William Macnae | |
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| Born | 1914 Scotland |
| Died | 1975 (aged 60–61) South Africa |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Spouse | Marion Meason Macnae (née Walgate) [1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Zoology Malacology |
| Institutions | Rhodes University [2] University of the Witwatersrand |
William Macnae, 1914-1975, was a South African zoologist and malacologist. He was a Scottish born-and-educated marine ecologist and moved to South Africa in 1948.
Macnae wrote the Crustacea section of the report entitled "Natural History of Canna and Sanday, Inner Hebrides: a report upon the Glasgow University Canna Expeditions, 1936 and 1937" published by the University of Glasgow in 1939 detailing the two visits by members of Glasgow University to Canna, Scotland, in June and July 1936 and 1937. In this report is the only British record of Chydorus gibbus (Lilljeborg), belonging to the sub-order Anomopoda. [3]
In 1951 Macnae was appointed Lecturer in Zoology at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa under direction of Joseph Omer-Cooper and later Denis William (Jakes) Ewer. [2] Under Omer-Cooper most research in the department of Zoology had been of an entomological nature, however Macnae was able to publish important descriptions of some South African opisthobranch gastropods. Macnae resigned in 1956 to move to the Zoology department of the University of the Witwatersrand. [2]
The first comprehensive assessment of mangrove swamps in South Africa was conducted by Macnae in 1963. He personally conducted first hand observations of these mangrove ecosystems. [4]
From 1950 Macnae was a member of the Malacological Society of London. The membership register from 1963 has the following entry:
Macnae married Marion Meason Walgate, who was lecturer in botany at the University of Cape Town and later an assistant at the Charles Moss Herbarium of the University of the Witwatersrand where William Macnae was a professor. [1]
Species named his honor include:
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 24 marine species named by Macnae. [6]
Papers and books published by MacNae include: [7]
Inhaca Island is a subtropical island of Mozambique off the East African coast. The main village is Inhaca, situated just over a kilometer from Inhaca Airport. Various tourist lodges are situated along the northwestern coastline. The island is flanked by protected areas along the western and eastern coastlines, while the majority of the population lives in the interior.
Rosalie Barbara Pike born 29 March 1933 in Johannesburg is a South African botanical artist.
Novastoa lamellosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Vermetidae, the worm snails.
Godiva is a genus of sea slugs, a nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Facelinidae.
Trinchesia speciosa, common name the "candy nudibranch", is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trinchesiidae.
The Southern Africa mangroves are mangrove ecoregion on the Mozambique's southernmost coast and the eastern coast of South Africa.
Gymnodoris ceylonica is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.
Helcion concolor, common name the variable limpet, is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Patellidae, one of the families of true limpets.
Nassarius kraussianus, common name the tick shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae, the Nassa mud snails or dog whelks.
Fissurella natalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets.
Strigatella aurantia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.
Tenguella granulata, common name the mulberry shell or the granulated drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Neothais marginatra, common name : the brownish drupe, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.
Granata sulcifera is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Chilodontidae.
Natica simplex is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Notocochlis gualteriana, common name the comma necklace shell, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Bursa granularis, common name the granular frog shell, is a species of medium-sized sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Bursidae, the frog shells.
Monoplex klenei is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.
John Dow Fisher Gilchrist (1866–1926) was a Scottish ichthyologist, who established ichthyology as a scientific discipline in South Africa. He was instrumental in the development of marine biology in South Africa and of a scientifically based local fishing industry.
Echinopsole is a genus of sea slugs, specifically of aeolid nudibranchs. Only two species are known to belong to this genus, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.
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