Alice Pruvot-Fol
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Alice Pruvot-Fol was a French
opisthobranch
malacologist.
She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals.
She even described a new species (Nembrotha rutilans, Pruvot-Fol, 1931) on the basis of a painted illustration in a book by William Saville-Kent
, (1893) entitled "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia".
She continued working and naming new species until late in her life. Even in 1962, when she was 89 years old, she named Phyllidia pulitzeri.
Some of the species described by her :
Several genera and species were named in her honor :
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opisthobranch
Opisthobranchia
Opisthobranchs are a large and diverse group of specialized complex marine gastropods previously united under Opisthobranchia within the Heterobranchia, but no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping...
malacologist.
She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals.
She even described a new species (Nembrotha rutilans, Pruvot-Fol, 1931) on the basis of a painted illustration in a book by William Saville-Kent
William Saville-Kent
William Saville-Kent was an English marine biologist.Born in Sidmouth, Devon, his childhood was marred by the death of his mother, the murder of his half-brother and conviction of his sister Constance to twenty years in prison...
, (1893) entitled "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia".
She continued working and naming new species until late in her life. Even in 1962, when she was 89 years old, she named Phyllidia pulitzeri.
Some of the species described by her :
- Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Aplysiopsis formosaAplysiopsis formosaAplysiopsis formosa is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae....
Pruvot-Fol - Atagema gibba Pruvot-Fol
- Atagema rugosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Chelidonura africana Pruvot-Fol
- Chromodoris kunieiChromodoris kunieiChromodoris kuniei is a species of very colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. There is one subspecies : Chromodoris kuniei ransoni- Habitat :...
Pruvot-Fol, 1930 - Cumanotus cuenoti Pruvot-Fol, 1948
- Doriopsilla rarispinosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Elysia babai Pruvot-Fol, 1945
- Elysia mercieri Pruvot-Fol, 1930
- Facelina dubia Pruvot-Fol, 1949
- Glossodoris hikuerensisGlossodoris hikuerensisGlossodoris hikuerensis, is a species of sea slug, a colorful nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae.-Distribution:This species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean...
(Pruvot-Fol, 1954) - Goniodoridella savignyiGoniodoridella savignyiGoniodoridella savignyi is species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.Goniodoridella savignyi is the only species in the genus Goniodoridella....
Pruvot-Fol, 1933 - Hermaea paucicirraHermaea paucicirraHermaea paucicirra is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hermaeidae.-Distribution:This species is known to occur in West Africa, Spain, and the western Mediterranean....
Pruvot-Fol, 1953 - Hypselodoris dollfusiHypselodoris dollfusiHypselodoris dollfusi is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae. After being described initially in 1933 by Pruvot-Fol, this species was not seen again until its rediscovery in 2000....
(Pruvot-Fol, 1933 - Hypselodoris fontandrauiHypselodoris fontandrauiHypselodoris fontandraui is a species of colourful sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chromodorididae.-Distribution:This nudibranch is known from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Western Mediterranean....
Pruvot-Fol, 1951. - Marianina rosea (Pruvot-Fol, 1930)
- Nembrotha rutilans (Pruvot-Fol, 1931) is a synonym for Nembrotha purpureolineataNembrotha purpureolineataNembrotha purpureolineata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae. Nembrotha rutilans, classified as a separate species until 2008, has now been reclassified as Nembrotha purpureolineata.-Taxonomy:Nembrotha purpureolineata was...
O'Donoghue, 1924 - Phyllidia bataviae Pruvot-Fol, 1957
- Phyllidia pulitzeri Pruvot-Fol, 1962
- Phyllidiopsis krempfi Pruvot-Fol, 1957
- TrapaniaTrapaniaTrapania is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae.- Species :Species within the genus Trapania include:* Trapania africana Edmunds, 2009...
Pruvot-Fol, 1931 - Thecacera darwini, Pruvot-Fol, 1950
- Thordisa filix Pruvot-Fol, 1951
Several genera and species were named in her honor :
- Aegires pruvotfolae Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
- Elysia pruvotfolae Ernst Marcus, 1957
- Hallaxa apefae Marcus & Marcus, (using just the initials APF)
- Pruvotaplysia Engel, 1936
- Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1970
- Pruvotfolia pselliotes
- Pruvotfolia longicirrha n.comb.
Selected works
- Pruvot, A., 1922. Sur un type nouveau et remarquable de gymnosomes (Laginiopsis n.g.). -- Compt. Rend. hebdom. Séanc. Acad. Sci, 174: 696-698.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1924. Étude de quelques gymnosomes méditerranéens des pêches de 'l'Orvet' en 1921 et 1922. -- Arch. Zool. Exp. Gén., 62(6): 345-400, 32 figs, pls 15-16.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1925. Contributions à l'étude du genre Janthina Bolten. -- C.R. hebd. Séances Acad. Sci., 181: ....
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1926. Mollusques ptéropodes gymnosomes provenant des campagnes du *Prince Albert 1er de Monaco. -- Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques accomplies sur son yacht par Albert 1er, Prince souverain de Monaco, publiés sous sa direction avec le concours de M. Jules Richard, Docteur ès-sciences, chargé des traveaux zoologiques à bord, 70: 1-60, 3 tabs, 102 figs. ISBN 2-7260-0083-5
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1930. Sur l'identité réelle et la valeur systématique de Micrella dubia Bgh.. -- Bull. Soc. zool. France, 55: 210-213.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1932. Note sur quelques gymnosomes de provenances diverses et diagnose d'un genre nouveau. -- Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 74 (vol. jub.): 507-529, 18 figs, pl. 3.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Les opisthobranches de QuoyJean René Constant QuoyJean René Constant Quoy was a French zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville...
& GaimardJoseph Paul GaimardJoseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist on the ships L'Uranie under Louis de Freycinet 1817-1820, and L'Astrolabe under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826-1829...
. Appendum 2. Les gymnosomes de Quoy & Gaimard. -- Arch. Mus. Nat. Hist. nat., (6)11: 81. - Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Note malacologique. A propos du tubercle médian du pied des gymnosomes. -- Bull. Soc. zool. France, 59(4): 291-293.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1934. Faune et flore de la Méditerranée. Gastropoda-Opisthobranchia-Gymnosomata. -- Comm. Intern. Expl. Sc. Mer Méditerr., .....
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1936. Morphologie du pied des mollusques. Ses homologies. -- Verh. schweiz. Naturf. Gesellsch., 117: 327-328.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1938. Sur les apparences trompeuses de quelques échantillons de gymnosomnes à l'état conservé. -- Journal de Conchyliologie, 82(3): 256-258, figs A-B, pl. 4.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1942. Les gymnosomes. -- Dana Rep., 4(20): 1-54, 77 figs.
- Pruvot-Fol A. (1951). "Étude des nudibranches de la Méditerranée". Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale 88(1): 73.
- Pruvot-Fol A. (1954). "Mollusques Opisthobranches". Faune de France, P. Lechevalier Paris 58: 1-460.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1954. Mollusques opisthobranches. Paris, Lechevalier: 1-457, 173 figs, 1 pl.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1960. Les organes génitaux des opisthobranches. -- Arch. Zool. expér. gén., 99(2): 135-223, 33 figs.
- Pruvot-Fol, A., 1963. Les ventouses chez les mollusques gastéropodes et plus spécialement chez les gymnosomes. -- Journal de Conchyliologie, 103(1): 3-20, 11 figs.