Fritz Sarasin, full name Karl Friedrich Sarasin (3 December 1859 – 23 March 1942) was a Swiss naturalist.

Fritz Sarasin
Fritz Sarasin and Paul Sarasin during their expedition to Celebes.

He was a second cousin of Paul Sarasin.[1] They made a scientific expedition to Celebes (now Sulawesi).

Taxon named in his honor

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Paul and Fritz Sarasin are commemorated in the scientific names of five species of reptiles:

And fish:

There are seven species, two genera and one subfamily of harvestmen named after them.


Bibliography

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He has published some of scientific works together with Paul Sarasin.

References

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  1. ^ Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (15 February 2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed. Archived 2018-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Sarasin", p. 233).
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order GOBIIFORMES: Family OXUDERCIDAE (a-o)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  4. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Sarasin.
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