Honoré Jacquinot (1 August 1815 in

Moulins-Engilbert Moulins-Engilbert () is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France. It is 10 km north of Saint-Honoré-les-Bains. The village is home to the museum for the history and breeding of Charolais cattle. Demographics On 1 January 2019 ...

- 22 May 1887 in

Nevers Nevers ( , ; la, Noviodunum, later ''Nevirnum'' and ''Nebirnum'') is the prefecture of the Nièvre Departments of France, department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in central France. It was the principal city of the ...

) was a French surgeon and

zoologist Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the Animal, animal kingdom, including the anatomy, structure, embryology, evolution, Biological clas ...

. Jacquinot was the younger brother of the naval officer Charles Hector Jacquinot, and sailed with him as a surgeon and naturalist on ''La Zelée'' on Dumont d'Urville's ''

Astrolabe An astrolabe ( grc, ἀστρολάβος ; ar, ٱلأَسْطُرلاب ; persian, ستاره‌یاب ) is an ancient astronomical instrument that was a handheld model of the universe. Its various functions also make it an elaborate inclin ...

'' expedition (1837–1840). With J. B. Hombron, while en route to the Antarctic and anchored off the coast of New Zealand, he was able to describe and illustrate 15 species of

molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

found in those waters, plus several species of fish and crustacea.A Brief History of New Zealand Marine Biology , NZETC
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French ornithologists French zoologists French herpetologists 1815 births 1887 deaths People from Nièvre {{Ornithologist-stub

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