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Gustav Wilhelm Müller

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Gustav Wilhelm Müller
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Christian Gustav Wilhelm Müller (17 February 1857 in Mühlberg near Erfurt – 18 February 1940)[1] was a German zoologist specializing in Ostracoda.

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In 1895 he succeeded Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker as director of the zoological museum at Greifswald, a position he maintained until 1923.[2][3]

He was the taxonomic authority of numerous taxa in Ostracoda; a few examples being the subfamily Conchoeciinae[4] and the genera Archiconchoecia, Cytherois and Stenocypria.[5][6][7] In 1965, the genus Muellerina Bassiouni (family Hemicytheridae) was named in his honor.[8]

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Written works

  • Neue Cypridiniden, 1891 - New Cypridinidae.
  • Die Ostracoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte, 1894 - Ostracods from the Gulf of Naples and adjacent marine areas.
  • Ostracoda, 1894 - Ostracoda.
  • Deutschlands Süswasser-Ostracoden, 1900 - German freshwater ostracods.
  • Die Ostracoden der Siboga-Expedition, 1906 - Ostracoda from the Siboga Expedition.
  • Ostracoden aus Java, 1906 - Ostracods of Java.
  • Die Ostracoden der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition, 1908 (In: Erich von Drygalski, Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903). Ostracods from the German South Polar Expedition.[9]

He was author of the section on ostracods in the series Das Tierreich (Das Tierreich/ 31 : Crustacea, Ostracoda / bearb. von G. W. Müller, 1912).[10]

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