Giuseppe Colosi

Giuseppe Colosi (March 29, 1892 – October 20, 1975) was an Italian zoologist. He specialized in the study of crustaceans and mysids in particular.

Colosi was born in Petralia Sottana. From 1920 to 1924, he taught in Turin, and he was the head of the zoological institute of the University of Florence from 1940 to 1962. He died in Florence, aged 83.

Colosi is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Chalcides colosii.[1]

See also

Ethology Ecology & Evolution

References
  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Colosi", p. 57).

Further reading
  • Pardi L (1977). "Giuseppe Colosi. Discorso commemorativo..." Accademia dei Lincei. (in Italian).


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