Antipa Museum team congratulates Michael Băcescu on the occasion of his 88th birthday, 28 March 1996
Mihai Băcescu was born in Broșteni, Suceava, northern Romania on 28 March 1906. He was orphaned at the age of four. He entered university in 1933, and five years later published a thesis on Romanian Mysidacea. He won a scholarship to France in 1939 and worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco, at the Marine Biological Stations at Banyuls-sur-Mer and at Roscoff. He met the French zoologists Louis Fage (1883–1964), Édouard Chatton (1883–1947), Charles Pérez (1873–1952) and Jules Richard (1863–1945).
On the intervention of Grigore Antipa (1867–1944), in 1940 Băcescu was transferred from the University of Iaşi to the National Museum of Natural History in Bucharest. He worked there until the end of his life, and headed the museum for nearly thirty years. He held various other positions in the fields of marine research and fisheries in Romania. Băcescu participated in several scientific expeditions to the coasts of Peru and Chile (1965), Mauritania (1975), Arabia (1977) and Tanzania (1973–1974). Bacescu founded the Museum of Falticeni. He was a member of the Romanian Academy, and of the French Society of Zoology and Director of the Institute of Oceanography Albert 1er in Monaco.
Băcescu issued nearly 480 publications on all types of animals. He was interested in their morphology, taxonomy and zoogeography, and also in the protection of species and in their relationship with humans. His main specializations were the Mysidacea, Cumacea and Tanaidacea, of which he described more than three hundred new taxa including several families. He was also the author of numerous books on the ecology of the Black Sea, the fauna of Romania, bioethnology, etc.. As a tribute to his work, more than 70 taxa have been dedicated to him by various scientists. Louis Fage named a species of Cumacea, Diastyloides bacescoi.
Partial list of publicationsedit
Bacescu, M. (1950). "Cumaceii Mediteraneeni modificati of mediul pontic." Analele Academiei Republicii Populare Romine Tomül 3 (Memoriul 2): 453–457.
Bacescu, M. (1951). "Cumacea." Analele Academiei Republicii Populare Romine Tomül 4 (1): 5–91.
Bacescu, M. (1951). " Nannastacus euxinicus n. sp. Cumaceu new gasit în Apele Mari Negro. " Comunicarile Academiei Republicii Populare Romine Tomül 1 (7): 585–592.
Bacescu, M. (1956). " Cumopsis fagei n. sp. Cumacé again from the waters of the French coast of the English Channel. " Life and Environment 7 (3): 357–365.
Bacescu, M. (1961). "Two new species of Makrokylindrus subgenus Vemakylindrus n. sp. (Crustacea, cumaceans) of the tropical Pacific (Americani Coast). " Analele Academiei Republicii Populare Romine Tomül 6 (3): 326–333.
Bacescu, M. (1961). "Contribution to the study of cumaceans Mediterranean and particularly the coast of Israel." Reports and Minutes of meetings ICSEM 16 : 496–502.
Bacescu, M. (1962). "Contribution to the knowledge of Gender Makrokylindrus Stebbing (Crustacea, Cumacea). " Abyssal Crustacea 1 : 210–222.
Bacescu, M. (1969). "Two new cumaceans: Diastyloides carpinei n. sp. Hemilamprops in the Mediterranean and Atlantic lotusae in Argentina. " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România 164–171.
Bacescu, M. (1971). "Cumacea from the littoral waters of Florida (Caribbean Sea)." Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 11 : 7–23.
Bacescu, M. (1972). " Archaeocuma and Schizocuma , new genera of Cumacea from the American tropical waters. " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România 17 : 241–250.
Bacescu, M. (1972). " Cumella africana n. sp. and Makrokylindrus (Coalescuma) reyssi n. sp. (Cumacea, Crustacea) from the Saharan bottom of the Atlantic. " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România (143–151).
Bacescu, M. (1979). " Heteroleucon heardi n. sp. from the Mexican Gulf. " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România 24 : 95–97.
Bacescu, M. (1982). "Contributions to the knowledge of cumaceans Sea of Marmara and Aegean (Eubea Island)." Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 24 : 45–54.
Bacescu, M. (1982). "Contribution to the study of cumaceans Mediterranean and particularly the coast of Israel." Reports and Minutes of meetings ICSEM 16 (2): 495–501.
Bacescu, M. (1988). I Cumacea (Fam. Archaeocumatidae, Lampropidae, Bodotriidae, Leuconidae). The Hague, Academic Publishing.
Bacescu, M. (1990). "New Cumacea from Northern Australian waters." Beaufortia 41 (2): 9–13.
Bacescu, M. (1991). " Campylaspis wardi n. sp. and Gynodiastylis nordaustraliana n. sp. waters from the coast of Northern Australia. " Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 31 : 317–322.
Bacescu, M. (1991). "Underwater in Bermuda." Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România 36 : 1–5.
Bacescu, M. (1992). "On some Cyclaspis (Crustacea, Cumacea) nw waters of Australia. " Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 32 : 251–256.
Bacescu, M. (1992). "Two new species of Cumella (Crustacea, Cumacea) of underwater caves of Bermuda." Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 32 : 257–262.
Bacescu, M. (1992). Cumacea II: Families Nannastacidae, Diastylidae, Pseudocumatidae, Gynodiastylidae and Ceratocumatidae . The Hague, Academic Publishing.
Bacescu, M. (1994). "The list of taxa Described by Mihai Bacescu." Work of the Natural History Museum Gigore Antipa 34 : 611–615.
Bacescu, M. and De Quieroz EL (1985). "The contribution of Cumacea in the feeding of the Rajidae Sympterigia acuta and S. bonaparti from Rio Grande do Sul S. Brazil. " Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 27 : 9–18.
Bacescu, M. and Hothuis LB (1988). " Bodotria Goodsir, 1843 (Crustacea, Cumacea): proposed conservation. " Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45 (4): 264–266.
Bacescu, M. and Hothuis LB (1988). " Iphinoe Bate, 1856 (Crustacea, Cumacea): proposed conservation. " Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45 ( 4): 267–269.
Bacescu, M. and Hothuis LB (1988). " Leucon Krøyer, 1846 (Crustacea, Cumacea): proposed conservation. " Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45 (4): 270–271.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1972). "Three new species of Procampylaspis (Cumacea) from Mauritanian waters (Atlantic Tropical Eastern). " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 17 (3–13).
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1972). "New species of Nannastacidae (Crustacea, cumaceans) in Saharan waters of the Atlantic." Rev. Trav. Inst. Marit Fisheries 36 (3): 255–269.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1974). " Floridocuma selvakumarani gen. November, sp. November and is Bathycumella Africana gen. November, sp. November – new Nannastacidae (Cumacea) from over 200 m depth. " Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa: 103–110.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1974). " Campylaspenis , Styloptocuma , Atlantocuma , new genera of Cumacea from the deep waters of the Atlantic. " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România 19 (2): 71–79.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1974). "New Cumacea from the North-Western Atlantic: Ceratocuma panamensis n. sp. Cimmerius costlowi n. sp. upon and some comments Petalosarsia declivis (GO Sars). " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România 19 : 217–227.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1975). "New Cumacea from the Red Sea." Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa: 35–69.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1976). " Bathylamprops motasi sp. n. from the West Atlantic and some considerations on the genus. " Studii if Comunicari, Muzeul of ale Stiinte Naturii din Bacau: 15–19.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1977). "Species of the Genus Cumella (Cumacea, Nannastacidae) from the tropical Western Atlantic. " Work of the Natural History Museum Gigore Antipa 18 : 89–101.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1977). " Cubanocuma gutzui gen., and. sp. n. (Cumacea, Nannastacidae) from the tropical Western Atlantic. " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România 22 (1): 3–9.
Bacescu, M. and Z. Muradian (1978). " Fontainella mediterranea gen. n., sp. n., Cumacé (Pseudocumatidae) found in the eastern Mediterranean. " Romanian Journal of Biology, Academia Republicii Socialiste România 23 : 3–7.
Bacescu, M. and I. Petrescu (1991). "New Cumacea (Crustacea, Peracarida ) from the coastal waters of Brazil. " Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 31 : 327–340.
Bacescu, M. and I. Petrescu (1999). Treaty of Zoology, Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. Memoirs of the Monaco Oceanographic Institute. P.-P. Grasse. Paris, Masson. 7, Issue IIIA.
Bacescu-Mester, L. (1967). "Contribution to the knowledge of the Genus Leptostylis Sars (Cumacea): three new species collected by the Vema expedition. " Crustaceana 13 (18): 266–274.
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Drumm, David; Heard, Richard; Larsen, Kim (29 August 2006). "Biographical Information – Mihai Bacescu". Tanaidacea Web Site. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
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mihai, băcescu, march, 1908, august, 1999, romanian, zoologist, born, 1908, march, 1908broșteni, suceava, northern, romaniadied6, august, 1999, 1999, aged, bucharestnationalityromanianoccupationmarine, zoologist, contents, biography, work, partial, list, publi. Mihai Băcescu 28 March 1908 6 August 1999 was a Romanian zoologist Mihai BăcescuBorn 1908 03 28 28 March 1908Broșteni Suceava northern RomaniaDied6 August 1999 1999 08 06 aged 91 BucharestNationalityRomanianOccupationMarine zoologist Contents 1 Biography 2 Work 3 Partial list of publications 4 ReferencesBiography edit nbsp Antipa Museum team congratulates Michael Băcescu on the occasion of his 88th birthday 28 March 1996Mihai Băcescu was born in Broșteni Suceava northern Romania on 28 March 1906 He was orphaned at the age of four He entered university in 1933 and five years later published a thesis on Romanian Mysidacea He won a scholarship to France in 1939 and worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco at the Marine Biological Stations at Banyuls sur Mer and at Roscoff He met the French zoologists Louis Fage 1883 1964 Edouard Chatton 1883 1947 Charles Perez 1873 1952 and Jules Richard 1863 1945 On the intervention of Grigore Antipa 1867 1944 in 1940 Băcescu was transferred from the University of Iasi to the National Museum of Natural History in Bucharest He worked there until the end of his life and headed the museum for nearly thirty years He held various other positions in the fields of marine research and fisheries in Romania Băcescu participated in several scientific expeditions to the coasts of Peru and Chile 1965 Mauritania 1975 Arabia 1977 and Tanzania 1973 1974 Bacescu founded the Museum of Falticeni He was a member of the Romanian Academy and of the French Society of Zoology and Director of the Institute of Oceanography Albert 1er in Monaco He died in Bucharest on 6 August 1999 Work editBăcescu issued nearly 480 publications on all types of animals He was interested in their morphology taxonomy and zoogeography and also in the protection of species and in their relationship with humans His main specializations were the Mysidacea Cumacea and Tanaidacea of which he described more than three hundred new taxa including several families He was also the author of numerous books on the ecology of the Black Sea the fauna of Romania bioethnology etc As a tribute to his work more than 70 taxa have been dedicated to him by various scientists Louis Fage named a species of Cumacea Diastyloides bacescoi Partial list of publications editBacescu M 1950 Cumaceii Mediteraneeni modificati of mediul pontic Analele Academiei Republicii Populare Romine Tomul 3 Memoriul 2 453 457 Bacescu M 1951 Cumacea Analele Academiei Republicii Populare Romine Tomul 4 1 5 91 Bacescu M 1951 Nannastacus euxinicus n sp Cumaceu new gasit in Apele Mari Negro Comunicarile Academiei Republicii Populare Romine Tomul 1 7 585 592 Bacescu M 1956 Cumopsis fagei n sp Cumace again from the waters of the French coast of the English Channel Life and Environment 7 3 357 365 Bacescu M 1961 Two new species of Makrokylindrus subgenus Vemakylindrus n sp Crustacea cumaceans of the tropical Pacific Americani Coast Analele Academiei Republicii Populare Romine Tomul 6 3 326 333 Bacescu M 1961 Contribution to the study of cumaceans Mediterranean and particularly the coast of Israel Reports and Minutes of meetings ICSEM 16 496 502 Bacescu M 1962 Contribution to the knowledge of Gender Makrokylindrus Stebbing Crustacea Cumacea Abyssal Crustacea 1 210 222 Bacescu M 1969 Two new cumaceans Diastyloides carpinei n sp Hemilamprops in the Mediterranean and Atlantic lotusae in Argentina Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 164 171 Bacescu M 1971 Cumacea from the littoral waters of Florida Caribbean Sea Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 11 7 23 Bacescu M 1972 Archaeocuma and Schizocuma new genera of Cumacea from the American tropical waters Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 17 241 250 Bacescu M 1972 Cumella africana n sp and Makrokylindrus Coalescuma reyssi n sp Cumacea Crustacea from the Saharan bottom of the Atlantic Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 143 151 Bacescu M 1973 Bibliographia Cumanceorum Cecetari Marine IRCM 5 6 226 261 Bacescu M 1979 Heteroleucon heardi n sp from the Mexican Gulf Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 24 95 97 Bacescu M 1982 Contributions to the knowledge of cumaceans Sea of Marmara and Aegean Eubea Island Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 24 45 54 Bacescu M 1982 Contribution to the study of cumaceans Mediterranean and particularly the coast of Israel Reports and Minutes of meetings ICSEM 16 2 495 501 Bacescu M 1988 I Cumacea Fam Archaeocumatidae Lampropidae Bodotriidae Leuconidae The Hague Academic Publishing Bacescu M 1990 New Cumacea from Northern Australian waters Beaufortia 41 2 9 13 Bacescu M 1991 Campylaspis wardi n sp and Gynodiastylis nordaustraliana n sp waters from the coast of Northern Australia Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 31 317 322 Bacescu M 1991 Underwater in Bermuda Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 36 1 5 Bacescu M 1992 On some Cyclaspis Crustacea Cumacea nw waters of Australia Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 32 251 256 Bacescu M 1992 Two new species of Cumella Crustacea Cumacea of underwater caves of Bermuda Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 32 257 262 Bacescu M 1992 Cumacea II Families Nannastacidae Diastylidae Pseudocumatidae Gynodiastylidae and Ceratocumatidae The Hague Academic Publishing Bacescu M 1994 The list of taxa Described by Mihai Bacescu Work of the Natural History Museum Gigore Antipa 34 611 615 Bacescu M and De Quieroz EL 1985 The contribution of Cumacea in the feeding of the Rajidae Sympterigia acuta and S bonaparti from Rio Grande do Sul S Brazil Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 27 9 18 Bacescu M and Hothuis LB 1988 Bodotria Goodsir 1843 Crustacea Cumacea proposed conservation Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45 4 264 266 Bacescu M and Hothuis LB 1988 Iphinoe Bate 1856 Crustacea Cumacea proposed conservation Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45 4 267 269 Bacescu M and Hothuis LB 1988 Leucon Kroyer 1846 Crustacea Cumacea proposed conservation Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 45 4 270 271 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1972 Three new species of Procampylaspis Cumacea from Mauritanian waters Atlantic Tropical Eastern Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 17 3 13 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1972 New species of Nannastacidae Crustacea cumaceans in Saharan waters of the Atlantic Rev Trav Inst Marit Fisheries 36 3 255 269 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1974 Floridocuma selvakumarani gen November sp November and is Bathycumella Africana gen November sp November new Nannastacidae Cumacea from over 200 m depth Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 103 110 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1974 Campylaspenis Styloptocuma Atlantocuma new genera of Cumacea from the deep waters of the Atlantic Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 19 2 71 79 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1974 New Cumacea from the North Western Atlantic Ceratocuma panamensis n sp Cimmerius costlowi n sp upon and some comments Petalosarsia declivis GO Sars Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 19 217 227 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1975 New Cumacea from the Red Sea Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 35 69 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1976 Bathylamprops motasi sp n from the West Atlantic and some considerations on the genus Studii if Comunicari Muzeul of ale Stiinte Naturii din Bacau 15 19 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1977 Species of the Genus Cumella Cumacea Nannastacidae from the tropical Western Atlantic Work of the Natural History Museum Gigore Antipa 18 89 101 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1977 Cubanocuma gutzui gen and sp n Cumacea Nannastacidae from the tropical Western Atlantic Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 22 1 3 9 Bacescu M and Z Muradian 1978 Fontainella mediterranea gen n sp n Cumace Pseudocumatidae found in the eastern Mediterranean Romanian Journal of Biology Academia Republicii Socialiste Romania 23 3 7 Bacescu M and I Petrescu 1991 New Cumacea Crustacea Peracarida from the coastal waters of Brazil Work of the Natural History Museum Grigore Antipa 31 327 340 Bacescu M and I Petrescu 1999 Treaty of Zoology Anatomy Taxonomy Biology Memoirs of the Monaco Oceanographic Institute P P Grasse Paris Masson 7 Issue IIIA Bacescu Mester L 1967 Contribution to the knowledge of the Genus Leptostylis Sars Cumacea three new species collected by the Vema expedition Crustaceana 13 18 266 274 References editCitations Sources Drumm David Heard Richard Larsen Kim 29 August 2006 Biographical Information Mihai Bacescu Tanaidacea Web Site Retrieved 2012 12 08 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mihai Băcescu amp oldid 1063393795, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
