Giuseppe Colosi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian carcinologist
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Place of Birth: Petralia Sottana, Sicily, Italy
About Giuseppe Colosi
- Giuseppe Colosi (March 29, 1892 – October 20, 1975) was an Italian zoologist.
- He specialized in the study of crustaceans and mysids in particular.
- Colosi was born in Petralia Sottana.
- From 1920 to 1924, he taught in Turin, and he was the head of the zoological institute of the University of Florence from 1940 to 1962.
- He died in Florence, aged 83. Colosi is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Chalcides colosii.
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