Stanko Karaman

Who was Stanko Karaman?

Stanko Karaman was a Macedonian biologist, researcher on amphipods and isopods. He funded the zoological garden of Skopje, Macedonia.

Several species are named after him, for example Delamarella karamani Petkovski, 1957, Stygophalangium karamani Oudemans, 1933, or Macedonethes stankoi Karaman, 2003.

In 1926 he founded the Macedonian Museum of Natural History in Skopje and in 1928, the zoological garden of Skopje.

There are several other researchers with the same name, that have also species named after them, for example:

⁕his son, Gordan S. Karaman, had also several taxa named after him, including Coloboceras karamani Bartsch, 1973, Autonoe karamani Myers, 1976, Rhipidogammarus karamani Stock, 1971, and Gordania Berge & Vader, 2001.