Alphonse Amédée Trémeau de Rochebrune was a French botanist, malacologist and a zoologist. He was born on 18 September 1836L'année 1834 est souvent donnée dans la littérature, nous suivons ici Jaussaud et Brygoo (2004) : 453 et Adler (2007) : 106. in Saint-Savin, and died on 23 April 1912 in Paris.
Biography The son of a curator of the Museum of Angoulême, he became a military surgeon and reached the rank of adjutant in 1870. After obtaining his doctorate in 1874, he travelled to Saint-Louis in Senegal.
In 1878, he joined the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle as an assistant in the Laboratory of Anthropology, and then replaced Victor Bertin (1849–1880), as assistant naturalist in the Laboratory of molluscs, worms and zoophytes, after Bertin's death. He held this post until his retirement in 1911. He addressed, in one hundred fifty publications, to a variety of subjects: from geology to paleontology, botany to malacology. These include his 1860 catalogue of wild flowering plants in the Department of Charente, co-written with Savatier Alexander.
From 1882 to 1883, Rochebrune took part in a scientific expedition to the Southern Ocean and Cape Horn, with the malacologist Jules François Mabille, during which they collected, and later described many new species of molluscs. In 1889, Rochebrune published reports on his extensive research. Much of Rochebrune's subsequent research was on the growth of shellfish. Expédition scientifique française au Cap Horn
Rochebrune was also the discoverer of a lamp from the Paleolithic era, in the caves of La Chaire a Calvin in Charente.Viré, A., 1934: Les Lampes du Quaternaire moyen et leur bibliographie, Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française, 1934, tome 31, N. 11. pp. 517-520.
Taxa named The following taxa, currently considered to be valid, were named by Rochebrune.
Eledone microsicya (Rochebrune, 1884) Leachia (Pyrgopsis) (Rochebrune, 1884) Leachia rynchophorus (Rochebrune, 1884) Sepia (Acanthosepion) (Rochebrune, 1884) Sepia (Doratosepion)(Rochebrune, 1884) Sepia (Rhombosepion) (Rochebrune, 1884) Sepia trygonina (Rochebrune, 1884) Pleurobranchus digueti Rochebrune, 1895
Taxon described by him See :Category:Taxa named by Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune
References
Sources Kraig Adler (2007). Contributions to the History of Herpetology. Volume 2, Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles : 389 p. Benoît Dayrat (2003). Les Botanistes et la Flore de France, trois siècles de découvertes. Publication scientifiques du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle : 690 p. Philippe Jaussaud & Édouard R. Brygoo (2004). Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 biographies. Muséum national d’histoire naturelle de Paris : 630 p. :fr:Alphonse Trémeau de Rochebrune