Raymond Brendan Manning

Raymond Brendan Manning (October 11, 1934 – January 18, 2000) was an American carcinologist, specialising in alpha taxonomy and mantis shrimp.

His zoological author abbreviation is Manning or sometimes R.B. Manning. He has authored over 500 taxa.

Biography Raymond Manning was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1934, but moved almost immediately with his mother to Haiti. They lived in Bethesda, Maryland, for the duration of the Second World War, but then returned to Haiti, to live in a house in Port-au-Prince owned by Raymond's adoptive father. Raymond was sent to a boarding school in Tampa, Florida, and studied at the University of Florida, gaining his B.S. (1956), M.S. (1959) and Ph.D. (1963) degrees from the University of Miami. While at university, Manning met and married Lilly King, who would be the illustrator for his scientific papers throughout his life. On completing his doctorate, Manning was immediately appointed an associate curator at the Smithsonian Institution.

Scientific career Manning was "an extremely productive carcinologist"; during his lifetime, he produced 282 scientific papers and monographs on extant and fossil stomatopods and decapods, and a further eight papers have been published posthumously. More than one half of these papers were on stomatopods, with nearly one third being descriptions of new species. A total of 306 species, 153 genera, 5 subfamilies, 19 families and 3 superfamilies were described in papers written or co-written by Manning.

Manning was also an avid field biologist, and his collections, mostly from Florida, Ascension Island, and the Mediterranean Basin, amounted to more than 50,000 specimens. The collection of stomatopods he amassed is the largest in the world, and covers 90% of the known species.

Manning was one of the founders of the Crustacean Society, and its first president, and helped to establish the Journal of Crustacean Biology.

Publications

Taxa Raymond Manning is commemorated in a number of scientific names of genera and species:

Acanthosquilla manningi Makarov, 1978 Acoridon manningi Adkison, Heard & Hopkins, 1983 Alain raymondi Ahyong & Ng, 2008 Arcotheres rayi Ahyong & Ng, 2007 Calaxiopsis manningi Komai, 2000 Calaxius manningi Kensley, Lin, & Yu, 2000 Cambarus manningi Hobbs, 1981 Cyclodorippe manningi Tavares, 1993 Eumanningia Crosnier, 2000 Eumanningia pliarthron Crosnier, 2000 Eunephrops manningi (Holthuis, 1975) Grynaminna Poore, 2000 Holothuria mannigi Pawson, 1978 Lepidophthalmus manningi Felder & Staton, 2000 Lithodes manningi Macpherson, 1988 Lysiosquilla manningi Boyko, 2000 Manningia raymondi Bruce, 1986 Manningia Serène, 1960 Manningiana Pretzmann, 1972 Manningis Al-Khayat & Jones, 1996 Microprosthema manningi Goy & Felder, 1988 Nannosquilla raymanningi Salgado-Barragán & Hendrickx, 1998 Nanogalathea raymondi Tirmizi, 1980 Naushonia manningi Akvarez, Villalobos, & Iliffe Neonesidea manningi Maddocks, 1975 Oratosquillina manningi Ahyong, Chan & Liao, 2000 Oxyrhynchaxius manningi Lin, Kensley, & Chan, 2000 Paralomis manningi Williams, Smith, & Baco, 2000 Pontonia manningi Fransen, 2000 Raninella manningi Bishops & Williams, 2000 Raylilia Galil, 2001 Raymanninus Ng, 2000 Raymunida Macpherson & Machordam, 2000 Raysquilla manningi Ahyong, 2000 Raysquilla Ahyong, 2000 Raytheres Campos, 2002 Sergia manningorum Froglia & Gramitto, 2000 Thor manningi Chace, 1972 Trizocheles manningi Forest, 1986 Typton manningi Bruce, 2000 Uroptychus raymondi Baba, 2000

Taxa named by Manning include:

Acantholambrus Manning, 1980 Acantholambrus baumi Blow & Manning, 1996 Biffarius Manning & Felder, 1991 Chaceon fenneri (Manning & Holthuis, 1984) Erythrosquilla Manning & Bruce, 1984 Erythrosquilla megalops Manning & Bruce, 1984 Erythrosquillidae Manning & Bruce, 1984 Erythrosquilloidea Manning & Bruce, 1984 Eurysquillidae Manning, 1977 Eurysquilloidea Manning, 1977 Gonodactylaceus Manning, 1995 Gonodactylellus Manning, 1995 Mithraculus cinctimanus Stimpson, 1860 Neogonodactylus Manning, 1995 Neotrypaea Manning & Felder, 1991 Nephropides Manning, 1969 Nephropides caribaeus Manning, 1969 Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980 Parasquillidae Manning, 1995 Parhippolyte sterreri (Hart & Manning, 1981) Platysquilla Manning, 1967 Procarididae Chace & Manning, 1972 Procaridoidea Chace & Manning, 1972 Procaris Chace & Manning, 1972 Procaris ascensionis Chace & Manning, 1972 Procaris chacei Hart & Manning, 1986 Rissoides Manning & Lewinsohn, 1982 Sakaila Manning & Holthuis, 1981 Somersiella Hart & Manning, 1981 Tetrasquilla Manning & Chace, 1990 Tetrasquillidae Manning & Camp, 1993 Typhlatya iliffei Hart & Manning, 1981 Typhlatya rogersi Chace & Manning, 1972