Sven Ludvig Lovén
Sven Ludvig Lovén
Sven Ludvig Lovén (6 January 1809 – 3 September 1895), was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist.
Several geographical locations at Svalbard are named after him. These include the headland Kapp Lovén at Nordaustlandet,[1] the mountain Lovénberget in Ny-Friesland at Spitsbergen,[2] the lake Lovénvatnet in Oscar II Land,[3] and the glaciers Lovénbreane at Brøggerhalvøya.[4]
Taxa
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 174 marine species named by Lovén. Many of these have become synonyms. [5]
References
- ↑ "Kapp Lovén (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ "Lovénberget (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ "Lovénvatnet (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ "Lovénbreane (Svalbard)". Norwegian Polar Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ WoRMS: Species named by Lovén. Accessed 2015.2.19.
External links
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- (Swedish) http://www.nrm.se/forskningochsamlingar/djur/evertebratzoologi/historia/svenloven.4.4e32c8104f585693780005427.html
- Works by or about Sven Ludvig Lovén at Internet Archive
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