- Karl Moriz Diesing
Karl Moriz Diesing (1800–1867) was an
Austria nnaturalist andzoologist , specializing in the study ofhelminthology .His principal works include "Systema Helminthum" (2 vols., 1850–1851), and "Revision der Nematoden" (1861).
In his paper "Versuch einer monographie der Gattung "Pentastoma" ("Ann. Wien Mus. Naturges." 1836, 1–32) he was the first to establish the distinct nature of the
Pentastomida , placing them in a new group which he called Acanthotheca.
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