Joseph Fortuné Théodore Eydoux (1802 - 1841 was a French

France

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 naturalist

Naturalist

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Eydoux and Louis François Auguste Souleyet

Louis François Auguste Souleyet

Louis François Auguste Souleyet was a French zoologist, malacologist and naval surgeon.Souleyet was naturalist-surgeon on the voyage of La Bonite, which circumnavigated the globe between February 1836 and November 1837 under Auguste Nicolas Vaillant . In the Pacific he studied marine molluscs...

 were surgeon naturalists on the expedition ship "La Favorite" which made a circumnavigation in 1830-32 captained by Cyrille Pierre Théodore Laplace. In 1836-37 he voyaged again this time with "La Bonite" captained by Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant :fr:Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant.
He published on the animals and plants collected with Gervais

Paul Gervais

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 and Louis Souleyet who continued to publish works with Eydoux as co-author after Eydoux's death.

Works

Partial List

• With P. Gervais Voyage de la Favorite. Reptiles. Mag. Zool. Guérin Paris, 111: 1 - 10 (1822)
• With F. A. Souleyet and Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, commandée par M. Vaillant capitaine de vaisseau, publié par ordre du roi sous les auspices du département de la Marine. Zoologie 2 vols.Bertrand, Paris, 15 vols. (1840–1866)

The Sea Snake Aipysurus eydouxii

Aipysurus eydouxii

Spine-tailed Seasnake Aipysurus eydouxii is a species of sea snake.This species is found in Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, the South China Sea,the Gulf of Thailand, Indonesia, Peninsular Malaysia, Vietnam, and New Guinea....

commemorates his name.

External links

• Vaillant Voyage
• http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/1332_z04n1a8.pdf Type List (Pigeons)