Charles Atwood Kofoid
American zoologist
Died when: 81 years 231 days (979 months)Star Sign: Libra
Charles Atwood Kofoid (11 October 1865 – 30 May 1947) was an American zoologist known for his collection and classification of many new species of marine protozoans which established marine biology on a systematic basis.
Kofoid also wrote a volume on the biological stations of Europe.In 1920, Kofoid and US zoologist Olive Swezy (1873-1968), published Pavillardia Kof. & Swezy 1920 (a genus of dinoflagellates) in Univ.
Calif.Publ.Zool. pages 323-324.It was named in honour of .In 1921, Kofoid and Olive Swezy, wrote a book about unarmored dinoflagellates in La Jolla, California, in which they described a new genus called Torodinium (with Torodinium robustum and the type species Torodinium teredo).
They also published Gyrodinium, which is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the order Gymnodiniales in 'Memoirs of the University of California'. vol.5.
In 1929, botanist Pavillard first described Kofoidinium, which is a genus of dinoflagellates belonging to the family .
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