Eugène Louis Bouvier (9 April 1856, in

Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux Saint-Laurent-en-Grandvaux () is a commune in the Jura department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Jura department The following is a list of the 494 communes of the Jura d ...

– 14 January 1944, in

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) was a French

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

and

carcinologist A carcinologist is a scientist who studies crustaceans or is otherwise involved in carcinology Carcinology is a branch of zoology that consists of the study of crustaceans, a group of arthropods that includes lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, ...

. Bouvier was a professor at the

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Biography

Following graduation at the

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Lons-le-Saunier Lons-le-Saunier () is a Communes of France, commune and capital of the Jura (department), Jura Department, eastern France. Geography The town is in the heart of the Revermont region, at the foot of the first plateau of the Jura massif. The Jur ...

, he taught classes in Clairvaux,

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Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest towns ...

and

Villefranche-sur-Saône Villefranche-sur-Saône (, ; frp, Velafranche) is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France. It lies 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the river Saône, and is around north of Lyon. The inhabitants of the town are called ''Caladois''. Hi ...

. From 1882 to 1887, he served as a "boursier" at the

, where he studied with

Alphonse Milne-Edwards Alphonse Milne-Edwards (Paris, 13 October 1835 – Paris, 21 April 1900) was a French mammalogist, ornithologist, and carcinologist. He was English in origin, the son of Henri Milne-Edwards and grandson of Bryan Edwards, a Jamaican planter who se ...

(1835–1900) and

Edmond Perrier Jean Octave Edmond Perrier (9 May 1844 – 31 July 1921) was a French zoologist born in Tulle. He is known for his studies of invertebrates (annelids and echinoderms). He was the brother of zoologist Rémy Perrier (1861–1936). Career On advice f ...

(1844–1921). Together with Milne-Edwards, he worked on some of the

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ...

s from the ''Travailleur'' and ''

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'' expeditions (1880–1883). In 1887, he earned his doctorate in

natural sciences Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

with a dissertation involving

prosobranch Prosobranchia was a large taxonomic subclass of sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. This taxon of gastropods dates back to the 1920s. It has however been proven to be polyphyletic (consisting of more than one lineage of descent). Gene ...

gastropods The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. Ther ...

, ''Système nerveux, morphologie générale et classification des Gastéropodes prosobranches''. In 1889 he became an associate professor at the ''Ecole supérieure de pharmacie de Paris'', and in 1895, he attained a professorship of natural history (chair of "articulated animals"; starting in 1917 it was referred to as the chair of

entomology Entomology () is the science, scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such ...

) at the Muséum. Bouvier maintained the chair of entomology until 1931, when he was succeeded by

René Jeannel René Jeannel (23 March 1879 – 20 February 1965) was a French entomologist.Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Jeannel (René, Gabriel, Marie) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, ...

(1879–1965). His earlier studies dealt with evolution of various species, in particular

s and

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. Kellogg, Vernon. (1923). ''The Psychic Life of Insects by E. L. Bouvier''. ''

Science Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

''. New Series, Vol. 58, No. 1508. pp. 423–424.

Works

*''Recherches sur les affinités des Lithodes & des Lomis avec les Paguridés'' (1895) – Studies on the closer relationships of the king crab ''

Lithodes ''Lithodes'' is a genus of king crabs. Today there are about 30 recognized species, but others formerly included in this genus have been moved to '' Neolithodes'' and '' Paralomis''. They are found in oceans around the world, ranging from shallow ...

'' and ''

Lomis The hairy stone crab (''Lomis hirta'') is a crab-like crustacean that lives in the littoral zone of southern Australia from Bunbury, Western Australia, to the Bass Strait. It is the only species in its family. It is wide, slow-moving, and cov ...

'' with

pagurid The Paguridae are a family (biology), family of hermit crabs of the order Decapoda. This family contains 542 species in over 70 genera:. The king crabs, Lithodoidea, are now widely undestood to be derived from deep within the Paguridae, with some ...

hermit crabs. *''Nouvelles observations sur les glaucothoés'' (1905) – New Observations on Glaucothoe (larvae). * 'Vie psychique des insectes''(1918) �
The Psychic Life of Insects
(translated, 1922). *''Habitudes et Métamorphoses des insectes'' (1919) – Behavior and Metamorphosis of Insects. *''Le Communisme chez les insectes'' (1926) – Communism Among Insects. *''Monographie des lépidoptères saturnides'' (1934) – Monograph of

Lepidoptera Lepidoptera ( ) is an order (biology), order of insects that includes butterfly, butterflies and moths (both are called lepidopterans). About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera are described, in 126 Family (biology), families and 46 Taxonomic r ...

Saturniidae Saturniidae, commonly known as saturniids, is a family of Lepidoptera with an estimated 2,300 described species. The family contains some of the largest species of moths in the world. Notable members include the emperor moths, royal moths, and gi ...

. *''Décapodes marcheurs de la faune de France'' (1940) –

Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers. The order is esti ...

of France.

Legacy

Taxa named after Bouvier include * '' Procambarus bouvieri'', a crayfish * ''

Hemidactylus bouvieri ''Hemidactylus bouvieri'', also known commonly as Bouvier's leaf-toed gecko and the Cape Verde leaf-toed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands and is listed as critically endange ...

'', a leaf-toed gecko * ''

Rissoina bouvieri ''Rissoina bouvieri'' is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoinidae. Description Distribution This species occurs in the Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر ...

'', a sea snail * '' Eumetula bouvieri'', a sea snail * '' Procolobus bouvieri'', a monkey * '' Cyphocaris bouvieri'', an amphipod * '' Cinnyris bouvieri'', a sunbird * '' Scotopelia bouvieri'', a fishing owl * '' Procambarus bouvieri'', a crayfish * ''

Messor bouvieri ''Messor'' is a myrmicine genus of ants with more than 100 species, all of which are harvester ants; the generic name comes from the Roman god of crops and harvest, Messor. The subterranean colonies tend to be found in open fields and near road ...

'', an ant * '' Peripatus bouvieri'', a

velvet worm Onychophora (from grc, ονυχής, , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (due to their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus ...

References

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