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British zoologist
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(Newcastle upon Tyne)
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Biography
Introduction
Joshua Alder (7 April 1792 – 21 January 1867) was a British zoologist and a malacologist. He specialized in the Tunicata, and in gastropods.
He was a Member of the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham.
Taxa described
Names or synonyms of tunicates described by Joshua Alder include:
- Dicoryne conferta (Alder, 1856)
- Eudendrium capillare Alder, 1856
- Hydractinia areolata Alder, 1862
- Corymorpha nana Alder, 1857
- Campanularia hincksii Alder, 1856
- Laomedea flexuosa Alder, 1857
- Laomedea neglecta Alder, 1856
- Halecium nanum Alder, 1859
Taxa of gastropods described by Joshua Alder include:
- Polyceroidea Alder & Hancock, 1845
- Fiona Alder & Hancock, 1851
- Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855
- Joshua Alder. Accessed 14 February 2009.