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”.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

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

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

Bate, C.S. & Westwood, J.O. 1861–1863. A History of the British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. Vol. 1. John Van Voorst, London. 507 pp. BHL Reference page.

Bate, C.S. 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.

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

Bate, C.S. 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.

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

Bate, C.S. 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.
Bate, C.S. 1868. Carcinological gleanings. No. IV. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 2: 112–121, Plates 9-11.

Bate, C.S. 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.

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

Bate, C.S. 1881. On the Penaeidea. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 5, 8: 169–196, Plates 11–12.

Bate, C.S. 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.

Bate, C.S. 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’.]