Mario Benazzi

Mario Benazzi (Cento, August 29, 1902 – Pisa, December 6, 1997) was an Italian zoologist, professor at the Istituto di Zoologia e Anatomia Comparata of the University of Pisa. He published work on platyhelminths and evolutionary cytogenetics.

Benazzi is honoured in the polychaete name Diurodrilus benazzii Gerlach, 1952 and in the copepod name Colobomatus benazzii Delamare Deboutteville & Nunes Ruivo, 1958.[citation needed] In 1971, he was elected a national member of the Accademia dei Lincei.

References

  1. ↑ Mancino, G.; Olmo, E.; Redi, C. A. (1999). "Presentation of the symposium on "genome structure and evolution"". Italian Journal of Zoology. 66 (3): 205. doi:10.1080/11250009909356257.
  2. ↑ Gremigni, V. (2001), "In memoriam: Mario Benazzi (1902–1997)", in Saló, E.; Watson, N.; Schockaert, E. (eds.), Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on the Biology of the Turbellaria, Barcelona, Spain, June 2000 (CD-ROM), Belgian Journal of Zoology, vol. 131 (Suppl. 1), pp. 11–14[permanent dead link].
  3. ↑ Mancino, Giorgio (1998), "In recordo di Mario Benazzi (1902–1997)", Italian Journal of Zoology (in Italian), 65 (4): 425–428, doi:10.1080/11250009809386785.
  4. ↑ Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei: Biografie e bibliografie degli Accademici Lincei, Rome 1976, pp. 364–376. (in Italian)