Charles Henry O'Donoghue

Charles Henry O'Donoghue (1885–1961) was an English zoologist who studied molluscs, a malacologist. His publications mostly deal with sea slugs and he also named a number of Bryozoans. During his lifetime he was professor of zoology at the University of Reading, Berkshire.[1]

He taught in Winnipeg, Canada; and Edinburgh. Most of the species he described were from the Pacific north-west of Canada.

Taxa

Species named in honor of this malacologist include:

The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 186 marine taxa named by O'Donoghue.[2]

Works

Scientific papers published by Charles O'Donoghue include:

References

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