Amphipoda name details
original description
Bate, C. S. (1857). A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Part I. Amphipoda. <em>The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 2.</em> 19: 135-152. page(s): 146 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology In a paper to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Bate (1856: 24) acknowledged: “from Weymouth we have been assisted by Prof. Williamson of Manchester”. According to Moore (2021), this is most likely referring to William Crawford Williamson (1816–1895), born in Scarborough, Yorkshire, a palaeobotanist who became Professor of Natural History at Owens College, Manchester in 1851. [details]
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