Eugène Louis Bouvier
Eugène Louis Bouvier (9 April 1856 in
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
.
Biography
Following graduation at the
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, where he studied with Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835–1900) and Edmond Perrier (1844–1921). Together with Milne-Edwards, he worked on some of the crustaceans from the Travailleur and Talisman expeditions (1880–1883).[1][2]
In 1887, he earned his doctorate in
gastropods, Système nerveux, morphologie générale et classification des Gastéropodes prosobranches. In 1889, he became an associate professor at the Ecole supérieure de pharmacie de Paris, and in 1895, he attained a professorship of natural history (chair of "articulated animals"; starting in 1917, it was referred to as the chair of entomology) at the muséum. Bouvier maintained the chair of entomology until 1931, when he was succeeded by René Jeannel
(1879–1965).
His earlier studies dealt with evolution of various species, in particular
Works
- Recherches sur les affinités des Lithodes & des Lomis avec les Paguridés (1895) – Studies on the closer relationships of the king crab Lomis with paguridhermit crabs.
- Nouvelles observations sur les glaucothoés (1905) – New Observations on Glaucothoe(larvae).
- [Vie psychique des insectes] (1918) – The Psychic Life of Insects (translated, 1922).
- Habitudes et Métamorphoses des insectes (1919) – Behavior and Metamorphosis of Insects.
- Le Communisme chez les insectes (1926) – Communism Among Insects.
- Monographie des lépidoptères saturnides (1934) – Monograph of Lepidoptera, Saturniidae.
- Décapodes marcheurs de la faune de France (1940) – Decapoda of France.
Legacy
Taxa named after Bouvier include:
- Procambarus bouvieri, a crayfish
- Hemidactylus bouvieri, a leaf-toed gecko
- Rissoina bouvieri, a sea snail
- Eumetula bouvieri, a sea snail
- Procolobus bouvieri, a monkey
- Cyphocaris bouvieri, an amphipod
- Cinnyris bouvieri, a sunbird
- Scotopelia bouvieri, a fishing owl
- Procambarus bouvieri, a crayfish
- Messor bouvieri, an ant
- Peripatus bouvieri, a velvet worm
See also
- List of Chairs of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
References
- Archives Department of the Pasteur Institute (biography)
- ^ a b Hans G. Hansson. "Eugène Louis Bouvier". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
- ^ a b Bouvier, E.L. (1915). "Thalassinidés nouveaux capturés au large des côtes soudanaises par "Le Talisman"". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (in French). 21: 182 – via BHL.
- ^ Bouvier, E.-L (1922), Observations complémentaires sur les crustacés décapodes (abstraction faite des carides) provenant des campagnes de S.A.S. le prince de Monaco., Impr. de Monaco
- ^ Kellogg, Vernon. (1923). The Psychic Life of Insects by E. L. Bouvier. Science. New Series, Vol. 58, No. 1508. pp. 423–424.
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