Paul Lassenius Kramp

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Paul Lassenius Kramp
Born (1887-01-28)January 28, 1887
Copenhagen
Died July 13, 1975(1975-07-13) (aged 88)
Gentofte
Institutions University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum
Known for Synopsis of the Medusae of the World
Spouse Marie Bolette Blædel

Paul Lassenius Kramp (1887–1975) was a Danish marine biologist.[1] He is most well 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

References

  1. Wolff, Torben (1975). "Paul Lassenius Kramp, 28. januar 1887 - 13. juli 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; http://www.mba.ac.uk/nmbl/publications/jmba_40/jmba_40.htm.
  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


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