About Heinrich Balss
Lived 1886 – 1957 (aged 71). Heinrich Balss was a German zoologist, carcinologist, historian and conservator.
Heinrich Balss (3 June 1886 – 17 September 1957) was a German zoologist, specialising in Crustacea, especially decapods. He was the chief conservator at the ("State Zoology Collection") at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and wrote the sections on decapods and stomatopods in Heinrich Georg Bronn's seminal work ("Classes and Orders of the Animal Kingdom").
Balssia Kemp, 1922
Podocallichirus balssi (Monod, 1935)
Detocarcinus balssi (Monod, 1956)
Trizocheles balssi (Stebbing, 1914)
Rhynchocinetes balssi Gordon, 1936
Ctenocheles balssi Kishinouye, 1926
Lebbeus balssi Hayashi, 1992
Galathea balssi S. Miyake & K. Baba, 1964
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Who was Heinrich Balss?
German zoologist and carcinologist (1886–1957)
When was Heinrich Balss born?
Heinrich Balss was born on 3 June 1886 in Mainz.
When did Heinrich Balss die?
Heinrich Balss died on 17 September 1957 in Munich.
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Heinrich Balss was a zoologist, carcinologist, historian and conservator.
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Heinrich Balss was German.
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