Wheeler North
American marine biologist and environmental scientist · 1922–2002
46 specimens, collected between 1962 and 1987 on 18 collecting days. Identified 1 specimens for others.
On the labels as North, W.J., North, Wheeler North.
- Specimens
- 46
- Type specimens
- 2
- Years in the field
- 26
- Islands
- 3
- Species
- 35
- Identifications
- 1
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 2
Specimens by decade
1960s1980s
Earliest: Mazzaella coriacea, 1962 (Tampico Cove, south of Ensenada). Latest: Calliarthron cheilosporioides, 1987.
Named for North
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name North. 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
As a determiner
1 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: