Alfred G. Mayer

Alfred G. Mayer (Alfred Goldsborough Mayer, born April 16, 1868 in Frederick, Maryland, died June 24, 1922 in Loggerhead Key, Dry Tortugas) was an American cnidariologist and entomologist.

Works

• Rhythmical pulsation in Scyphomedusae, 1906
• Medusae of the World, 1910

Species named after Mayer

• Ectopleura mayeri Petersen, 1990
• Rissoina mayori Dall, 1925
• Eutiara mayeri Bigelow, 1918
• Melicertissa mayeri Kramp, 1959
• Lobonema mayeri Light, 1914
• Coeloseris mayeri Vaughan, 1918
• Porites mayeri Vaughan, 1918
• likely Gadila mayori Henderson, 1920

The standard author abbreviation Mayer is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a zoological name.^[1]

References

1. ^ Online version of the Code of International Council of Zoological Nomenclature

External links

• Alfred Goldsborough Mayer on www.tmbl.gu.se

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Name	Mayer, Alfred G.
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Date of birth	April 16, 1868
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Date of death	June 24, 1922
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