About Paul Mayer
Lived 1848 – 1923 (aged 74–75). Paul Mayer was a zoologist and carcinologist.
Paul Mayer (1848 in Lüdenscheid – 1923 in Jena) was a German zoologist.
He worked as an assistant at in Naples. He studied several groups of marine animals, especially the Crustacea, in particular the Caprellidae. Mayer is especially known for his systematizing of histological techniques. He also wrote the treatise in 1920. He was a student of Ernst Haeckel.
Works Partial list 1882 Caprelliden. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 6, 1–201. 1890 Die Caprelliden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte. Fauna und Flora des Golfes von Neapel, 17, 1–55. 1903 Die Caprelliden der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expeditie, 34, 1–160.
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Who was Paul Mayer?
German marine biologist and carcinologist (1848–1923)
When was Paul Mayer born?
Paul Mayer was born in 1848 in Lüdenscheid.
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Paul Mayer died in 1923 in Jena.
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Paul Mayer was a zoologist and carcinologist.
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Paul Mayer's recorded nationality: German Reich.
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· DBpedia: Paul Mayer (zoologist)
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