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Citizenship
  
British

Name
  
Joshua Alder


Died
  
1867

Fields
  
Zoology


Timeline: Joshua Alder (1792 - 1867) | Co-Curate

Born
  
7 April 1792Newcastle upon Tyne (
1792-04-07
)

Similar
  
William Elford Leach, Edward Blyth, Thomas Nuttall

Joshua Alder (7 April 1792 – 21 January 1867) was a British zoologist and a malacologist. He specialized in the Tunicata, and in gastropods.

He was a Member of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham.

Taxa described

Names or synonyms of tunicates described by Joshua Alder include:

  • Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856)
  • Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856
  • Hydractinia areolata Alder, 1862
  • Corymorpha nana Alder, 1857
  • Campanularia hincksii Alder, 1856
  • Laomedea flexuosa Alder, 1857
  • Laomedea neglecta Alder, 1856
  • Halecium nanum Alder, 1859

    • Taxa of gastropods described by Joshua Alder include:

  • Polyceroidea Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1851
  • Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855

    • References

    Joshua Alder Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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