Charles Spence Bate

Charles Spence Bate

Charles Spence Bate, or Spence Bate, FRS (March 16, 1819, Truro, Cornwall – July 29, 1889, Devonshire) was a British zoologist and dentist, who who practiced first at Swansea, and then Plymouth, taking over his father's practice.[1] He was an authority on the Crustacea, and a frequent correspondent of Charles Darwin, mostly concerning their shared interest in barnacles. Together with John Obadiah Westwood, he wrote "A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea".

A number of species are named in his honour:[2]

  • Pseudoparatanais batei (G. O. Sars, 1882)
  • Amphilochus spencebatei (Stebbing, 1876)
  • Scyllarus batei Holthuis, 1946
  • Costa batei (Brady, 1866)
  • Periclimenes batei Holthuis, 1959

References

  1. ^ Anonymous (1889). "Obituary: Charles Spence Bate, L.D.S.R.C.S. Engl., F.R.S., etc.". Geological Magazine 6 (11): 526–528. doi:10.1017/S0016756800189654. 
  2. ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Charles Spence Bate". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.b.html. Retrieved June 5, 2010.