Antoine Risso Explained

Giuseppe Antonio Risso (8 April 1777 – 25 August 1845), called Antoine Risso, was a naturalist from Nice.^[1]

Risso was born in the city of Nice in the Duchy of Savoy, and studied under Giovanni Battista Balbis. He published French: Ichthyologie de Nice (1810), French: Histoire naturelle de l'Europe méridionale (1826) and French: Histoire Naturelle des Orangers (1818–1822). Risso's dolphin was named after him.^[2] He is denoted by the author abbreviation Risso when citing a botanical name;^[3] the same abbreviation is used for zoological names.

Genera and species named after him

• Rissoa : a genus of gastropods
• Rissoella : a genus of gastropod
• Rissoella : a genus of red algae^[4]
• Electrona risso : a lanternfish
• Polyacanthonotus rissoanus : smallmouth spiny eel

Genera and species named by him

He named 549 marine genera and species.^[5] IPNI gives 81 records for Risso.^[6]

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

Further reading

• Book: French . Jules René Bourguignat . Jules René Bourguignat . 1861 . Étude synonymique sur les mollusques des Alpes maritimes publiés par A. Risso en 1826 . Paris . J. B. Baillière.

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Book: David M. Damkaer . 2002 . The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History, Volume 1 . Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 240 . . 978-0-87169-240-5 . Antoine Joseph Risso . 163–167 . https://books.google.com/books?id=TgUNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA163.
2. Book: Sarah G. Allen, Joe Mortenson & Sophie Webb . 2011 . Field Guide to Marine Mammals of the Pacific Coast: Baja, California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia . California Natural History Guides . . 978-0-520-26545-5 . Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus . 301–308 . https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7zdT2PIhAC&pg=PA301.
3. Book: Authors of Plant Names: a List of Authors of Scientific Names of Plants, with Recommended Standard Forms of their Names, Including Abbreviations . R. K. Brummitt & C. E. Powell . . 1992 . 0-947643-44-3.
4. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Rissoella J.Agardh, 1849 . www.marinespecies.org . 30 September 2022.
5. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist World Register of Marine Species: author Risso
6. Web site: International Plant Names Index. www.ipni.org.