Paul Lassenius Kramp Explained

Paul Lassenius Kramp
Birth Date:	28 January 1887
Birth Place:	Copenhagen
Death Place:	Gentofte
Workplaces:	University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum
Known For:	Synopsis of the Medusae of the World
Spouse:	Marie Bolette Blædel

Paul Lassenius Kramp (28 January 1887 – 13 July 1975) was a Danish marine biologist.^[1] He is best known for his extensive monographs on jellyfish.^{[2] [3]} Several marine taxa have been named in his honor.^[4]

Eponymous taxa

• Aequorea krampi Bouillon, 1984
• Amphinema krampi Russell, 1956
• Calycopsis krampi Petersen, 1957
• Convexella krampi (Madsen, 1956)
• Escharina krampi Marcus, 1938
• Eutima krampi Guo, Xu & Huang, 2008
• Krampella Russell, 1957
• Krampia Ditlevsen, 1921
• Mohnia (Tacita) krampi (Thorson, 1951)
• Ransonia krampi (Ranson, 1932)
• Tomopteris krampi Wesenberg-Lund, 1936

Notes and References

1. Paul Lassenius Kramp, 28. januar 1887 - 13. juli 1975 . Wolff . Torben . 1975 . Videnskabelige Meddelelser Fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening . 138 . 207–218 .
2. Kramp, P. L. (1961) Synopsis of the medusae of the world. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 40: 1-469; Web site: Synopsis of the Medusae of the World . 2018-01-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930085755/http://www.mba.ac.uk/nmbl/publications/jmba_40/jmba_40.htm . 2011-09-30 . .
3. Kramp, P. L. (1968) The Hydromedusae of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. "Dana" Reports 72: 1-200.
4. Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.k.html