Philippe Bouchet
French biologist
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Philippe Bouchet (French pronunciation: [filip buʃɛ]; born 1953) is a French biologist whose primary scientific fields of study are malacology (the study of molluscs) and taxonomy. He works at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. He is also a Commissioner of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.
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Philippe Bouchet in May, 2005 | |
| Born | 1953 (age 72–73) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Malacology, taxonomy |
| Institutions | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
Bouchet published Taxonomy of the Gastropoda with the malacologist Jean-Pierre Rocroi in 2005, which laid out a new taxonomy of Gastropod molluscs.
He has named over 500 new taxa of mollusks, with numerous others being named in his honor.
Professional achievements
Bouchet is a senior professor at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and is head of the Malacology laboratory and the Taxonomy Collections Unit there.[1] He is also one of the Commissioners of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and has been a member of the ICZN since 1990.[2]
Philippe Bouchet is co-editor of several volumes in the Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos series.[3][4]
In 2005, Bouchet was the senior author (editor) (with Jean-Pierre Rocroi) of a taxonomy of the Gastropoda, published in a paper entitled "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families" published in the journal Malacologia.[5]
Bouchet is the head of the 2004 Panglao Marine Biodiversity Project.[1]
Taxa named, and taxa named in his honor
By the end of 2010, Bouchet had described (alone or together with others) more than 500 new species, mainly gastropods.[6][7] More than 70 new species have been named in his honor.[7] Bouchet was honored with a new genus named after him by Houart & Héros in 2008: Bouchetia.[8] And in 2012, Bouchet was honored by having a monotypic family (and genus) of gastropods named after him: Bouchetispiridae (and Bouchetispira) by Kantor, Strong & Puillandre.[9]
Awards
In 2001 Bouchet was awarded the Marine Sciences Prize of the French Academy of Sciences for his work on the vertical migration of gastropod larvae.[2]
Publications
His publications as author or co-author are numerous. A few examples are listed below:
- P. Bouchet, Revision of the Northeast Atlantic Bathyal and Abyssal Turridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda); J. Mollus. Stud. (1980) 46 (Supplement 8): 1-119. doi:10.1093/mollus/46.Supplement_8.1
- Bouchet Philippe, Taviani Marco (1992). "The Mediterranean deep-sea fauna: pseudopopulations of Atlantic species?". Deep Sea Research Part A. Oceanographic Research Papers. 39 (2): 169–184. Bibcode:1992DSRA...39..169B. doi:10.1016/0198-0149(92)90103-Z.
- P. Bouchet , The magnitude of marine biodiversity, VliZ, 2006 (also as .pdf)
- Bouchet P. & Mermet G. (photographer) (2008). Shells 168 pp., ISBN 978-0-7892-0989-4
- Philippe Bouchet, Hervé Le Guyader et Olivier Pascal, "Des voyages de Cook à l'expédition Santo 2006 : un renouveau des explorations naturalistes des îles du Pacifique", Journal de la Société des Océanistes, 126–127 | Année 2008
