Franz Hermann Troschel

Franz Hermann Troschel (10 October 1810 – 6 November 1882) was a German zoologist born in Spandau.

He studied mathematics and natural history at the University of Berlin, where he was awarded his doctorate in 1834.^[1] From 1840 to 1849 he was an assistant to Martin Lichtenstein at the Natural History Museum of Berlin.^[1] In 1849 he became a professor of zoology and natural history at the University of Bonn. In 1851 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.^[2]

Troschel is remembered for the identification and classification of species in the fields of malacology, ichthyology and herpetology.

Taxon named in his honor

A few of the species that contain his name are

• Troschel's sea star (Evasterias troscheliii),
• Troschel's murex (Murex troschelii), and a
• freshwater snail (Bithynia troschelii).

Different variety of Troschel's parrotfish.

• Chlorurus troschelii, commonly known as Troschel's parrotfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a parrotfish from the family Scaridae. It is native to the eastern Indian Ocean, where it lives in coral reefs.^[3]

Bibliography

(incomplete)

• System der Asteriden. Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. 1842 (With Johannes Peter Müller (1801–1858)).
• Über die Bedeutsamkeit des naturgeschichtlichen Unterrichts. Berlin 1845.
• Horae ichthyologicae. Berlin 1845–49, 3 volumes (With Johannes Peter Müller).
• Handbuch der Zoologie, third to seventh edition, Berlin 1848/1853/1859/1864/1871, (original authors Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (1802–1841) and Johann Friedrich Ruthe (1788–1859)). Digital 6th edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
• Troschel F. H. 1856–1879. Das Gebiß der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Klassifikation. Berlin 1856–1879, two volumes. Volume 1 and volume 2 were published in parts:
  • 1856. Volume 1, part 1: 1–72, plates 1–4.
  • (before 30 October) 1857. 1(2): 73–112, plates 5–8.
  • 1858. 1(3): 113–152, plates 9–12.
  • 1861. 1(4): 153–196, plates 13–16.
  • 1863. 1(5): i–viii, 197–252, plates 17–20.
  • (December) 1865. 2(1): 1–48, plates 1–4.
  • (December) 1867. 2(2): 49–96, plates 5–8.
  • 1869. 2(3): 97–132, plates 9–12.
  • 1875. 2(4): 133–180, plates 13–16.
  • (18 September) 1878. 2(5): 181–216, plates 17–20.
  • (2 September) 1879. 2(6): 217–246, plates 21–24.
  • Two last parts 2(7) and 2(8) were continued by Johannes Thiele and published in 1891 and 1893.
• Troschel was the editor of Archiv für Naturgeschichte from volume 15 (1849) to 48 (1882), Berlin, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung (Volume 35, part 2, online).

Taxon described by him

• See Category:Taxa named by Franz Hermann Troschel