Antoine Risso
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Antoine Risso
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| Born | 8 April 1777 Nice |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Nice |
| 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 naturalist.[1]
Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published Ichthyologie de Nice (1810), Histoire naturelle de l'Europe méridionale (1826) and Histoire Naturelle des Orangers (1818–1822). Risso's dolphin was named after him.[2] He is denoted by the author abbreviation Risso when citing a botanical name;[3] the same abbreviation is used for zoological names.
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Genera and species named after him
- Rissoa Freminville in Desmarest, 1814: a genus of gastropods
- Rissoella J. Agardh, 1849: a genus of algae
- Electrona risso (Cocco, 1829): a lanternfish
Genera and species named by him
He named 549 marine genera and species.[4] IPNI gives 81 records for Risso.[5]
Bibliography
- (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.
- (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) with the scientific bibliography of A. Risso in an appendix
References
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- ↑ World Register of Marine Species: author Risso
- ↑ IPNI: author Risso
Further reading
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External links
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- Site Risso: http://paleopolis.rediris.es/benthos/Risso/
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- Zoologists with author abbreviations
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- 1777 births
- 1845 deaths
- People from Nice
- French people of Italian descent
- French zoologists
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