Louis Marie Adolphe Olivier Édouard Joubin (27 February 1861 in Épinal – 24 April 1935 in

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) was a professor at the

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. He published works on nemerteans,

chaetognatha The Chaetognatha or chaetognaths (meaning ''bristle-jaws'') are a phylum of predatory marine worms that are a major component of plankton worldwide. Commonly known as arrow worms, about 20% of the known Chaetognatha species are benthic, and can ...

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head ...

s, and other molluscs. He served as an assistant to

Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers Félix Joseph Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (15 May 1821 – 21 July 1901) was a French biologist, anatomist and zoologist born in Montpezat, Lot-et-Garonne, Montpezat in the department of Lot-et-Garonne. He was a leading authority in the field of mal ...

, subsequently becoming director of the laboratories at Banyuls-sur-Mer (1882) and Roscoff (1884). Later on, he became an instructor at the

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,Prosopo
Sociétés savantes and in 1903 succeeded

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 ...

as ''chaire des mollusques, des vers et des zoophytes'' at the

(from 1917 onward his title was ''chaire des mollusques''). In 1906 he was chosen by Albert I, Prince of Monaco to be in charge of instruction at the Institut océanographique. In 1905 he was named president of the

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. In 1920 he became a member of the

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Joubin's squid ''Joubiniteuthis portieri'', also known as Joubin's squid from the monotypic family Joubiniteuthidae and genus ''Joubiniteuthis''. It is a rare, small squid which occurs in the mesopelagic to bathypelagic zones and which has a worldwide distrib ...

(''Joubiniteuthis portieri'') is named for him, as is '' Scolymastra joubini'', a

hexactinellid Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed siliceous spicules, often referred to as glass sponges. They are usually classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consi ...

sponge 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 t ...

whose lifespan is purportedly 10,000 years. Laboratoire Joubin

Written works

* ''Les Némertiens'', 1894 -

Nemertean Nemertea is a phylum of animals also known as ribbon worms or proboscis worms, consisting of 1300 known species. Most ribbon worms are very slim, usually only a few millimeters wide, although a few have relatively short but wide bodies. Many h ...

s. * ''Contribution à l'étude des Céphalopodes de l'Atlantique Nord'', 1895 - Contributions to the study of

s of the

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. * ''Expédition antarctique française (1903-1905) : commandée par le Dr. Jean Charcot. Science naturelles: documents scientifiques''. - French Antarctic Expedition (1903–05) : commanded by

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: scientific documents of the expedition. * ''Deuxième expédition antarctique française (1908-1910) / Sciences naturelles: documents scientifiques''. - Second French Antarctic Expedition (1908–10) / Natural sciences: scientific documents of the expedition. * ''La vie dans les océans'', 1912 - Life in the oceans. * ''Chétognathes provenant des campagnes des yachts Hirondelle et Princesse-Alice, 1885-1910'' (with

Louis Germain Alfred Louis Pierre Germain (8 January 1878 – 18 October 1942) was a French malacologist born in Niort, department Deux-Sèvres. He studied in Angers and Paris, obtaining his doctorate of sciences in 1907. Later he worked under Louis Joubin in th ...

), 1916 -

Chaetognatha The Chaetognatha or chaetognaths (meaning ''bristle-jaws'') are a phylum of predatory marine worms that are a major component of plankton worldwide. Commonly known as arrow worms, about 20% of the known Chaetognatha species are benthic, and can ...

from campaigns of the yachts Hirondelle and Princesse-Alice, 1885-1910. * ''Le fond de la mer'', 1920 - The bottom of the sea. * ''Les métamorphoses des animaux marins'', 1926 - Metamorphosis of marine animals. * ''Éléments de biologie marine'', 1928 - Elements of

marine biology Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many phyla, families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others that live on land, marine biology classifies s ...

. * ''Faune ichthyologique de l'Atlantique nord'', 1929 -

Ichthyological Ichthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fish, including bony fish (Osteichthyes), cartilaginous fish ( Chondrichthyes), and jawless fish ( Agnatha). According to FishBase, 33,400 species of fish had been described as of Octob ...

fauna of the North Atlantic. * "Cephalopods from the scientific expeditions of

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"; published in 1995 into English.
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