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Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
1804Feb, 16

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold

Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, German physiologist and zoologist (d. 1885)
Prof Karl (Carl) Theodor Ernst von Siebold FRS(For) HFRSE (16 February 1804 – 7 April 1885) was a German physiologist and zoologist. He was responsible for the introduction of the taxa Arthropoda and Rhizopoda, and for defining the taxon Protozoa specifically for single-celled organisms.

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