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Name: Johann(es) Friedrich von Brandt

Born: 25 May 1802, in Jüterbog, Prussian Saxony; Died: 3 July 1879, in Merrekyul, near Narva

Major Accomplishments:

Brandt served as director of the Zoological Museum in Berlin, then later in St. Petersburg. From Dec. 1830, he was junior associate for zoology at the Russian Academy of Science, from May 1832 academician extraordinarius and from 1833 academician ordinarius.

Honorific taxa:
Neanthes brandti Malmgren, 1866
Ligia brandti
Schizoplax brandtii (A. T. von Middendorff, 1846)
possibly Diplasterias brandtii (Bell, 1881)

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1825 -- Berlin Flora

1827-1834 -- Medizinische Zoologie

Brandt, J. F. v. (1835). Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum. Fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. Petropoli, Sumptibus Academiae.

Brandt, J. F. v. (1836). “Conspectus sectionum, generum, subgenerum et specierum novorum, quae in fasciculo primo Prodromi descriptionum animalium a Mertensio in orbis terrarum circumnavigatione observatorum reperiuntur.” Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie 5: 180-185.

Brandt, J. F. (1838a). “Ausführliche Beschreibung der von C.H. Mertens auf seiner Weltumsegelung beobachteten Schirmquallen.” Memoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg Ser. 6, Sci. Nat.(Tome 2): 237-411, plus atlas of 34 plates.

Brandt, J. F. (1838b). “Remarques sue quelques modifications dans l'arrangement de l;ordre des Acalephes Discophores ou Ombrelliferes.” Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersbourg 1(24): 185-191.

1845 -- Wirbeltiere der West Sibirien

1865 -- Zur Klassifikation der Fische

1866 -- Naturgeschichte des Mammuths


LINKS

Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names (BEMON)

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