Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso (), was a naturalist from Nice.

Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published ' (1810), ' (1826) and ' (1818–1822). Risso's dolphin was named after him. He is denoted by the author abbreviation Risso when citing a botanical name; the same abbreviation is used for zoological names.

Genera and species named after him

  • Rissoa : a genus of gastropods
  • Rissoella : a genus of gastropods
  • Rissoina : a genus of gastropods
  • Rissoella : a genus of red algae
  • Electrona risso : a lanternfish
  • Polyacanthonotus rissoanus : smallmouth spiny eel

Genera and species named by him

He named 549 marine genera and species. IPNI gives 81 records for Risso.

Bibliography

  • Risso A. (1818). "Memoire sur quelques Gasteropodes nouveaux, Nudibranches et Tectibranches observes dans la Mer de Nice". Journal de Physique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle et des Arts 87: 368–377.
  • Risso A. (1826–1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Paris, Levrault.
  • (1826). Vol. 1: XII + 448 pp., 1 plate.
  • (November 1827). Vol. 2: VII + 482 pp., 8 pl. (flowers).
  • (September 1827). Vol. 3: XVI + 480 pp., 14 pl. (fishes).
  • (November 1826). Vol. 4: IV + 439 pp., 12 pl. (molluscs).
  • (November 1827). Vol. 5: VIII + 400 pp., 10 pl. (other invertebrates).
  • Emig C. C., 2012. Révision des espèces de brachiopodes décrites par A. Risso. Carnets de Géologie / Notebooks on Geology, Article 2012/02 (CG2012_A02) with the scientific bibliography of A. Risso in an appendix

References

Further reading

  • Site Risso: Joseph Antoine RISSO - 1777 - 1845 Nice (Nissart) : sa Biographie avec references