Joshua Alder
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Joshua Alder was a British zoologist and a malacologist. He specialized in the Tunicata, and in gastropods.

Taxa described

Names or synonyms of tunicates described by Joshua Alder include:
  • Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856)
  • Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856
  • Hydractinia areolata Alder, 1862
  • Corymorpha nana Alder, 1857
  • Campanularia hincksii Alder, 1856
  • Laomedea flexuosa Alder, 1857
  • Laomedea neglecta Alder, 1856
  • Halecium nanum Alder, 1859


Taxa of gastropods described by Joshua Alder include:
  • Polyceroidea
    Polyceroidea
    Polyceroidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Doridacea.-Families:Families within the superfamily Polyceroidea include:*Family Polyceridae...

     Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Fiona
    Fiona
    Fiona is a feminine given name. The name Fiona was invented, and first used, by the Scottish poet James Macpherson , author of the Ossian poems, which he claimed were translations from ancient Gaelic sources...

    Alder & Hancock, 1851
  • Chromodoris
    Chromodoris
    Chromodoris is a genus of very colorful sea slugs or dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae. -Species:Species in the genus Chromodoris include:* Chromodoris africana Eliot, 1904* Chromodoris aila Er...

    Alder & Hancock, 1855

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