Johannes Govertus de Man (2 May 1850 in
Middelburg Middelburg may refer to:
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* Middelburg, Zeeland, the capital city of the province of Zeeland, southwestern Netherlands
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Middelburg, a former Catholic diocese with its see in the Zeeland ...
– 9 January 1930 in Middelburg), was a Dutch
biologist
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.
He was assistant curator at the (
Dutch
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People E ...
for ''national natural history museum'') in
Leiden
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, where he specialised in free-living
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
s and
decapod crustacean
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 group ...
s, although he also wrote papers on
flatworm
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths (from the Greek πλατύ, ''platy'', meaning "flat" and ἕλμινς (root: ἑλμινθ-), ''helminth-'', meaning "worm") are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegment ...
s,
sipunculids and, in his dissertation only,
vertebrate
Vertebrates () comprise all animal taxa within the subphylum Vertebrata () ( chordates with backbones), including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Vertebrates represent the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata, ...
s.
His change away from vertebrates disappointed the director of the museum, and de Man left his job there after eleven years. For the rest of his life, de Man worked at his parents' house in Middelburg and later at a house near the shore at
Yerseke
Yerseke (, Zeelandic: ) is a village situated on the southern shore of the Oosterschelde (Eastern Scheldt) estuary in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Zeeland. A separate municipality until 1970, it today forms part of the municipality of Reimers ...
in the
Oosterschelde
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estuary, relying on his family's private income.
Taxa named after de Man
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Anachis demani''
De Jong & Coomans, 1988
*''
Anchistus demani''
Kemp, 1922
*''
Araeolaimus demani''
(Schuurmans-Stekhoven, 1950) Wieser, 1956
*''
Axonolaimus demani''
De Coninck & Stekhoven, 1933
*''
Caridina demani''
J. Roux, 1911
*''
Charybdis (Goniosoma) demani''
Leene, 1937
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Chromadorina demani''
Inglis, 1962
*''
Clibanarius demani''
Buitendijk, 1937
*''
Criconema demani''
Micoletzky, 1925
*''
Demania
''Demania'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae
Xanthidae is a family of crabs known as gorilla crabs, mud crabs, pebble crabs or rubble crabs. Xanthid crabs are often brightly coloured and are highly poisonous, containing toxins whic ...
''
Laurie, 1906
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Demaniella''
Steiner, 1914
*''
Demanietta''
Bott, 1966
*''
Demanietta manii''
(Rathbun, 1904)
*''
Dracograllus demani''
Allen & Noffsinger, 1978
*''Dromia (Cryptodromia) de Manii''
Alcock, 1899 (a synonym of ''
Cryptodromia amboinensis''
De Man, 1888)
*''
Eleutherolaimus demani''
(Rouville, 1903)
*''
Engina demani''
De Jong & Coomans, 1988
*''
Etisus demani''
Odhner, 1925
*''
Exopalaemon mani''
(Sollaud, 1914)
*''
Gonodactylellus demanii''
(Henderson, 1893)
*''
Hemicycliophora demanii''
(Edward & Rai, 1971)
*''
Labuanium demani''
(Bürger, 1893)
*''
Manella''
Rathbun, 1906
*''
Metapenaeus demani
''Metapenaeus'' is a genus of prawns, containing the following species:
*'' Metapenaeus affinis'' (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
*'' Metapenaeus alcocki'' M. J. George & Rao, 1968
*'' Metapenaeus anchistus'' (de Man, 1920)
*'' Metapenaeus arabicus'' ...
''
(J. Roux, 1922)
*''
Metoncholaimus demani''
(Zur Strassen, 1894)
*''
Molgolaimus demani''
Jensen, 1978
*''
Neoliomera demani''
Forest & Guinot, 1962
*''Palaemon sundaicus De Mani''
Nobili, 1899 (a synonym of ''
Macrobrachium equidens''
(Dana, 1852))
*''Panulirus demani''
Borradaile, 1899 (a synonym of ''
P. versicolor''
(Latreille, 1804))
*''
Percnon demani''
Ward, 1934
*''
Periclimenes demani''
Kemp, 1915
*''
Petrarctus demani''
(Holthuis, 1963)
*''
Phascolosoma (Satonus) demanni''
(Sluiter, 1891)
*''
Pontophilus demani''
Chace, 1984
*''
Processa demani''
Hayashi, 1975
*''
Pseudocollodes demani''
Balss, 1929
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Rhabdodemania''
Baylis & Daubney, 1926
*''
Richtersia demani''
Stekhoven, 1935
*''
Sabatieria demani''
Bresslau & Stekhoven ''in'' Stekoven, 1935
*''
Scyllarus demani''
Holthuis, 1946
*''
Synalpheus demani''
Borradaile, 1899
*''Thalamita de Mani''
Nobili, 1905 (a synonym of ''
T. invicta''
Thallwitz, 1891)
*''
Tricoma demanema'', ''
Chromadorita demaniana''
Filipjev, 1922
*''
Uca demani''
Ortmann, 1897
*''Uca manii''
Rathbun, 1909 (a synonym of ''
U. forcipata''
(Adams & White, 1848))
*''Urocaris de Mani''
Balss, 1916 (a synonym of ''
Periclimenes scriptus''
(Risso, 1822))
*''
Vir
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''
Holthuis, 1952 (Latin ' = man)
*''Xantho demani''
Odhner, 1925 (a synonym of ''
Lachnopodus subacutus''
(Stimpson, 1858))
*''
Zozymodea demani''
(Odhner, 1925)
Taxa named by de Man
De Man described many new taxa in his lifetime, mostly for
crustacean
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 group ...
s and
nematode
The nematodes ( or grc-gre, Νηματώδη; la, Nematoda) or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes), with plant-Parasitism, parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms. They are a diverse animal phylum inhab ...
s. His crustacean taxa include 30 genera and 523 new species, while his nematode taxa comprise 8 new families, 61 new genera and 239 new species.
Taxa described by de Man include:
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Alope orientalis''
De Man, 1906
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Alpheus rapacida''
De Man, 1908
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Caridina gracilirostris''
De Man, 1892
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Caridina serratirostris
''Caridina serratirostris'' is a species of freshwater shrimp that lives in the Indo-west Pacific region, from Madagascar to Fiji, including northern Queensland, Australia, which may be a different subspecies. Its common name in the aquarium trad ...
''
De Man, 1892
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Cuapetes amymone
''Cuapetes amymone'' is a species of shrimp found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It was first named by Johannes Govertus de Man Johannes Govertus de Man (2 May 1850 in Middelburg – 9 January 1930 in Middelburg), was a Dutch biologist. H ...
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De Man, 1902
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Eiconaxius sibogae''
De Man, 1925
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Geosesarma''
De Man, 1892
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Laomenes amboinensis''
(De Man, 1888)
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Lysmata amboinensis
''Lysmata amboinensis'' is an omnivorous shrimp species known by several common names including the Pacific cleaner shrimp. It is considered a cleaner shrimp as eating parasites and dead tissue from fish makes up a large part of its diet. The spe ...
''
De Man, 1888
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Macrobrachium rosenbergii
''Macrobrachium rosenbergii'', also known as the giant river prawn or giant freshwater prawn, is a commercially important species of Palaemonidae, palaemonid freshwater prawn. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical areas of the Ind ...
''
(De Man, 1879)
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Neosarmatium inerme''
De Man, 1887
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Neosarmatium meinerti''
De Man, 1887
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Palinurellus wieneckii''
(De Man, 1881)
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Perisesarma''
De Man, 1895
*''
Sesarma eulimene''
De Man, 1895
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Thor amboinensis
''Thor amboinensis'', commonly known as the squat shrimp or sexy shrimp, is a species of shrimp found across the Indo-West Pacific and in parts of the Atlantic Ocean. It lives symbiotically on corals, sea anemones and other marine invertebrates ...
''
(De Man, 1888)
Further reading
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References
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1850 births
1930 deaths
People from Middelburg, Zeeland