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Max Walker de Laubenfels

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Max Walker de Laubenfels (1894–1960) was an American spongiologist. He received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and his doctorate from Stanford University.

He was among the most prolific identifiers of new species of Caribbean sponges, describing 60 species from 1932 to 1954.[1]

He was a professor of zoology at Oregon State College (now Oregon State University) from 1950 to 1958.[2]

Publications

  • De Laubenfels, M. W., 1954 : The sponges of the west-central Pacific. Studies in zoology, no.7: 320pg.
  • De Laubenfels, M. W., 1929 : The sponges of California. Dept. of Zoology. 634 pg.

See also

References

  1. ^ Diaz, Maria Cristina; Ruetzler, Klaus (2011). "Biodiversity of sponges: Belize and beyond, to the greater Caribbean" (PDF). Fisheries Centre Research Reports. 19 (6): 59. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  2. ^ "History of Department of Zoology 1889-1989 - page 25 - Appendix I". Oregon State University. 1989. Retrieved 29 September 2021.