Alice Pruvot-Fol

Alice Pruvot-Fol (1873-1972) was a French opisthobranch malacologist.

She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals.

She even described a new species (Nembrotha rutilans, Pruvot-Fol, 1931) on the basis of a painted illustration in a book by William Saville-Kent, (1893) entitled "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia".

She continued working and naming new species until late in her life. Even in 1962, when she was 89 years old, she named Phyllidia pulitzeri.

Some of the species described by her :

Several genera and species were named in her honor :

Selected works

References

  1. ^ Pola M., Cervera J. L. & Gosliner T. M. (2008) "Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Nembrotha (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with description of two new species". Scientia Marina 72(1): 145-183. doi:10.3989/scimar.2008.72n1145