Aleksei Korotnev Explained

Aleksei Alekseevich Korotnev (February 15, 1854, Moscow – June 14, 1915, Odessa) was a Russian zoologist.

Korotnev graduated from Moscow University in 1876 and gained his doctorate there in 1881. In 1887 he became a professor at the St. Vladimir Imperial University of Kiev. In 1885 and in 1890-91, he made extensive zoological collections in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean regions. In 1886, he began studies at Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche (Villafranca, France). Korotnev also studied the fauna of Lake Baikal between 1900 and 1902. His principal work was on the embryonic development of cnidarians, bryozoans, tunicates and insects.He was a corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1903).

Taxa named in honour

The following taxa have been named in honour (eponyms) of Aleksei Alekseevich Korotnev:

Gastropoda:

• Korotnewia Kozhov, 1936
• Korotnewia korotnevi (Lindholm, 1909)
• Cincinna korotnevi (Lindholm, 1909)
• Pseudancylastrum korotnevi Starobogatov, 1989
• Choanomphalus korotnevi Lindholm, 1909^[1]

Bivalvia:

• Amesoda korotniewii (W. Dybowski, 1902)
• Euglesa korotnevi (Lindholm, 1909)

Crustacea:

• Baicalasellus korotnevi (Semenkevich, 1924)

References

• Mazurmovich, B. N. O zhizni i deiatel’nosti professora Kievskogo universiteta A. A. Korotneva. Tr. Jn-ta istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhnikiANSSSR, 1958, vol. 24. pp. 196–211.The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970–1979).

External links

• Fokin S. (accessed 16. March 2012). "RUSSIAN PERIOD OF THE HISTORY OF THE VILLEFRANCHE-SUR-MER OCEANOLOGICAL STATION (1886—1930). EVENTS AND FACES".

Notes and References

1. Lindholm W. A. (1909). "Die Mollusken des Baikal-Sees (Gastropoda et Pelecypoda) systematisch und zoogeographisch bearb". Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer zoologische Expedition nach dem Baikal-See unter Leitung des Prof. Alexis Korotneff i. d. J. 1900-1902, 4. Kiew und Berlin, Fridländer und Sohn: 1-104. page 13, 66, 73.