Heinrich Balss
Deceased Person
1886 – 1957
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Who was Heinrich Balss?
Heinrich Balss was a German zoologist, specialising in Crustacea, especially decapods. He was chief conservator at the Zoologische Staatssammlung at the University of Munich, and wrote the sections on decapods and stomatopods in Heinrich Georg Bronn's seminal work Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs.
A number of taxa are named in his honour:
Balssia Kemp, 1922
Podocallichirus balssi
Detocarcinus balssi
Trizocheles balssi
Rhynchocinetes balssi Gordon, 1936
Ctenocheles balssi Kishinouye, 1926
Lebbeus balssi Hayashi, 1992
Galathea balssi S. Miyake & K. Baba, 1964
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