Jean Baptiste François René Koehler (7 March 1860, Saint-Dié – 19 April 1931,

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

) was a French

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 ...

best known for his research of

echinoderm An echinoderm () is any member of the phylum Echinodermata (). The adults are recognisable by their (usually five-point) radial symmetry, and include starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as well as the sea ...

s. He studied medicine and

zoology 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 ...

in Nancy. In 1889 he became a member of the faculty of sciences in Lyon, where in 1894, he attained the chair of zoology.Prosopo
Sociétés savantes de France In 1911 he was selected as president of the ''

Société zoologique de France La Société zoologique de France ( en, "Zoological Society of France"), founded in 1876 by Aimé Bouvier, is a scientific society devoted to Zoology. It publishes a bulletin and organises the Prix Gadeau de Kerville de la Société zoologique d ...

''.Petymol
Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. K In 1988 the genus ''Koehleria'' (Cherbonnier) of the family

Cucumariidae Cucumariidae is a family of sea cucumbers, marine animals with elongated bodies, leathery skins and tentacles that are found on the sea bed. Description Members of the family Cucumariidae are small to medium-sized sea cucumbers, characterised by ...

was named in his honor. Also, he is commemorated by organisms with the specific epithet of ''koehleri''.

Written works

He made contributions to the section on echinoderms in the series ''Faune de France''. His other publications include: * ''Recherches sur la faune marine des iles Anglo-Normandes'', 1885 - Research on marine fauna of the

Channel Islands The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

. * ''Résultats scientifiques de la campagne du "Caudan" dans le golfe de Gascogne : août-septembre 1895'', (1896) - Scientific results of the "Caudan campaign" in the

Gulf of Gascony The Bay of Biscay (), known in Spain as the Gulf of Biscay ( es, Golfo de Vizcaya, eu, Bizkaiko Golkoa), and in France and some border regions as the Gulf of Gascony (french: Golfe de Gascogne, oc, Golf de Gasconha, br, Pleg-mor Gwaskogn), ...

. * ''Expédition antarctique belge : résultats du voyage du S.Y. Belgica en 1897-1898-1899 sous le commandement de A. de Gerlache de Gomery'', 1902 -

Belgian Antarctic Expedition The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897–1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. Led by Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery aboard the RV ''Belgica'', it was the first Belgian Antarctic expedition and is considered the firs ...

, results from the voyage of the S.Y. Belgica 1897-1899. * ''Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga / Ie pt., Ophiures de mer profonde'', 1904 - Ophiurans from the Siboga Expedition, part 1; ophiurans from the deep sea. * ''Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga / IIe pt., Ophiures littorales'', 1905 - Orphirians from the Siboga Expedition, part II; ophiurans from the littoral regions. * ''Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883'', (1906) - Scientific expeditions of the Travailleur and Talisman during the years 1880 to 1883. * ''Echinodermes provenant des campagnes du yacht Princesse-Alice : astéries, ophiures, échinides et crinoïdes'', 1909 - Echinoderms collected from campaigns of the yacht Princesse-Alice. * "Ophiurans of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters", Washington, G.P.O., 1922, (manuscript translated by Austin H. Clark). * ''Les échinodermes des mers d'Europe'', 1924 - Echinoderms from the seas of Europe.WorldCat Search
(publications)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Koehler, Jean Baptiste Francois Rene 1860 births 1931 deaths People from Saint-Dié-des-Vosges French zoologists French marine biologists