Joshua Alder
Joshua Alder (1792-1867),[1] was a British zoologist and a malacologist. He specialized in the Tunicata, and in gastropods.
Bibliography
- Alder J. (1838). "Supplement to a catalogue of the land and fresh-water testaceous Mollusca, found in the vicinity of Newcastle". Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham 1(3): 337-342. Newcastle.
- Alder J. (1841). "Observations on the genus Polycera of Cuvier, with descriptions of two new British species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 337–342.
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. Published in 8 parts:
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845) part 1.
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (1846) part 2.
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (1847) part 3.
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (1848) part 4.
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (1851) part 5.
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (1854) part 6.
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (1855) part 7.
- Eliot E. (1910) part 8 (suppl.)
- Alder J. & Hancock A. (October 1851). "Descriptions of two new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca, one of them forming the type of a new genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 2)8(46): 290-302, pls. 9-10.
- Alder, Joshua, Embleton, Dennis, Hancock, Albany, Hopkinson, John,Norman, Alfred Merle ,1905-12 The British Tunicata; an unfinished monograph, by the late Joshua Alder and the late Albany Hancock. Edited by John Hopkinson, with a history of the work by the Rev. A. M. Norman.London,Printed for the Ray society.
Taxa described
Names or synonyms of tunicates described by Joshua Alder include[2]:
- Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856)
- Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856
- Hydractinia areolata Alder, 1862
- Corymorpha nana Alder, 1857
- Campanularia hincksii Alder, 1856
- Laomedea flexuosa Alder, 1857
- Laomedea neglecta Alder, 1856
- Halecium nanum Alder, 1859
Taxa of gastropods described by Joshua Alder include:
- Polyceroidea Alder & Hancock, 1845
- Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1851
- Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855
References
- ^ Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed., 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society.
- ^ Joshua Alder. Accessed 14 February 2009.
External links
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- Works by Joshua Alder at the Internet Archive
- Template:Jp icon Joshua Alder (1792-1867) & Albany Hancock (1806-1873)
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