Giuseppe Colosi
Giuseppe Colosi (March 29, 1892 – October 20, 1975) was an Italian zoologist. He specialized in the study of crustaceans and mysids in particular.
Colosi was born in Petralia Sottana. From 1920 to 1924, he taught in Turin, and he was the head of the zoological institute of the University of Florence from 1940 to 1962. He died in Florence, aged 83.
Colosi is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Chalcides colosii.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Colosi", p. 57).
External links[]
- Web page at the University of Florence[permanent dead link].
Further reading[]
- Pardi L (1977). "Giuseppe Colosi. Discorso commemorativo..." Accademia dei Lincei. (in Italian).
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- 1892 births
- 1975 deaths
- People from Petralia Sottana
- Italian zoologists
- Italian carcinologists
- University of Florence faculty
- 20th-century zoologists
- Italian scientist stubs