Camill Heller (26 September 1823 – 25 February 1917) was a zoologist and anatomist.

Heller was born in Sobochleben (Soběchleby) near Teplitz in Bohemia (now Teplice, part of the Czech Republic).[1] He received a doctorate in medical studies in Vienna in 1849.[2] Heller was the 'Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy' at the University of Krakow in Poland from 1858 to 1863 and from 1863 until his retirement in 1894 he taught at the University of Innsbruck in Austria.

Heller primarily specialised in crustaceans but also worked on bryozoans, echinoderms, pycnogonids, and tunicates.

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  1. ^ "Heller Kamill". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Band 2 [Austrian Biographical Dictionary] (PDF) (in German). Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien. 1959. p. 260.
  2. ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Dr. Camill Heller". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2010-06-05.