Paul Mayer (zoologist)

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Paul Mayer (1848, Lüdenscheid – 1923, Jena) was a German zoologist.

Paul Mayer was an assistant at Stazione Zoologica in Naples. He studied several groups of marine animals, especially of Crustacea notably Caprellidae. Paul Mayer is especially known for his ways of systematizing histological technique and he wrote the treatise Zoomikrotechnik (1920). He was a student of Ernst Haeckel.

Works

Partial list

1882 Caprelliden. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 6, 1–201.
1890 Die Caprelliden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 17, 1–55.
1903 Die Caprelliden der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expeditie, 34, 1–160.

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Persondata
Name	Mayer, Paul
Alternative names
Short description	German marine biologist
Date of birth	1848
Place of birth	Lüdenscheid, Germany
Date of death	1923
Place of death	Jena, Germany

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