Heinrich Balss Explained

Heinrich Balss (3 June 1886 – 17 September 1957) was a German zoologist, specialising in Crustacea, especially decapods.^[1] He was chief conservator at the German: [[Zoologische Staatssammlung München|Zoologische Staatssammlung]] ("State Zoology Collection") at the University of Munich, and wrote the sections on decapods and stomatopods in Heinrich Georg Bronn's seminal work German: [[Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs]] ("Classes and Orders of the Animal Kingdom").^[1]

A number of taxa are named in his honour:^[2]

• Balssia Kemp, 1922
• Podocallichirus balssi (Monod, 1935)
• Detocarcinus balssi (Monod, 1956)
• Trizocheles balssi (Stebbing, 1914)
• Rhynchocinetes balssi Gordon, 1936
• Ctenocheles balssi Kishinouye, 1926
• Lebbeus balssi Hayashi, 1992
• Galathea balssi S. Miyake & K. Baba, 1964

Further reading

• Ludwig Tiefenbacher . 1988 . Heinrich Balss' Leben und Werk . The life and work of Heinrich Balss . German . . 11 . 2 . 187–192 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scientists who have contributed to our knowledge of freshwater crab biology . Neil Cumberlidge & Sadie K. Reed . February 27, 2006 . January 13, 2011 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110720013702/http://faculty.nmu.edu/ncumberl/Neil/MainFWC-website/FWCCarcinologists.html . July 20, 2011 .
2. Web site: Heinrich Balss . Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names . . Hans G. Hansson . January 13, 2011 . December 2, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211202163156/https://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.b.html . dead .