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Charles Howard Edmondson

American marine biologist · 1876–1970

3,630 specimens, collected between 1900 and 2019 on 124 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 15 specimens for others.

On the labels as C.H. Edmondson, Edmondson, Charles H. Edmondson, Edmondson, C.H., Edmondson, Charles Howard, Charles Howard Edmondson, CH Edmondson, C H Edmondson and 2 more.

Specimens
3,630
Type specimens
114
Years in the field
120
Islands
41
Species
724
Identifications
15
In the Library
0
Named after
10

Where Edmondson collected

Specimens by decade

1900s2010s

Earliest: Teredo bartschi, 1900 (Kwajalein Atoll). Latest: Teredinidae, 2019.

Named for Edmondson

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Edmondson. 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

NotelaeaMartesia striataSyrrhopodon banksiiAnoplodactylus californicusMalpighia coccigeraAnoplodactylus batangensisAcanthochitona viridisTruncatellaDictyotaTeredothyra excavataAnoplodactylus batangensisProsopeas

As a determiner

15 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: