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although the utilization of crustaceans in continental chile is at least 10,200 years old, the formal description of the components of the chilean carcinofauna only began about 200 years ago; juan i. molina having being the first chilean naturalist to scientifically name autochtonous crustacean species. many foreign and national scientists have contributed, with their efforts, to the development of carcinology in chile. among the foreigners we find, charles r. darwin, who contributed to the knowledge of chilean cirripeds; alcide d%26apos;orbigny, first in describing fossil decapods; and eduard poeppig, a german traveller who described marine and freshwater decapods. among foreign expeditions that have contributed, that of h.m.s.%26quot;challenger%26quot;, followed by the lund university (sweden) to chile, and most recently that of the b/i %26quot;victor hensen%26quot; to magallanes, are to be mentioned. among chilean naturalists, claudio gay, rodulfo a. philippi, carlos e. porter and nibaldo bahamonde, all of them related with the national museum of natural history (chile), must be mentioned, especially the latter who is recognized as being the most influential promotor of carcinology in chile during the second half of this century. at present, the inventory of the chilean carcinofauna can be considered as complete, but little is still known about the biology and ecology of most of the species
- 出版日期1997
