Boris Bychowsky

Boris Evseevitch Bychowsky
Boris Evseevitch Bychowsky
	Борис Евсеевич Быховский
	B. E. Bychowsky
Born	14 August 1908; Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died	26 January 1974 (aged 65); Leningrad, Russia
Nationality	Russian
	Scientific career
Fields	Parasitology
Institutions	Institute of Zoology, Saint Peterbsurg, Russia

Boris Evseevitch Bychowsky (Борис Евсеевич Быховский, 14 August 1908 – 26 January 1974) was a Soviet scientist and parasitologist, specialist of fish parasites, especially monogeneans.[1][2][3][4] He was director of the Institute of Zoology of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad) (1962–1974). Bychowsky is the author of more than 100 scientific publications, mostly on systematics of monogeneans.[5] His most famous work was his monography on monogeneans (1957), which was translated into English in 1961.[6]

Education

1930: graduated from the biology department of Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Leningrad State University
1935: PhD in biological sciences
1956: Habilitation in biological sciences

Career

1929–1935: Laboratory of fish diseases Institute of Fisheries (Leningrad);
1935–1940: Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1940–1944: Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the Tajikistan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1942–1962: Deputy director of the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Leningrad
1962–1974: Director of the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Honours

1963: Academician-Secretary of the Department of General Biology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
1964: Academy of Sciences of the USSR
Order of Lenin
Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Taxa named in his honour

Bychowskicotyle plectorhynchi (Monogenea, Bychowskicotylidae)

The following taxa were created in his honour. Most are parasites of fish.[7]

Family

Bychowskicotylidae Lebedev, 1969

Genera

Bychowskicotyle Lebedev, 1969
Bychowskya Nagibina, 1968
Bychowskyella Akhmerov, 1952, including Bychowskyella bychowskii Gusev, 1977 (both genus and species names dedicated to Bychowsky)
Bychowskymonogenea Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1972

Species

Numerous species of monogeneans, including Absonifibula bychowskyi Lawler & Overstreet, 1976, Caniongiella bychowskyi Lebedev, 1976, Cribromazocraes bychowskyi Mamaev, 1981, Dicrumenia bychowskyi Mamaev, 1969, Dionchus bychowskyi Timofeeva, 1989, Euryhaliotrema bychowskyi (Obodnikova, 1976) Kritsky & Boeger, 2002, Gyrodactyloides bychowskii Albova, 1948, Gyrodactylus bychowskyi (Albova, 1948), Heterobothrium bychowskyi Ogawa, 1991, Mazocraeoides bychowskyi Caballero & Caballero, 1976, Mexicana bychowskyi Caballero & Bravo-Hollis, 1959, Mexicotrema bychowskyi Lamothe-Argumedo, 1969, Murraytrema bychowskyi Oliver, 1987, Murraytrematoides bychowskii (Nagibina, 1976) Oliver, 1987, Neohaliotrema bychowskii Zhukov, 1976, Neoheterocotyle bychowskyi (Timofeeva, 1981) Chisholm, 1994, Neotetraonchus bychowskyi Bravo-Hollis, 1968, Osphyobothrus bychowskyi Khoche & Chauhan, 1969, Pseudaxinoides bychowskyi Lebedev, 1977, Pseudodiplectanum bychowskii Nagibina, 1977, digeneans such as Genolopa bychowskii Zhukov, 1977, Hysterogonia bychowskii Korotaeva, 1972, and Phyllodistomum borisbychowskyi Caballero y Caballero, 1969, parasitic isopods such as Cymothoa bychowskyi Avdeev, 1979 and parasitic copepods such as Lepeophtheirus bychowskyi Gusev, 1951, and the Microsporidia Glugea bychowsky Gasimagomedov & Issi, 1970. In addition to all these fish parasites, the biting midge Culicoides bychowskyi Dzhafarov, 1964 (Ceratopogonidae, Diptera) was also named after Bychowsky.

References

Kobulej, T. (1974). "In memoriam B. J. Bychowsky (1908–1974)" (PDF). Parasitologia Hungarica. 7: 11–12.
Caballero & Caballero E. (1974). "Boris E. Bychowsky 1908–1974". Revista de Biología Tropical. 22 (2): 203. PMID 4282878.
Prost, Maria (1974). "In memoriam: Prof. Borys E. Bychowski (1908–1974)". Wiadomosci Parazytologiczne. 20 (4): 657–659. PMID 4608557.
Scarlato, O.A.; Strelkov, A.A. & Lindberg, G.U. (1976). "Boris Evseevich Bykhowsky (1908–1974)". Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok). 1976 (2): 7–9.
Dogiel, V. A. & Bychowsky, B. E. 1939. Паразиты рыб Каспийского моря [Parasites of Fish of the Caspian Sea] DJVU File in Russian Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
Bychowsky, B.E. (1957). Моногенетические сосальщики, их система и филогения [Monogenetic Trematodes. Their systematic and phylogeny]. Akad. Nauka. USSR. English translation by the American Institute of Biological Science, Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7475. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
WoRMS. marinespecies.org

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[1] Kobulej, T. (1974). "In memoriam B. J. Bychowsky (1908–1974)" (PDF). Parasitologia Hungarica. 7: 11–12.

[2] Caballero & Caballero E. (1974). "Boris E. Bychowsky 1908–1974". Revista de Biología Tropical. 22 (2): 203. PMID 4282878.

[3] Prost, Maria (1974). "In memoriam: Prof. Borys E. Bychowski (1908–1974)". Wiadomosci Parazytologiczne. 20 (4): 657–659. PMID 4608557.

[4] Scarlato, O.A.; Strelkov, A.A. & Lindberg, G.U. (1976). "Boris Evseevich Bykhowsky (1908–1974)". Biologiya Morya (Vladivostok). 1976 (2): 7–9.

[5] Dogiel, V. A. & Bychowsky, B. E. 1939. Паразиты рыб Каспийского моря [Parasites of Fish of the Caspian Sea] DJVU File in Russian Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

[6] Bychowsky, B.E. (1957). Моногенетические сосальщики, их система и филогения [Monogenetic Trematodes. Their systematic and phylogeny]. Akad. Nauka. USSR. English translation by the American Institute of Biological Science, Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.7475. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-02-27.

[7] WoRMS. marinespecies.org