Willy Kükenthal
German zoologist and university teacher (1861-1922) · Academics · Died at 61
Wilhelm (Willy) Georg Kükenthal was a German zoologist. He was the older brother of botanist and theologian Georg Kükenthal (1864-1955). Kükenthal specialized in the Octocorallia and on marine mammals.
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He edited, along with Thilo Krumbach, a landmark series of eight volumes in the Handbuch der Zoologie series which extensively reviewed and compiled the state of zoological knowledge of the time.