Heinrich Simroth
Heinrich Simroth | |
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Heinrich Simroth (1902) | |
| Born | 10 May 1851 Riestedt |
| Died | 31 August 1917 (aged 66) Gautzsch near Leipzig |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Leipzig |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Malacology |
Heinrich Rudolf Simroth (10 May 1851 Riestedt (now a part of Sangerhausen) – 31 August 1917 Gautzsch near Leipzig), was a German zoologist and malacologist. He was a professor of zoology in Leipzig.
Academic career: 1888–1917 University of Leipzig.
He was a specialist for slugs. He discovered and described various new species of slugs.
Species of animals named in honor of him include:
- Bulimulus simrothi (Reibisch, 1892) – snail
- Pseudaneitea simrothi (Suter, 1896) – slug
- Arion simrothi - slug
- Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911 - ant
- Bipalium simrothi - planarian
It was thought that there is no collection by Simroth. His collection of type specimen of 43 slugs has been found Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin in 2010.