Книга: Brooks William Keith «The genus Salpa»

The genus Salpa

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Brooks, William Keith

▪ American zoologist
born , March 25, 1848, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
died Nov. 12, 1908, Lake Roland, Md.

      American zoologist known for his research on the anatomy and embryology of marine animals, especially the tunicates, crustaceans (e.g., crayfish), and mollusks (notably the oyster). In his acceptance of evolution, he remained in the tradition of 19th-century descriptive morphology; but, through his more able students, he influenced the transition to an experimental, causal approach to 20th-century biology, particularly in cytology, genetics, and embryology.

      A student of Louis and Alexander Agassiz at Harvard University, where he received a doctorate in 1875, Brooks advocated the study of marine organisms in their natural habitats and was one of the first morphologists to accept Charles Darwin's evolutionary concepts. From 1876 he taught at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, where he became head of the biology department in 1894. He founded the Chesapeake Zoological Laboratory (1878) and, as Commissioner to the General Assembly of Maryland, championed the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay oyster. Among his more important works are The Oyster (1891), a monograph on “The Genus Salpa” (1893), and The Foundations of Zoology (1899).

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Источник: Brooks, William Keith

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  • genus Salpa — noun type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae • Hypernyms: ↑chordate genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Salpidae, ↑family Salpidae • Member Meronyms: ↑salp, ↑salpa …   Useful english dictionary

  • salpa — /ˈsælpə/ (say salpuh) noun any of the pelagic oceanic tunicates constituting the genus Salpa, common in warm regions, and having a transparent, more or less fusiform body; sometimes colonial. Also, salp. {New Latin, special use of Latin salpa… …  

  • salpa — salpiform /sal peuh fawrm /, adj. /sal peuh/, n., pl. salpas, salpae / pee/. any free swimming, oceanic tunicate of the genus Salpa, having a transparent, more or less fusiform body. Also, salp /salp/. [1510 20; < NL, special use of L salpa < Gk… …   Universalium

  • salpa — Sculpin Scul pin, n. [Written also skulpin.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) Any one of numerous species of marine cottoid fishes of the genus {Cottus}, or {Acanthocottus}, having a large head armed with several sharp spines, and a broad mouth. They are generally …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Salpa — Sal pa (s[a^]l p[.a]), n.; pl. L. {Salp[ae]} (s[a^]l p[=e]), E. {Salpas} (s[a^]l p[.a]z). [NL.: cf. L. salpa a kind of stockfish.] (Zo[ o]l.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chordate genus — noun any genus in the phylum Chordata • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑genus Amphioxus, ↑genus Salpa, ↑genus Doliolum, ↑genus Appendicularia • Member Holonyms: ↑Chordata …   Useful english dictionary

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