Thomas Everett Thompson (3 November 1933 – 1 January 1990) was a British malacologist and embryologist, known for his extensive studies on opisthobranch molluscs.
Thompson graduated from the University of Wales, Bangor, in 1954 and earned his PhD from the same university for research on dorid nudibranchs. He was awarded a D.Sc. in 1964. He was a Leverhulme Research Fellow, University of Liverpool, and a lecturer in zoology at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, before taking up a lectureship in zoology at the University of Bristol in 1963.Obituary: T.E. Thompson, PhD. D.Sc. FZS 1933 – 1990. Journal of Molluscan Studies 56: 455-461. He authored more than 115 scientific papers and books, including a two-volume Ray Society monograph on British opisthobranch molluscs.
Taxa named after T.E. Thompson Chromodoris thompsoni Rudman, 1983Rudman, W.B. (1983). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the * Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris splendida, C. aspersa and Hypselodoris placida colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 78: 105-173 Colpodaspis thompsoni G.H. Brown, 1979Brown, G.H. (1979). An investigation of the anatomy of Colpodaspis pusilla (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) and a description of a new species of Colpodaspis from Tanzanian coastal waters. Journal of Zoology, London 187: 201-221 Cuthona thompsoni Garcia, Lopez-González & Garcia-Gomez, 1991Garcia, F.J., López-González, P.J. & Garcia-Gomez, J.C. (1991). A new species of Tergipedidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from the Atlantic coast of Southern Spain. Journal of Molluscan Studies 57 (supplement): 217-222 Elysia thompsoni Jensen, 1993Jensen, K.R (1993). Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from Rottnest Island and central Western Australia. [In:] Proceedings of the 5th International marine Biological Workshop: The marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. (Eds: Wells, F.E, Walker, D.I., Kirkman, H. & Lethbridge, R) Western Australian Museum, Perth: 207-253. Loy thompsoni Millen & Nybakken, 1991Millen, S.V. & Nybakken, J. (1991). A new species of Corambe (Nudibranchia: Doridoidea) from the northeastern Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies 57 (supplement): 209-215 Pseudovermis thompsoni Salvini-Plawen, 1991Von Salvini Plawen, L. (1991). Pseudovermis thompsoni, new species (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from the northern Adriatic Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 57 (supplement): 179-188 Glaucus thompsoni Churchill, Valdes & Foighil 2014Churchill, C.K.C., Valdes, A. & Foighil, D.O. (2014). Molecular and morphological systematics of neustonic nudibranchs (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Glaucidae : Glaucus), with descriptions of three new cryptic species. Invertebrate Systematics 28(2): 174 – 195.
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