Colin McLay (1942-2022) was a

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

marine biologist and carcinologist. Educated at the University of Otago and the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

, he served as an Associate Professor of Marine Biology at the

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

. He discovered several species of crab, including '' Desmodromia tranterae'', ''

Euryxanthops chiltoni ''Euryxanthops chiltoni'' is a species of crab found in the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone. It was first described by Colin McLay and Peter Ng in a 2007 paper, along with ''Medaeops serenei ''Medaeops'' is a genus of crabs in the family ...

'', ''

Gandalfus puia ''Gandalfus puia'' is the only known New Zealand species of crab in the family Bythograeidae, commonly known as the blind vent crabs. Like other blind vent crabs, it only lives in hydrothermal vent waters. This species was first described in 200 ...

,'' and ''

Hirsutodynomene vespertilio Hirsutodynomene is a genus of crabs in the family Dynomenidae. All species in this genus except the newest one belonged to the genus '' Dynomene''. These two genera form the subfamilia Dynomeninae. The type species of this genus is: '' Dynomene ...

''. He died on 3 December 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:McLay, Colin New Zealand biologists University of Otago alumni University of British Columbia alumni 1942 births 2022 deaths