
Louis Marie Adolphe Olivier Édouard Joubin (27 February 1861 in
Épinal
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Geography
The commune has a land area of . It is situated on the river Moselle, so ...
– 24 April 1935 in
Paris
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) was a professor at 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
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. He published works on
nemertea
Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of about 1300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies. ...
ns,
chaetognatha
The Chaetognatha or chaetognaths (meaning ''bristle-jaws'') are a phylum of predatory marine worms that are a major component of plankton worldwide. Commonly known as arrow worms, they are mostly pelagic; however about 20% of the known species ...
,
cephalopod
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s, and other
molluscs
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
.
He served as an assistant to
Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers, subsequently becoming director of the laboratories at
Banyuls-sur-Mer
Banyuls-sur-Mer (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales Departments of France, department in southern France.
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Banyuls-sur-Mer is located in the canton of La CĂ´te Vermeille and in the arrondissemen ...
(1882) and
Roscoff
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Roscoff is renowned for its picturesque architecture, labelled (small town of character) since 2009. Roscoff is also a traditional departure point ...
(1884). Later on, he became an instructor at the
University of Rennes
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,
[Prosopo]
Sociétés savantes and in 1903 succeeded
Edmond Perrier
Jean Octave Edmond Perrier (9 May 1844 – 31 July 1921) was a French zoologist born in Tulle. He is known for his studies of invertebrates (annelids and echinoderms). He was the brother of zoologist Rémy Perrier (1861–1936).
Career
On advice ...
as ''chaire des mollusques, des vers et des zoophytes'' at the
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
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(from 1917 onward his title was ''chaire des mollusques''). In 1906 he was chosen by
Albert I, Prince of Monaco
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to be in charge of instruction at the Institut océanographique.
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In 1905 he was named president of the Société zoologique de France. In 1920 he became a member of the ]Académie des Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences (, ) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French Scientific method, scientific research. It was at the forefron ...
.[
Joubin's squid (''Joubiniteuthis portieri'') is named for him, as is '' Anoxycalyx joubini'', a ]hexactinellid
Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed siliceous spicules, often referred to as glass sponges. They are usually classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consid ...
sponge
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...
whose lifespan is purportedly 10,000 years.
Written works
* ''Les Némertiens'', 1894 - Nemertean
Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of about 1300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies. ...
s.
* ''Contribution à l'étude des Céphalopodes de l'Atlantique Nord'', 1895 - Contributions to the study of cephalopod
A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan Taxonomic rank, class Cephalopoda (Greek language, Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral symm ...
s of the North Atlantic
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.
* ''Expédition antarctique française (1903-1905) : commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Science naturelles: documents scientifiques''. - French Antarctic Expedition (1903–05) : commanded by Jean Baptiste Charcot, Natural science
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: scientific documents of the expedition.
* ''Deuxième expédition antarctique française (1908-1910) / Sciences naturelles: documents scientifiques''. - Second French Antarctic Expedition (1908–10) / Natural sciences: scientific documents of the expedition.
* ''La vie dans les océans'', 1912 - Life in the oceans.
* ''Chétognathes provenant des campagnes des yachts Hirondelle et Princesse-Alice, 1885-1910'' (with Louis Germain), 1916 - Chaetognatha
The Chaetognatha or chaetognaths (meaning ''bristle-jaws'') are a phylum of predatory marine worms that are a major component of plankton worldwide. Commonly known as arrow worms, they are mostly pelagic; however about 20% of the known species ...
from campaigns of the yachts Hirondelle and Princesse-Alice, 1885-1910.
* ''Le fond de la mer'', 1920 - The bottom of the sea.
* ''Les métamorphoses des animaux marins'', 1926 - Metamorphosis of marine animals.
* ''Éléments de biologie marine'', 1928 - Elements of marine biology
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.
* ''Faune ichthyologique de l'Atlantique nord'', 1929 - Ichthyological
Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish (Agnatha). According to FishBase, 35,800 species of fish had been described as of March 2 ...
fauna of the North Atlantic.
* "Cephalopods from the scientific expeditions of Prince Albert I of Monaco
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"; published in 1995 into English.
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1861 births
1935 deaths
Teuthologists
People from Épinal
French malacologists
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
National Museum of Natural History (France) people