Sidney Irving Smith
Sidney Irving Smith | |
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Born | |
Died | 6 May 1926 | (aged 83)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Sheffield Scientific School |
Scientific career | |
Fields | zoologist |
Author abbrev. (zoology) | S. I. Smith |
Sidney Irving Smith (February 18, 1843, in Norway, Maine – May 6, 1926, in New Haven, Connecticut)[1] was an American zoologist.
Private life
Sidney Smith was the son of Elliot Smith and Lavinia Barton.
Education and career
In his youth, Sidney Irving Smith became expert on the fauna around his home town, and an expert at making collections, particularly of insects.
Having begun as an
Legacy
Smith produced more than 70 original papers.[3] His collections are now housed in the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale and at the National Museum of Natural History.[3]
Sidney Irving Smith was honoured in the specific epithets of a number of species. They include Lembos smithi Holmes, 1905, Metapenaeopsis smithi (Schmitt, 1924), Oxyurostylis smithi Calman, 1912, Pandarus smithi Rathbun, 1886 and Siphonoecetes smithianus Rathbun, 1908.[4]
Taxa named by Sidney Irving Smith include:
- Callinectes danae S. I. Smith, 1869
- Cardisoma crassum S. I. Smith, 1870
- Eumunida S. I. Smith, 1883
- Eumunida picta S. I. Smith, 1883
- Eunephrops S. I. Smith, 1885
- Eunephrops bairdii S. I. Smith, 1885
- Hepatella Smith in Verrill, 1869
- Hyalella S. I. Smith, 1874
- Macrobrachium ohione S. I. Smith, 1874
- Neomysis americana (S. I. Smith, 1873)
- Orchestia agilisS. I. Smith, 1874
- Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882
- Polycheles sculptusS. I. Smith, 1880
- Uca pugnax(S. I. Smith, 1870)
- Xiphopenaeus hartiiSmith, 1869
- Acanthephyra brevirostris S. I. Smith, 1885
- Admete nodosa Verrill & Smith, 1885
- Ampithoe longimana S. I. Smith, 1873
- Ampithoe valida S. I. Smith, 1873
- Arctus americanus S. I. Smith, 1869
- Argulus laticauda S. I. Smith, 1873
- Argulus latus S. I. Smith, 1873
- Argulus megalops S. I. Smith, 1873
- Benthonectes filipes S. I. Smith, 1885
- Benthonectes S. I. Smith, 1885
- Beringius brychius (Verrill & Smith, 1885)
- Byblis serrata S. I. Smith, 1873
- Bythocaris gracilis S. I. Smith, 1885
- Bythocaris nana S. I. Smith, 1885
- Colletes perforator Smith, 1869
- Cymadusa compta (S. I. Smith, 1873)
- Dyspanopeus sayi (S. I. Smith, 1869)
- Elasmopus laevis S. I. Smith, 1873
- Elasmopus levis (S. I. Smith, 1873)
- Ephyrina benedicti S. I. Smith, 1885
- Ephyrina S. I. Smith, 1885
- Eucratopsis Smith, 1869
- Eurypanopeus depressus (S. I. Smith, 1869)
- Evibacus Smith, 1869
- Evibacus princeps Smith, 1869
- Gammarus annulatus S. I. Smith, 1873
- Hadropenaeus modestus (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Haliporus modestus (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Haliporus robustus (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Heterogenys microphthalma (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Heteromysis formosa S. I. Smith, 1873
- Heteromysis S. I. Smith, 1873
- Hippolyte zostericola (S. I. Smith, 1873)
- Hyalopecten undatus (A. E. Verrill & S. Smith, 1885)
- Hymenopenaeus modestus S. I. Smith, 1885
- Hymenopenaeus robustus S. I. Smith, 1885
- Melita nitida S. I. Smith, 1873
- Metapenaeopsis goodei (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Metapenaeus goodei (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Munidopsis crassa S. I. Smith, 1885
- Munidopsis similis S. I. Smith, 1885
- Mysis stenolepis S. I. Smith, 1873
- Neopanope sayi(S. I. Smith, 1869)
- Neopanope texana sayi (S. I. Smith, 1869)
- Palaemon ensiculus Smith, 1869
- Panopeus hartii S. I. Smith, 1869
- Panopeus harttii S. I. Smith, 1869
- Panopeus obesus S. I. Smith, 1869
- Panopeus sayiS. I. Smith, 1869
- Panulirus echinatus Smith, 1869
- Parapenaeus goodei S. I. Smith, 1885
- Parapenaeus megalops Smith, 1885
- Parapenaeus S. I. Smith, 1885
- Penaeopsis goodei (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Penaeopsis megalops (Smith, 1885)
- Pleoticus robustus (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Pontonia margarita Smith, 1869
- Rimapenaeus similis (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Scyllarus americanus (S. I. Smith, 1869)
- Scyphacella arenicola S. I. Smith, 1873
- Scyphacella S. I. Smith, 1873
- Thyasira grandis Verrill & Smith, 1885
- Thyasira plicata Verrill & Smith, 1885
- Trachypenaeus similis (S. I. Smith, 1885)
- Xiphopenaeus Smith, 1869
References
- Data related to Sidney Irving Smith at Wikispecies
- ^ PMID 17774467.
- ISBN 978-90-5410-137-6.
- ^ United States National Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Prof. Dr. Sidney Irving Smith". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Retrieved May 31, 2011.