Friedrich Kiefer Explained

Professor Friedrich Kiefer (9 September 1897 – 18 April 1985) was a German zoologist, specialising in freshwater copepods. For over 60 years, he was "the preeminent morphological taxonomist of continental free-living copepods".[1]

Kiefer was born in Karlsruhe on September 6, 1897. He became honorary director of the German: Anstalt für Bodenseeforschung (Institute for Research on Lake Constance) in 1963, following the retirement of Max Auerbach.[2] He is commemorated in the scientific names Cyclopinula kieferi and Eurytemora kieferi.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Grace Wyngaard . . 417 . 1 . 1–10 . 2000 . V. Alekseev, G. A. Wyngaard & F. D. Ferrari . The contributions of Ulrich K. Einsle to the taxonomy of the Copepoda . 10.1023/A:1003806912364. 29379328 .
  2. Web site: Professor Dr. Friedrich Kiefer . Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names . Hans G. Hansson . . November 2, 2010 . January 28, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114215/http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.k.html . dead .