Antoine Risso
Antoine Risso | |
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 Antoine Risso | |
| Born | 8 April 1777 |
| Died | 25 August 1845 (aged 68) Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | natural history |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Risso |
| Author abbrev. (zoology) | Risso |
Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a
Niçard and naturalist.[1]
Risso was born in the city of
author abbreviation Risso when citing a botanical name;[3] the same abbreviation is used for zoological names
.
Genera and species named after him
- Rissoa Freminville in Desmarest, 1814: a genus of gastropods
- Rissoella Gray, 1847: a genus of gastropod
- Rissoella J.Agardh, 1849: a genus of red algae[4]
- Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829): a lanternfish
- Polyacanthonotus rissoanus(De Filippi & Vérany, 1857): smallmouth spiny eel
Genera and species named by him
He named 549 marine genera and species.[5] IPNI gives 81 records for Risso.[6]
Bibliography
- (in French) Risso A. (1818). "Memoire sur quelques Gasteropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observes dans la Mer de Nice". Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 87: 368–377.
- (in French) Risso A. (1826–1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault.
- (1826). Vol. 1: XII + 448 pp., 1 plate.
- (November 1827). Vol. 2: VII + 482 pp., 8 pl. (flowers).
- (September 1827). Vol. 3: XVI + 480 pp., 14 pl. (fishes).
- (November 1826). Vol. 4: IV + 439 pp., 12 pl. (molluscs).
- (November 1827). Vol. 5: VIII + 400 pp., 10 pl. (other invertebrates).
- Emig C. C., 2012. Révision des espèces de brachiopodes décrites par A. Risso. Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology, Article 2012/02 (CG2012_A02) Archived 3 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine with the scientific bibliography of A. Risso in an appendix
References
- ISBN 978-0-87169-240-5.
- ISBN 978-0-520-26545-5.
- ISBN 0-947643-44-3.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rissoella J.Agardh, 1849". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ^ World Register of Marine Species: author Risso
- ^ "International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org.
Further reading
- Jules René Bourguignat (1861). Étude synonymique sur les mollusques des Alpes maritimes publiés par A. Risso en 1826 (in French). Paris: J. B. Baillière.
External links
- Works by or about Antoine Risso at Internet Archive
- Site Risso: Joseph Antoine RISSO - 1777 - 1845 Nice (Nissart) : sa Biographie avec references
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