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Millipede expert Jean-Paul Mauriès dies at 88
Original: Jean-Paul Mauriès, millipede systematist and biospeleologist, dies at 88
Jean-Paul Mauriès, the French zoologist known for his work on millipede systematics and cave-dwelling fauna, has died at the age of 88. Over his career he described and classified numerous millipede species and contributed to the field of biospeleology, the study of organisms living in caves. Colleagues and science writers have noted the loss of a specialist whose taxonomy shaped the understanding of these invertebrates.
Why now: News of the death of a prominent specialist in millipede taxonomy and cave biology
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- Jean-Paul Mauriès, millipede systematist and biospeleologist, dies at 88 · Bioengineer.org
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