Charles Spence Bate
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Charles Spence Bate, or Spence Bate, FRS (March 16, 1819, Truro
, Cornwall – July 29, 1889, Devonshire) was a British
zoologist and dentist
, who who practiced first at Swansea
, and then Plymouth
, taking over his father's practice. He was an authority on the Crustacea
, and a frequent correspondent of Charles Darwin
, mostly concerning their shared interest in barnacle
s. Together with John Obadiah Westwood
, he wrote "A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea".
A number of species are named in his honour:
Truro
Truro is a city and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The city is the centre for administration, leisure and retail in Cornwall, with a population recorded in the 2001 census of 17,431. Truro urban statistical area, which includes parts of surrounding parishes, has a 2001 census...
, Cornwall – July 29, 1889, Devonshire) was a British
United Kingdom
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zoologist and dentist
Dentist
A dentist, also known as a 'dental surgeon', is a doctor that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity. The dentist's supporting team aides in providing oral health services...
, who who practiced first at Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, and then Plymouth
Plymouth
Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
, taking over his father's practice. He was an authority on the Crustacea
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
, and a frequent correspondent of Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS was an English naturalist. He established that all species of life have descended over time from common ancestry, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process that he called natural selection.He published his theory...
, mostly concerning their shared interest in barnacle
Barnacle
A barnacle is a type of arthropod belonging to infraclass Cirripedia in the subphylum Crustacea, and is hence related to crabs and lobsters. Barnacles are exclusively marine, and tend to live in shallow and tidal waters, typically in erosive settings. They are sessile suspension feeders, and have...
s. Together with John Obadiah Westwood
John Obadiah Westwood
John Obadiah Westwood was an English entomologist and archaeologist also noted for his artistic talents.Born in Sheffield, he studied to be a lawyer but abandoned that for his scientific interests....
, he wrote "A history of the British sessile-eyed Crustacea".
A number of species are named in his honour:
- Pseudoparatanais batei (G. O. Sars, 1882)
- Amphilochus spencebatei (Stebbing, 1876)
- Scyllarus batei HolthuisLipke HolthuisLipke Bijdeley Holthuis was a Dutch carcinologist, considered one of the "undisputed greats" of carcinology, and "the greatest carcinologist of our time"....
, 1946 - Costa batei (BradyGeorge Stewardson BradyGeorge Stewardson Brady was a professor of natural history at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle-upon-Tyne who did important volumes on Copepoda, including those from the Challenger expedition ....
, 1866) - Periclimenes bateiPericlimenes bateiPericlimenes batei is a species of shrimp found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by L. A. Borradaile in 1888, in commemoration of Charles Spence Bate who wrote the section on shrimp in the reports of the Challenger expedition....
HolthuisLipke HolthuisLipke Bijdeley Holthuis was a Dutch carcinologist, considered one of the "undisputed greats" of carcinology, and "the greatest carcinologist of our time"....
, 1959