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Dennis M. Devaney

Biologist · 1938–1983

1,375 specimens, collected between 1919 and 1983 on 64 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 1,179 specimens for others.

On the labels as D.M. Devaney, Dennis M. Devaney, Devaney, D.M., D. Devaney, D M Devaney, Dennis Devaney, Devaney, D Devaney and 3 more.

Specimens
1,375
Type specimens
30
Years in the field
65
Islands
87
Species
639
Identifications
1,179
In the Library
0
Named after
7

Where Devaney collected

Specimens by decade

1910s1980s

Earliest: Thais armigera, 1919 (Enewetok Atoll). Latest: Ictalurus punctatus, 1983.

Named for Devaney

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Devaney. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

OctopusIsognomon perraLima scabraPeristerniaChlamysPinctadaConus marmoreusCaulerpa urvilleanaVermetidaeColumbella mercatoriaPhanerophthalmus cylindricusAsaphis violacea

As a determiner

1,179 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: