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