Heinrich Balss, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich Balss

German zoologist

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1886

Place of Birth: Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1957

Profession: zoologist, carcinologist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Heinrich Balss (3 June 1886 – 17 September 1957) was a German zoologist, specialising in Crustacea, especially decapods.
He was chief conservator at the Zoologische Staatssammlung ("State Zoology Collection") 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 ("Classes and Orders of the Animal Kingdom").A number of taxa are named in his honour: Balssia Kemp, 1922 Podocallichirus balssi (Monod, 1935) Detocarcinus balssi (Monod, 1956) Trizocheles balssi (Stebbing, 1914) Rhynchocinetes balssi Gordon, 1936 Ctenocheles balssi Kishinouye, 1926 Lebbeus balssi Hayashi, 1992 Galathea balssi S.
Miyake & K.
Baba, 1964