Mary J. Rathbun

Mary Jane Rathbun (June 11, 1860 – April 4, 1943) was an American zoologist who specialized in crustaceans. She worked at the Smithsonian Institution from 1884 until her death. She described more than a thousand new species and subspecies and many higher taxa.

Biography Mary Jane Rathbun was born on June 11, 1860, in Buffalo, New York, the youngest of five children of Charles Rathbun and Jane Furey. Her mother died when she was only one year old, and Mary was therefore "thrown on her own resources." She was educated in Buffalo, graduating in 1878, but never attended college. at the age of 82, from complications associated with a broken hip. and the tanner crab, Chionoecetes bairdi.

Taxa A number of taxa have been named in honor of Mary J. Rathbun:

Hamatoscalpellum rathbunae (Pilsbry, 1907) Maera rathbunae Pearse, 1908 Paromola rathbuni Porter Mosso, 1908 Synalphaeus rathbunae Coutiere, 1909 Candidiopotamon rathbunae De Man, 1914 Pasiphaea rathbunae (Stebbing, 1914) Petrolisthes rathbunae Schmitt, 1916 Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924 Alpheus rathbunae (Schmitt, 1924) Campylonotus rathbunae Schmitt, 1926 Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930 Eriosachila rathbunae Maury, 1930 Tritodynamia rathbunae Shen, 1932 Sacculina rathbunae Boschma, 1933 Pinnixa rathbunae Sakai, 1934 Emerita rathbunae Schmitt, 1935 Callianassa rathbunae Schmitt, 1935 Solenocera rathbunae Ramadan, 1938 Thunor rathbunae Armstrong, 1949 Lysmata rathbunae Chace, 1970 Xanthias rathbunae Takeda, 1976 Cyphocarcinus rathbunae Griffin & Tranter, 1986 Asterias rathbunae Britajev, 1989 Lophaxius rathbunae Kensley, 1989 Rhynchocinetes rathbunae Okuno, 1996 Palaeopinnixa rathbunae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000 Marratha Ng & Clark, 2003