Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer

Carl Wilhelm Erich Zimmer (Sondershausen, September 29, 1873 – Hüll bei Wolnzach, November 8, 1950) was a German zoologist specialising in crustaceans, especially the order Cumacea. He worked in Berlin, and is the taxonomic authority for the krill species Euphausia hanseni.

Selected publications

• Die Cumaceen der "Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition", 1908 - Cumacea from the German Deepsea-Expedition.
• Südwestafrikanische Schizopoden, 1912 - Southwest African Schizopoda.
• Untersuchungen an diastyliden (Ordnung Cumacea), 1930 - Research of Diastylidae (order Cumacea).
• "California Crustacea of the order Cumacea", translated into English- 1937.
• Cumacea, 1941
• "Cumaceans of the American Atlantic boreal coast region (Crustacea, Peracarida)", translated into English- 1979.^[1]

References

• Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names.