Fritz Sarasin Explained

Fritz Sarasin, full name Karl Friedrich Sarasin (3 December 1859 – 23 March 1942) was a Swiss naturalist.

He was a second cousin of Paul Sarasin.^[1] They made a scientific expedition to Celebes (now Sulawesi).

Taxon named in his honor

Paul and Fritz Sarasin are commemorated in the scientific names of five species of reptiles:

• Amphiesma sarasinorum,
• Correlophus sarasinorum,
• Nessia sarasinorum,
• Pseudorabdion sarasinorum, and
• Sphenomorphus sarasinorum.^[2]

And fish:

• Sarasin's goby Mugilogobius sarasinorum is named in the cousins honor.^[3]

There are seven species, two genera and one subfamily of harvestmen named after them.

Bibliography

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He has published some of scientific works together with Paul Sarasin.

• Sarasin F. & Roux J. (eds.) (1913–1918). "Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty". Wiesbaden.
  • (1913). A. Zoologie. Volume I.
  • (1915). A. Zoologie. Volume II.
  • (1923). A. Zoologie. Volume III.
  • (1925). A. Zoologie. Volume IV.
• Aus einem glücklichen Leben. Biographische Notizen, Frobenius AG, Basel 1941.

Notes and References

1. Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed., 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Sarasin", p. 233).
3. Web site: Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o) . 15 March 2022 . Christopher Scharpf . Kenneth J. Lazara . amp . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara . 22 September 2018.