Franz Hermann Troschel (10 October 1810 – 6 November 1882) was a German zoologist born in Spandau.
He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1834.[1] From 1840 to 1849 he was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein at the Natural History Museum of Berlin.[1] In 1849 he became a professor of zoology and natural history at the University of Bonn. In 1851 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[2]
Troschel is remembered for the identification and classification of species in the fields of malacology, ichthyology and herpetology.
Taxon named in his honor edit
A few of the species that contain his name are
- Troschel's sea star (Evasterias troscheliii),
- Troschel's murex (Murex troschelii), and a
- freshwater snail (Bithynia troschelii).
- Chlorurus troschelii, commonly known as Troschel's parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.[3]
Bibliography edit
(incomplete)
- System der Asteriden. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. 1842 (With Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858)).
- Über die Bedeutsamkeit des naturgeschichtlichen Unterrichts. Berlin 1845.
- Horae ichthyologicae. Berlin 1845–49, 3 volumes (With Johannes Peter Müller).
- Handbuch der Zoologie, third to seventh edition, Berlin 1848/1853/1859/1864/1871, (original authors Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841) and Johann Friedrich Ruthe (1788–1859)). Digital 6th edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
- Troschel F. H. 1856–1879. Das Gebiß der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Klassifikation. Berlin 1856–1879, two volumes. Volume 1 and volume 2 were published in parts:
- 1856. Volume 1, part 1: 1–72, plates 1–4.
- (before 30 October) 1857. 1(2): 73–112, plates 5–8.
- 1858. 1(3): 113–152, plates 9–12.
- 1861. 1(4): 153–196, plates 13–16.
- 1863. 1(5): i–viii, 197–252, plates 17–20.
- (December) 1865. 2(1): 1–48, plates 1–4.
- (December) 1867. 2(2): 49–96, plates 5–8.
- 1869. 2(3): 97–132, plates 9–12.
- 1875. 2(4): 133–180, plates 13–16.
- (18 September) 1878. 2(5): 181–216, plates 17–20.
- (2 September) 1879. 2(6): 217–246, plates 21–24.
- Two last parts 2(7) and 2(8) were continued by Johannes Thiele and published in 1891 and 1893.
- Troschel was the editor of Archiv für Naturgeschichte from volume 15 (1849) to 48 (1882), Berlin, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung (Volume 35, part 2, online).
Taxon described by him edit
References edit
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Troschel", p. 268).
- ^ Franz Herrmann Troschel Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- H. von Dechen, 1883. Zur Erinnerung an Dr. Franz Hermann Troschel; Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereines der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 40 (Correspondenzblatt 1): p. 35–54 (biography and bibliography).
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