Yaroslav Starobogatov

Yaroslav Igorevich Starobogatov (Russian: Ярослав Игоревич Старобогатов; 13 July 1932 – 3 December 2004) was a Russian zoologist, professor and chief scientist at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. His research was on invertebrate zoology, particularly on molluscs (malacology) and crustaceans (carcinology). He also was a major contributor to the higher systematics of living organisms, to micro- and macroevolution and to Soviet and world-wide biogeography.^[1]

Yaroslav Igorevich Starobogatov
Born	(1932-07-13)13 July 1932 Moscow
Died	3 December 2004(2004-12-03) (aged 72) Saint Petersburg
Education	Doctor of Science (1971) Professor
Alma mater	Moscow State University (1955)
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	VINITI, Zoological Institute of RAS

He described a great number of new animal species.

Taxa named in his honour

• Neopilina starobogatovi Ivanov & Moskalev, 2007^[2]