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Walter Garstang

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British zoologist (1868-1949)

United KingdomLived 1868 to 1949 · aged 81
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Walter Garstang FLS FZS, a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford and Professor of Zoology at the University of Leeds, was one of the first to study the functional biology of marine invertebrate larvae.

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Walter Garstang's theory of recapitulation.[11] It shows that phylogeny is not a succession of adult forms, but a succession of entire ontogenies. An early example of evo-devo thinking.Walter Garstang's theory of recapitulation.[11] It shows that phylogeny is not a succession of adult forms, but a succession of entire ontogenies. An early example of evo-devo thinking.Veliger larva of sea hare Dolabrifera dolabrifera, with two curved rows of cilia, Garstang's "whirling wheel on either side" and "double screws"Veliger larva of sea hare Dolabrifera dolabrifera, with two curved rows of cilia, Garstang's "whirling wheel on either side" and "double screws"Diagram of veliger larva of sea slug Fiona pinnataDiagram of veliger larva of sea slug Fiona pinnata

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Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
Fellow of the Linnean Society of London

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Harry Forbes WitherbyAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of LondonThomas Powys, 4th Baron LilfordAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of LondonJohn BeddingtonAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of LondonEdward Heron-AllenAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of LondonWilliam Kitchen ParkerAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of LondonEdgar Albert SmithAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of London

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Walter Garstang FLS FZS, a Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford and Professor of Zoology at the University of Leeds, was one of the first to study the functional biology of marine invertebrate larvae. His best known works on marine larvae were his poems published as Larval Forms and Other Zoological Verses, especially The Ballad of the Veliger. They describe the form and function of several marine larvae as well as illustrating some controversies in evolutionary biology of the time.

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Lived 1868 to 1949 · aged 81
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