensley & Williams, 1986 The shrimp genus '' Janicea'' (currently in the family

Barbouriidae Barbouriidae is a family of shrimp Shrimp are crustaceans (a form of shellfish) with elongated bodies and a primarily swimming mode of locomotion – most commonly Caridea and Dendrobranchiata of the decapod order, although some crusta ...

) is named after Chace's wife, Janice.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chace, Fenner A. Jr. American carcinologists 1908 births 2004 deaths Harvard University alumni People from Fall River, Massachusetts Scientists from Massachusetts 20th-century American zoologists