Michèle de Saint Laurent Scientist

Michèle de Saint Laurent (December 9, 1926 – July 11, 2003) was a French carcinologist. She spent most of her career at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, working on the systematics of decapod crustaceans; her major contributions were to hermit crabs and Thalassinidea, and she also co-described Neoglyphea, a living fossil discovered in 1975.

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Michèle de Saint Laurent
Alias (AKA)Dechancé Michèle
Birth dateDecember 09, 1926
Birth place
Fontainebleau , Seine-et-Marne
Date of deathJuly 11, 2003
Place of death
Côtes-d'Armor , Lannion
Education
University of Paris

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