Thomas Everett Thompson Explained

Thomas Everett Thompson PhD DSc FZS (3 November 1933 – 1 January 1990) was a British malacologist and embryologist, known for his extensive studies on opisthobranch molluscs.

Thompson graduated from the University of Wales, Bangor, in 1954 and earned his PhD from the same university for research on dorid nudibranchs. He was awarded a D.Sc. in 1964. He was a Leverhulme Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, and a lecturer in zoology at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, before taking up a lectureship in zoology at the University of Bristol in 1963.^[1] He authored more than 115 scientific papers and books, including a two-volume Ray Society monograph on British opisthobranch molluscs.

Taxa named after T.E. Thompson

• Chromodoris thompsoni Rudman, 1983^[2]
• Colpodaspis thompsoni G.H. Brown, 1979^[3]
• Cuthona thompsoni Garcia, Lopez-González & Garcia-Gomez, 1991^[4]
• Elysia thompsoni Jensen, 1993^[5]
• Loy thompsoni Millen & Nybakken, 1991^[6]
• Pseudovermis thompsoni Salvini-Plawen, 1991^[7]
• Glaucus thompsoni Churchill, Valdes & Foighil 2014^[8]

Notes and References

1. Obituary: T.E. Thompson, PhD. D.Sc. FZS 1933 – 1990. Journal of Molluscan Studies 56: 455-461.
2. Rudman, W.B. (1983). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the * Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris splendida, C. aspersa and Hypselodoris placida colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 105-173
3. Brown, G.H. (1979). An investigation of the anatomy of Colpodaspis pusilla (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) and a description of a new species of Colpodaspis from Tanzanian coastal waters. Journal of Zoology, London 187: 201-221
4. Garcia, F.J., López-González, P.J. & Garcia-Gomez, J.C. (1991). A new species of Tergipedidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from the Atlantic coast of Southern Spain. Journal of Molluscan Studies 57 (supplement): 217-222
5. Jensen, K.R (1993). Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from Rottnest Island and central Western Australia. [In:] Proceedings of the 5th International marine Biological Workshop: The marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. (Eds: Wells, F.E, Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R) Western Australian Museum, Perth: 207-253.
6. Millen, S.V. & Nybakken, J. (1991). A new species of Corambe (Nudibranchia: Doridoidea) from the northeastern Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies 57 (supplement): 209-215
7. Von Salvini Plawen, L. (1991). Pseudovermis thompsoni, new species (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from the northern Adriatic Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 57 (supplement): 179-188
8. Churchill, C.K.C., Valdes, A. & Foighil, D.O. (2014). Molecular and morphological systematics of neustonic nudibranchs (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Glaucidae : Glaucus), with descriptions of three new cryptic species. Invertebrate Systematics 28(2): 174 – 195.