Wilhelm Peters
Wilhelm Peters | |
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| Born | 22 April 1815 |
| Died | 20 April 1883 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Explorer, zoologist |
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Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 – 20 April 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer.
He was assistant to the anatomist
Martin Lichtenstein as curator of the museum in 1858, and in the same year he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In a few years, he greatly increased the Berlin Museum's herpetological collection to a size comparable to those of Paris and London. Herpetology was Peters' main interest, and he described 122 new genera and 649 species from around the world.[1][2] Peters also described at least one new fish species, the piranha Serrasalmus irritans
, Peters 1877, based on a specimen reported as from San Fernando de Apure, Venezuela.
Eponyms
Wilhelm Peters is commemorated in the scientific names of several species:
Mammals, including
- Rhynchocyon petersi
Reptiles, including
- Andinosaura petrorum,
- Anolis petersii,
- Geophis petersii,
- Hebius petersii,
- Morenia petersi, and
- Tracheloptychus petersi.[3]
Fish
- An African freshwater elephantfish, Gnathonemus petersii, known commonly as Peters's elephantnose fish.
- The African Fish Distichodus petersii Pfeffer, 1896
Plants
Geographic
- Peters Bay in NE Greenland was named after him by Carl Koldewey during the 1869–1870 Second German North Polar Expedition.[6]
Author abbreviation
Sometimes, W. Peters is used to prevent confusion with herpetologists Günther Peters and James A. Peters.
Family
His older brother was the German-born American Astronomer Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters.[7]
Works
- Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Band 1: Zoologie / Säugethiere . Reimer, Berlin 1852 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Band 2: Zoologie / Vögel . Reimer, Berlin [1883] Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Band 3: Zoologie / Amphibien . Reimer, Berlin 1882 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Band 4: Zoologie / Flußfische . Reimer, Berlin 1868 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Band 5: Zoologie / Insecten und Myriopoden . Reimer, Berlin 1862 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Botanik Abth. 1 . Reimer, Berlin 1862 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique. Botanik Abth. 2 . Reimer, Berlin 1864 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-916984-19-9.
- ^ "George Glazer Gallery - Antique Monkey Prints - Peters Monkey Studies". www.georgeglazer.com. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
- ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5.
- ^ Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana. (n.d.). Retrieved January 16, 2024, from https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123470
- ^ Nymphaea petersiana | CasaBio. (n.d.). Retrieved January 16, 2024, from https://casabio.org/taxa/nymphaea-petersiana
- ^ "Catalogue of place names in northern East Greenland". Geological Survey of Denmark. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Landeskirchliches Archiv der Evang.-Luth. Kirche, Kirchenkreis Nordfriesland, Koldenbüttel, Taufen 1779-1873
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