Charles Spence Bate

Charles Spence Bate (1819–1889), British zoologist, carcinologist and dentist.

Note: See the Paul F. Clark reference below for information about the use of “Spence Bate” instead of “Bate”.

(List may be incomplete)

• 25 taxon names authored by Charles Spence Bate

(List may be incomplete)

• 1852. On some Crustacea dredged by Mr. Barlee in the Shetlands. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2) 10: 356–357, Plate 5B.

• 1857. A synopsis of the British edriophthalmous Crustacea. Part I. Amphipoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 2) 19: 135–152. BHL Reference page. 

• 1858. On a new genus and new species of Diastylidae. Journal of the Royal Dublin Society 2: 101–104. Online. Reference page. 
• 1858. A new British Hippolyte. Natural History Review 5: 51–53.

• 1859. On the genus Niphargus (Schiödte). Proceedings of the Dublin University Zoological and Botanical Association 1: 237–240. Reference page. 

• 1861. On the morphology of some Amphipoda of the division Hyperina. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 3, 8(43): 1–16. BHL Reference page. 
• & Westwood, J.O. 1861–1863. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. Vol. 1. John Van Voorst, London. 507 pp. BHL Reference page. 

• 1862. Catalogue of the specimens of amphipodous Crustacea in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum of Natural History, London. iv + 1–399, pls. 1–56. BHL Reference page. 

• 1863. On some new Australian species of Crustacea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863: 498–505, Plates 40-41.

• 1864. Characters of new species of crustaceans discovered by J.K. Lord on the coast of Vancouver Island. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864: 661–668.

• 1866. Carcinological gleanings. No. II. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 17: 24–31, Plate 2.

• 1868. On a new genus, with four new species, of freshwater prawns. Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1868: 363–368.
• 1868. Carcinological gleanings. No. IV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 2: 112–121, Plates 9-11.

• 1876. On the development of the crustacean embryo, and the variations of form exhibited in the larvae of 38 genera of Podophthalmia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 24: 375–378.

• 1878. XXXII. On the Willemoesia group of Crustacea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 2: 273–283, Plate 13.

• 1881. On the Penaeidea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 8(45): 169–196, Plates 11-12. BHL Reference page. 

• 1888. Report on the Crustacea Macrura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the Years 1873–76. In: Murray, J.: Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873–76 [...]. Zoology. Vol. 24. Edinburgh, Neill and Company. xc + 942 pp. BHL, plates Reference page. 

• 1889. On a new genus of Macrura (Ophthalmeryon transitionalis). The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 4: 67–76.

• Clark, P.F. 2018. Charles Spence Bate: what’s in a name? Zootaxa 4497(3): 429–438. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.7 Reference page. 
• De Grave, S. & Boyko, C.B. 2024. The carcinological oeuvre of Charles Spence Bate (1819—1889): Checklist of species and genera, dates of publication, and a list of publications (Crustacea: Amphipoda, Cirripedia, Cumacea, Decapoda, Tanaidacea). Journal of Crustacean Biology 44(2): ruae010. DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruae010 pdf Reference page. 
• De Grave, S. & Fransen, C.H.J.M. 2011. Carideorum catalogus: the recent species of the dendrobranchiate, stenopodidean, procarididean and caridean shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden 85(9): 195–589. [See page 201 for about the use of ‘Spence Bate’ instead of ‘Bate’.]