Albert Jean Baptiste Marie Vayssière (8 July 1854,

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– 13 January 1942,

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) was a French scientist, a biologist, specifically a

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

and

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

, i.e. someone who studies mollusks, and insects. Within the Mollusca, Vayssière specialized in

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...

s and bubble snails, i.e. marine

opisthobranch Opisthobranchs () is a now informal name for a large and diverse group of specialized complex gastropods which used to be united in the subclass Opisthobranchia. That taxon is no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping. Euopistho ...

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

. He made significant contributions towards a better understanding of the general biology,

phylogenetic relationships A phylogenetic tree or phylogeny is a graphical representation which shows the evolutionary history between a set of species or taxa during a specific time.Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA. In o ...

biogeography Biogeography is the study of the species distribution, distribution of species and ecosystems in geography, geographic space and through evolutionary history of life, geological time. Organisms and biological community (ecology), communities o ...

and ecological distribution of the group.Scientific Exploration in the Mediterranean Region Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna: Historical and Phylogenetic Perspectives
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Volume 59, Supplement I, No. 8, pp. 117–137, 9 figs. From 1873 to 1883, Vayssière served as a préparateur to the Faculté des Sciences at Marseille, where afterwards he was ''maître de conférences'' (lecturer).Google Books
Qui êtes-vous?: Annuaire des contemporains; notices biographiques, Volume 3 He later served as a professor of

zoology Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and ...

, and in 1915 he was appointed director of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Marseille.IDREF.fr
bibliography Vayssière was also interested in entomology, in particular, the field of agricultural entomology.

Selected works

* ''Observations sur l'anatomie de Glaucus'', 1875 – Observations on the

anatomy Anatomy () is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old scien ...

of ''

Glaucus In Greek mythology, Glaucus (; ) was a Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having earlier earned a living from the ...

''. * ''Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opistobranches du golfe de Marseille'', 1885 – Zoological and anatomical research on opistobranches found in the Gulf of Marseille. * ''Atlas d'anatomie comparée des Invertébrés'', 1888-1890 (preface by

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) – Atlas of

comparative anatomy Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species. It is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny (the evolution of species). The science began in the classical era, continuing in t ...

of invertebrates. * ''Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les Opisthobranches de la Mer Rouge et du golfe d'Aden'', 1901 – Zoological and anatomical research of opistobranches found in the

Red Sea The Red Sea is a sea inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Gulf of Aden. To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and th ...

and the

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden (; ) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channel, the Socotra Archipelago, Puntland in Somalia and Somaliland to the south. ...

. * ''Mollusques hétéropodes provenant des campagnes des yachts Hirondelle et Princesse-Alice'', 1904 –

Heteropod The Pterotracheoidea is, according to the Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005), a taxonomic superfamily of sea snails or sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. They are commonly called heteropods or ...

mollusks from campaigns by the yachts "Hirondelle" and "Princesse-Alice". * ''Mollusques de la France et des régions voisines'', 1913 (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 t ...

) – Mollusks from France and neighboring regions. Vayssière also made contributions to the publications ''Expéditions scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883'' (scientific editors,

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 ...

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 ...

) and ''Expédition antarctique française 1903-1905'' (directors,

Jean-Baptiste Charcot Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea (30 miles north-west of Reykjavik, Iceland), was a French scientist, medical doctor ...

and

Louis Joubin Louis Marie Adolphe Olivier Édouard Joubin (27 February 1861 in Épinal – 24 April 1935 in Paris) was a professor at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. He published works on nemerteans, chaetognatha, cephalopods, and other m ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vayssiere, Albert Jean Baptiste Marie 1854 births 1942 deaths Academic staff of Aix-Marseille University French entomologists French malacologists People from Avignon Scientists from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur