Edward Sylvester Morse* (1838-06-18 - 1925-12-20) person

Zoologist and archaeologist. Shell collector, particularly of land snails. Draughtsman who was employed by Louis Agassiz to draw mollusks. Associated with Portland [Maine] Natural History Society and Peabody Academy of Science. Co-founder of journal The American Naturalist. Took multiple trips to Japan, teaching zoology, collecting, and excavating archaeological sites. Also collected pottery, becoming Keeper of Pottery at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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  • Edward Sylvester Morse
  • Edward Sylvester Morse (preferred)
  • Morse, E. S. (author)
  • E. S. Morse (second author)

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Collecting Event Map

  • Amphibia: Ranidae (7 records) none known to year
  • Anthozoa: Actiniidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Asteroidea: Asteriidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Asteroidea: Astropectinidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Asteroidea: Luidiidae (1 record) in year 1886
  • Bivalvia: Anomiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Arcidae (5 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Cardiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Donacidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Glycymerididae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Hiatellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Lyonsiidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Bivalvia: Mactridae (2 records) in year 1861
  • Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Myidae (4 records) in year 1860
  • Bivalvia: Mytilidae (7 records) in year 1859
  • Bivalvia: Nuculanidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Nuculidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Ostreidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Pharidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Pholadidae (1 record) in year 1908
  • Bivalvia: Pinnidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Psammobiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Semelidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Solemyidae (4 records) in years 1861-1914
  • Bivalvia: Tellinidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Thraciidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Thyasiridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Tridacnidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Unionidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Bivalvia: Veneridae (8 records) none known to year
  • Cephalopoda: Octopodidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Rajidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Rhinobatidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Chondrichthyes: Urolophidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Cirripedia: Balanidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Crinoidea: Comasteridae (5 records) in year 1886
  • Echinoidea: Clypeasteridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Echinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Echinometridae (3 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Fibulariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Strongylocentrotidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Temnopleuridae (2 records) none known to year
  • Echinoidea: Toxopneustidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Amnicolidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Buccinidae (11 records) in year 1860
  • Gastropoda: Bullidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Calyptraeidae (1 record) in year 1860
  • Gastropoda: Cionellidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Cypraeidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Diaphanidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Discidae (2 records) in year 1898
  • Gastropoda: Dorididae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Gastrodontidae (2 records) in year 1928
  • Gastropoda: Haliotidae (6 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Helicidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Hipponicidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Limacidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Limacinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Littorinidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Margaritidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Muricidae (10 records) in year 1864
  • Gastropoda: Nassariidae (4 records) in year 1861
  • Gastropoda: Naticidae (7 records) in year 1860
  • Gastropoda: Olividae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Omalogyridae (2 records) in year 1908
  • Gastropoda: Onchidiidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Patellidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Gastropoda: Physidae (4 records) in year 1869
  • Gastropoda: Pisaniidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Polygyridae (8 records) in year 1859
  • Gastropoda: Punctidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Pupillidae (4 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Ranellidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Spiraxidae (1 record) in year 1861
  • Gastropoda: Strobilopsidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Succineidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Tonnidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Tornatinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Trochidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Turridae (4 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Valloniidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Valvatidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Vitrinidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Viviparidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Volutidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Xenophoridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Gastropoda: Zonitidae (3 records) in year 1928
  • Gastropoda: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae (1 record) in year 1886
  • Holothuroidea: Phyllophoridae (1 record) in year 1886
  • Holothuroidea: Stichopodidae (1 record) in year 1886
  • Holothuroidea: Synaptidae (1 record) in year 1886
  • Insecta: Erebidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Insecta: Nymphalidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Insecta: Tenebrionidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Malacostraca: Cancridae (2 records) in year 1859
  • Malacostraca: Paguridae (1 record) in year 1859
  • Mammalia: Leporidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: Muridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Mammalia: [no family] (1 record) none known to year
  • Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae (7 records) in years 1878-1886
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiocomidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiolepididae (1 record) none known to year
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophionereididae (1 record) none known to year
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiotrichidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Ophiuroidea: Ophiuridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Atherinidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Blenniidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Callionymidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Cobitidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Congridae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Cynoglossidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Gobiidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Monacanthidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Mullidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Pinguipedidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Platycephalidae (3 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Scorpaenidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Serranidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Sillaginidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Soleidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Syngnathidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Tetraodontidae (2 records) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Triglidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthyes: Uranoscopidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Osteichthys: Centrolophidae (1 record) none known to year
  • Pycnogonida: Ammotheidae (1 record) in year 1886
  • : Antennariidae (1 record) none known to year
  • : [no family] (14 records) none known to year

  • Not a preparator of any material in MCZbase

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