RW
R.C. Wass
Carcinologist · 1922–1990
166 specimens, collected between 1968 and 1984 on 42 collecting days.
- Specimens
- 166
- Type specimens
- 26
- Years in the field
- 17
- Islands
- 7
- Species
- 132
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 4
Where Wass collected
Specimens by decade
1960s1980s
Earliest: Hexanchus griseus, 1968 (Oʻahu). Latest: Hoplolatilus starcki, 1984.
Named for Wass
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Wass. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.