Jean Baptiste François René Koehler Explained

Jean Baptiste François René Koehler (7 March 1860, Saint-Dié  - 19 April 1931, Lyon) was a French zoologist best known for his research of echinoderms.

He studied medicine and zoology in Nancy. In 1889 he became a member of the faculty of sciences in Lyon, where in 1894, he attained the chair of zoology.^[1] In 1911 he was selected as president of the Société zoologique de France.^[2]

In 1988 the genus Koehleria (Cherbonnier) of the family Cucumariidae was named in his honor.^[3] Also, he is commemorated by organisms with the specific epithet of koehleri.^[2]

Written works

He made contributions to the section on echinoderms in the series Faune de France. His other publications include:

• Recherches sur la faune marine des iles Anglo-Normandes, 1885 - Research on marine fauna of the Channel Islands.
• Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le golfe de Gascogne : août-septembre 1895, (1896) - Scientific results of the "Caudan campaign" in the Gulf of Gascony.
• Expédition antarctique belge : résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery, 1902 - Belgian Antarctic Expedition, results from the voyage of the S.Y. Belgica 1897-1899.
• Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga / Ie pt., Ophiures de mer profonde, 1904 - Ophiurans from the Siboga Expedition, part 1; ophiurans from the deep sea.
• Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga / IIe pt., Ophiures littorales, 1905 - Orphirians from the Siboga Expedition, part II; ophiurans from the littoral regions.
• Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, (1906) - Scientific expeditions of the Travailleur and Talisman during the years 1880 to 1883.
• Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice : astéries, ophiures, échinides et crinoïdes, 1909 - Echinoderms collected from campaigns of the yacht Princesse-Alice.
• "Ophiurans of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters", Washington, G.P.O., 1922, (manuscript translated by Austin H. Clark).
• Les échinodermes des mers d'Europe, 1924 - Echinoderms from the seas of Europe.^{[1] [4]}

Notes and References

1. http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=985# Prosopo
2. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.k.html Petymol
3. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206424 WoRMS taxon details
4. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AKoehler%2C+Jean+Baptiste+Franc%CC%A7ois+Rene%CC%81%2C&qt=hot_author WorldCat Search