About Mario Benazzi
Lived 1902 – 1997 (aged 95). Mario Benazzi was an Italian zoologist.
Mario Benazzi (Cento, August 29, 1902 – Pisa, December 6, 1997) was an Italian zoologist, professor at the Istituto di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparata of the University of Pisa. He published work on platyhelminths and evolutionary cytogenetics.
Benazzi is honoured in the polychaete name Diurodrilus benazzii Gerlach, 1952 and in the copepod name Colobomatus benazzii Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes Ruivo, 1958. In 1971, he was elected a national member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
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Who was Mario Benazzi?
Italian zoologist (1902-1997)
When was Mario Benazzi born?
Mario Benazzi was born on 29 August 1902 in Cento.
When did Mario Benazzi die?
Mario Benazzi died on 16 December 1997 in Pisa.
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Mario Benazzi was a zoologist.
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Mario Benazzi was Italian.
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