local children
British chemist, mineralogist and zoologist · 1777–1852
162 specimens, collected between 1952 and 1978 on 2 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.
On the labels as local children, Local children.
- Specimens
- 162
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 27
- Islands
- 4
- Species
- 8
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 3
Where children collected
Specimens by decade
1950s1970s
Earliest: Ostorhinchus novemfasciatus, 1952 (Arno Atoll). Latest: Ambassis, 1978.
Named for children
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name children. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.