Christian Gustav Wilhelm Müller (17 February 1857, Mühlberg near

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– 18 February 1940) was a German

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 kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and ...

specializing in

Ostracoda Ostracods, or ostracodes, are a class of the Crustacea (class Ostracoda), sometimes known as seed shrimp. Some 70,000 species (only 13,000 of which are extant) have been identified, grouped into several orders. They are small crustaceans, typic ...

. In 1895 he succeeded

Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker (30 August 1828 – 20 June 1895) was a German zoologist, entomologist and professor at the University of Berlin and then the University of Greifswald. Biography Gerstaecker was born in Berlin, where he studied me ...

as director of the zoological museum at

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, a position he maintained until 1923. He was the

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of numerous taxa in Ostracoda; a few examples being the subfamily Conchoeciinae and the genera ''Archiconchoecia'', ''Cytherois'' and ''Stenocypria''. In 1965, the genus '' Muellerina'' Bassiouni (family Hemicytheridae) was named in his honor.

Written works

* ''Neue Cypridiniden'', 1891 - New Cypridinidae. * ''Die Ostracoden des Golfes von Neapel und der angrenzenden Meeres-Abschnitte'', 1894 - Ostracods from the

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and adjacent marine areas. * ''Ostracoda'', 1894 - Ostracoda. * ''Deutschlands Süswasser-Ostracoden'', 1900 - German freshwater ostracods. * ''Die Ostracoden der Siboga-Expedition'', 1906 - Ostracoda from the Siboga Expedition. * ''Ostracoden aus Java'', 1906 - Ostracods of

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. * ''Die Ostracoden der deutschen Südpolar-Expedition'', 1908 (In:

Erich von Drygalski Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (; February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia. Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science a ...

, Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903). Ostracods from the German South Polar Expedition. He was author of the section on ostracods in the series ''Das Tierreich'' (Das Tierreich/ 31 :

Crustacea Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...

, Ostracoda / bearb. von G. W. Müller, 1912).WorldCat Identities
(published works)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Gustav Wilhelm 1857 births 1940 deaths Academic staff of the University of Greifswald German carcinologists People from Gotha (district)