Meemann Chang
Meemann Chang or Miman Zhang, Chinese paleontologist (Nanjing, Jiangsu Province 17 April 1936 – Eponym of Chang apparatus, an organ of antiarch placoderms DESCRIBED FOSSIL PISCES GENERA Chetungichthys 1974 with Chow Dezaoia 2021 with Su & Chen Diabolepis 1987 with Yu Diabolichthys 1984 with Yu Ecocarpia 2005 with Chen & Fang Eoctenopharyngodon 2021 with Su & Chen Eoprocypris 2015 with Chen & Liu Eoxenocypris 1996 with Chen & Tong 1996 Erikia 1995 with Wang Fuchunkiangia 1974 with Chow Guiclupea 2021 with Chen, Wu & Liao Hsianwenia 2007 with Wang, Liu, Miao, Zhao, Wu, Liu, Li, Sun & Wang Huashancyprinus 2011 with Chen Huashia 1974 with Chow Jinjuichthys 2014 with Kim, Chang, Wu & Kim Kenichthys 1993 with Zhu Mesomyzon 2006 with Zhang & Miao Neolepidotes 1977 with Chow Paralycoptera 1974 with Chow Pingolepis 1974 with Chow Plesiolycoptera 1976 with Zhou Plesiomyxocyprinus 2009 with Liu Sinohelicoprion 1963 with Liu Wangia 1985 with Zhou & Qin Yelangichthys 2013 with Wu, Sun & Xu Youngolepis 1981 with Yu Yungkangichthys 1974 with Chow HONORS Fossil Meemannia Zhu, Yu, Wang, Zhao & Jia 2006 (Pisces) Meemannodon Meng, Hu, Wang & Li 2005 (Mammalia) Zhangina Liu 2002 (Pisces) Meemannavis O’Connor, Stidham, Harris, Lamanna, Bailleul, Hu, Wang & You 2021 (Aves) Others 347336 Changmeemann (Asteroid)
María Elena Caso
Maria Elena Caso Muñoz, Mexican marine zoologist (Ciudad de Mexico 18 December 1915 –Ciudad de Mexico 23 October 1991) Daughter of famous philosopher Antonio Caso Andrade Authored over 60 works Her studies on echinoderms earned international repercussion DESCRIBED ECHINODERM TAXA FAMILIES Platasteriidae 1945 Ophionereididae 1963 GENERA Paraholothuria 1964 Parathyonacta 1984 SPECIES Acanthaster pseudoplanci 1962 Amphiodia guillermosoberoni 1979 Astropecten caribemexicanensis 1990 Holothuria riojai 1963 Holothuria (Selenkothuria) portovallartensis 1954 Holothuria (Thymiosycia) zihuatanensis 1964 Ophioderma sodipallaresi 1985 Parathyonacta bonifaznunoi 1984 Psolus conchae 1984
Martín Cardenas
Martín Cardenas Hermosa, Bolivian agronomist and botanist (Villa Rivero, Punata Province, Cochabamba Department 12 November 1899 – Cochabamba 13 February 1973) DESCRIBED TAXA Genera (Cactaceae) Bolivicereus 1951 Castellanosia 1951 Samaipaticereus 1952 Others Described at least 223 species, 25 varieties and 20 forms mainly in Cactaceae and Solanaceae HONORS Cardenanthus Foster 1945 (Iridaceae) Cardenasiodendron Barkley 1954 (Anacardiaceae) Herbert Medal, International Bulb Society (1967) Mary Soper Pope Medal, Cranbook Science Institute (1951) LINKS www.univalle.edu/publicaciones/revista_salud/revista02/pagina18.htm (in Spanish)
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer
Marjorie Eileen Doris Courtenay-Latimer, South African ornithologist (East London, Eastern Cape 24 February 1907 – East London, Eastern Cape 17 May 2004) Discovered the the fish species coelacanth (1938) described by Smith Described a new bird subspecies (Saxicola torquatus clanceyi) On the races of the Stonechat occurring in the Cape Province, South Africa, with the description of a new form. Bull. Br. Orn. Club 81:114-7, 1961 SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With G.G. Smith, H. Bokelman & A. Batten. The flowering plants of the Tsitsikama forest and Coastal National Park (1967) Check list of the birds of the East London area. South African Avifauna Series 20:1-76, 1964 Gray’s beaked whale Mesoplodon grayi. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 3:122, 1963 Birds of the State Alluvial Diamond Diggings: from Holgat to Orange Mouth. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 3:44-56, 1963 Birds seen in the Gonubie bird sanctuary. Ostrich 33:38-40, 1962 The Black Springbuck. Afr. Wildlife 15(1):15-8, 1961 With J.M. Winterbottom. A list of the birds of Little Namaqualand. South Afr. Avif. Series Percy FitzPatrick Inst. Afr. Orn. 1:1-46, 1961 Two rare seal records for South Africa. Ann. Cape Prov. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 1:102, 1961 Whales on our coast. Zool. Soc. South. Afr. News Bull. 2(1):23-4, 1960 With P.A. Clancey. The occurrence of migratory Palaearctic quail in South Africa. Ostrich 31:169-72, 1960 Extensions to the ranges of three species in the Cape Province. Ostrich 28:172-4, 1957 Red-backed shrike Lanius collurio Linnaeus. Ostrich 28:171, 1957 On the breeding of Sterna vittata tristanensis Murphy off the coast of Cape Province, South Africa. Bull. Brit. Ornith. Club 77:82-3, 1957 Red Tailed Tropical Bird (Phaethon rubricauda) in the Eastern Cape and the Orange Free State. Ostrich 26:38, 1955 The English sparrow at East London. Bokmakierie 7:32, 1955 Investigation of the Cape Gannet (Morus capensis). Ostrich 25 (3): 106-15, 1954 Sea bird migrants. Ostrich 24:50, 1953 Marine birds at and offshore at Bird Island, Algoa Bay. Ostrich 24(1):27-32, 1953 With C. Gibson-Hill. A preliminary note on the Bird Island group in Algoa Bay. Ostrich 17(2):175-86, 1946 The ground hornbill (Bucorvus cafer). Ostrich 13:121-36, 1942 Knysma lourie (Turacus corythaix corythaix). Ostrich 13:1-9, 1942 Breeding of the Mountain buzzard (Buteo oreophilus Hartert & Neuman). Ostrich 12:20-3, 1941 Tern observations at Bird Island, Algoa Bay, C.P. Ostrich 8(2):61-7, 1937 HONORS Latimeria Smith 1939 (Pisces)
Mariano R. Castex
Mariano Rafael Ezequiel Pompeyo Castex Torres, Argentine physician (Buenos Aires 10 April 1886 – Buenos Aires 30 June 1968) ACHIEVEMENTS Described hepatic reticular necrosis in prolonged obstruent jaundice Discovered ampullar cicatricial origin of spontaneous non-tuberclous hemopneumothorax Described clinical triad of pneumothorax Described thoracobrachial sore sign of bronchogenic cancer and late postoperative atelectasis Described ischemic pathogeny of giant ampulllar emphysema Discovered the meaning of the splitting of the first cardiac sound in bundle branch block With Pavlovsky & C. Simonetti described a new B hemophilia (1944) With Eduardo Capdehourat developed a new method of bronchopulmonary therapeutic employing nebulized antibiotics With N. Romano a new method of permanent drain in tuberculous meningitis With Luis Camponovo & Francisco Labour the action of succinic acid as breathing stimulant EPONYMY Castex sign or Castex-Camauer-Bator in post-encephalic parkinsonism Castex purpurae or neurological purpurae Castex murmur (systolic murmur in acute infarction of myocardium) Atelectatic sign of lungs (Castex-Palacio-Mazzei sign) Castex-Palacio-Mazzei thoracic brachial syndrome HONORS Honorary President, International Society of Internal Medicine Foreign Associate Member, Academie de Medecine de Paris Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Paris
Maria Pereira de Castro
Maria Pereira de Castro, Brazilian acarologist and virologist (Mineiros, Goiás State 02 May 1921 – ?) DESCRIBED ACARI GENERA/SUBGENERA Flavionyssus 1948 Paraneonyssus 1948 Rhinoptes 1951 (with Pereira) Rochanyssus 1948 Travanyssus 1948 Vitznyssus 1948 Introduced new classification criteria of Rhinonyssidae mites With Vicente do Amaral discovered that Toxoplasma gondii displayed division by schizogony Developed swine cellular lineage IB-RS-2 internationally used to replication of foot and mouth disease virus With R.C.B. Pisani. Swine renal cells as primary cultures and as an established cell line (RS-2) and their sensitivity to the foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) 1963 Developed an argentic impregnation method for studying internal morphology of microscopic invertebrates With C. Pereira. Um método de impregnação argêntica para estudo da morfologia interna de invertebrados microscópicos em Toto-montagem. Arqu. Inst. Biol. São Paulo 14:207-11, 1943. Developed a new technique for culturing renal tissue of guinea pig With D. de Mello. Tecido renal de cobaia cultivado por nova técnica e sua sensibilidade ao vírus da febre aftosa. Arq. Inst. Biol. 24:163-7, 1957 Obtained Mycobacterium leprae in tissue culture With P.R. de Souza & M.R. de Azevedo. Mycobacterium leprae em cultura de tecido. Rev. Assoc. Med. Bras. 5:408-12, 1959 An infectious agent causing spontaneous degeneration of swine cells in vitro. J. Tissue Cult. Assoc. 9:8-16, 1973