Pierre Louis André Fauvel (8 October 1866 in

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– 12 September 1958 in

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) was a French zoologist, who specialized in the study of ''

polychaete Polychaeta () is a paraphyletic class of generally marine Annelid, annelid worms, common name, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes (). Each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia that bear many bristles, called c ...

s''. He worked as a préparateur of zoology at the faculty of sciences in Caen, and in 1897 received his doctorate at the Sorbonne with a thesis on ''

Ampharetidae Ampharetidae are a family of terebellid "bristle worm" (class Polychaeta). As such, they belong to the order Canalipalpata, one of the three main clades of polychaetes. They appear to be most closely related to the peculiar alvinellids (Alvinel ...

''. During the same year, he became a professor of zoology at the Université Catholique de l'Ouest in

, where he remained until his retirement in 1951.Fauvel, Pierre
Enciclopedia Italiana The polychaete family ''

Fauveliopsidae Fauveliopsidae is a family of polychaetes belonging to the order Terebellida. The genus name honours Pierre Fauvel. It is a small family, containing only three genera and about twenty species. They are benthic animals, noted for their habit of ...

'' bears his name, as does the genus ''Fauveliopsis''. Along with his many writings on '' Polychaeta'', he was also the author of publications in the fields of

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and dietetics. His zoological author abbreviation is Fauvel.

Selected works

*''Recherches sur les Ampharétiens'', 1897 – Research on

. *''Sur les stades Clymenides et Branchiomaldane des arenicoles'', 1899 – On the genera ''Clymenides'' and ''Branchiomaldane'' of

Arenicolidae Arenicolidae is a family of marine polychaete worms. They are commonly known as lugworms and the little coils of sand they produce are commonly seen on the beach. Arenicolids are found worldwide, mostly living in burrows in sandy substrates. Most ...

. *''Polychètes errantes'', 1923 – Wandering polychaetes. *''Polychètes sédentaires; addenda aux errantes, archiandélides, myzostomaires'', 1927 – Sedentary polychaetes. *''Annélides polychètes de Nouvelle-Calédonie et des îles Gambier'', 1947 – Polychaete annelids of

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and the

Gambier Islands The Gambier Islands ( or ) are an archipelago in French Polynesia, located at the southeast terminus of the Tuamotu archipelago. They cover an area of , and are made up of the Mangareva Islands, a group of high islands remnants of a caldera alo ...

.HathiTrust Digital Library
(published works) * /archive.org/details/FBIPolychaeta ''Annelida Polychaeta''1953, in: "The Fauna of India".

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of taxa he named. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fauvel, Pierre 1866 births 1958 deaths People from Cherbourg-Octeville Academic staff of the University of Caen Normandy Academic staff of the Catholic University of the West French zoologists

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