Fritz Sarasin, full name Karl Friedrich Sarasin (3 December 1859 – 23 March 1942) was a Swiss people naturalist.
He was a second cousin of Paul Sarasin.[Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed. , 830 pp. + 32 pp. Annex. American Malacological Society.] They made a scientific expedition to Celebes (now Sulawesi).
Taxon named in his honor
Paul and Fritz Sarasin are commemorated in the scientific names of five species of reptiles:
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Amphiesma,
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Correlophus sarasinorum,
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Nessia sarasinorum,
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Pseudorabdion, and
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Sphenomorphus.
[Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Sarasin", p. 233).]
And fish:
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Sarasin's goby Mugilogobius sarasinorum is named in the cousins honor.
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The Rainbow Telmatherina sarasinorum Maurice Kottelat, 1991
There are seven species, two genera and one subfamily of harvestmen named after them.
Bibliography
He has published some of scientific works together with
Paul Sarasin.
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Sarasin F. & Jean Roux (eds.) (1913–1918). "Nova Caledonia. Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. Recherches scientifiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie et aux iles Loyalty". Wiesbaden.
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Aus einem glücklichen Leben. Biographische Notizen, Frobenius AG, Basel 1941.
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