Guilherme Muricy (born 1964) is a Brazilian invertebrate zoologist, and Professor of Invertebrate Zoology at the

National Museum of Brazil The National Museum of Brazil ( pt, Museu Nacional) is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil. It is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where it is installed in the Paço de São Cristóvão (Saint Christopher's Palace), which is in ...

. He is a specialist in

sponges Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through ...

and has written over 100 papers on the chemistry, the taxonomy of sponges, and the descriptions of many new sponge species. His zoological author abbreviation is Muricy.

Taxa named by Muricy

See Taxa named by Guilherme Muricy.

References

Brazilian zoologists Living people 1964 births {{Zoologist-stub