Abstract
Prof. Pietro Omodeo (University of Siena, Italy), the world-renowned earthworm taxonomist and evolutionary biologist, was born in Cefalù, Sicily, Italy on the 27th September, 1919. He celebrates his 100th birthday in 2019 and members of the international community of earthworm taxonomists salute him with Petroscolex centenarius gen. et sp. nov., a new megadrile taxon discovered in 1991 by him but which has not been formally described until now. The many important contributions of Omodeo to oligochaetological research are briefly mentioned.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 501-508 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Zootaxa |
Volume | 4674 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 27 Sep 2019 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Centenarium
- Central-Africa
- New genus
- Oligochaeta
- Taxonomy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology