Dennerle

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Dennerle GmbH
Native name
Dennerle GmbH
Company type Limited liability company
(Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung)
IndustryAquaristik
Founded1966 in Pirmasens
FounderLudwig Dennerle
Headquarters,
Germany
Key people
  • Peter Koch (CEO)
Number of employees
ca. 165
Websitewww.dennerle.com

Dennerle is a German company producing aquarium and pond supplies. [1] It was founded in 1966 as a pet store by Ludwig Dennerle in Pirmasens.

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Support of science

The crab Geosesarma dennerle is named after the company, because of the company's support of Christian Lukhaup. [2] G. dennerle is a popular crab in the aquarium trade, where it was traded long before it was scientifically described. [2]

The shrimp Caridina dennerli is also named after the company, which supported the expedition that led to the scientific description of the species. It is popularly known as the 'Cardinal Shrimp' in the aquarium trade. [3]

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References

  1. "About | Dennerle".
  2. 1 2 Peter K. L. Ng, Christoph D. Schubart & Christian Lukhaup. "New species of "vampire crabs" (Geosesarma De Man, 1892) from central Java, Indonesia, and the identity of Sesarma (Geosesarma) nodulifera De Man, 1892 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Thoracotremata, Sesarmidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  3. Kristina von Rintelen & Yixiong Cai (2008). "Radiation of endemic species flocks in ancient lakes: systematic revision of the freshwater shrimp Caridina H Milne Edwards, 1837 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the ancient lakes of Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of eight new species" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 57 (2): 343–452. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-26. Retrieved 2016-03-04.