William Orville Ayres

William Orville Ayres (1817–1887), U.S. ichthyologist.

Taxon names authored

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• 30 taxon names authored by William Orville Ayres

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1851

• Ayres, W.O. 1851. [Observations upon the Holothuridae]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 5–7. BHL.Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. [A new species of Synapta]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 11–12. BHL.Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. [Notices of Holothuridae]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 25–26. BHL.Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. [Description of the species of Holothuria, which has been supposed ot tbe identical with Hol. squamata]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 35–37. BHL
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. The Holothurian recently described by Mr. William Stimpson, as Anaperus unisemita. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 46–47. BHL Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. Description of a new Holothurian. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 52–53. BHL Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. A new Holothurian from George's Bank, belonging to the genus Thyonidium. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 60–61. BHL Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. A new species of Psolus from George's Bank. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 63–64. BHL Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. Two new Holothuridae belonging to the genus Thyonidium. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 69–70. BHL Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. [Recent observations upon numerous living specimens of Sclerodactyla briareus]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 101–102. BHL
• Ayres, W.O. 1851. [A Starfish which is believed to be the type of a new genus, allied to Pentagonaster, Gray]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 118–119. BHL.Reference page. 

1852

• Ayres, W.O. 1852. An account of the structure of the Ophiuridae and a description and drawings of a new species belonging to the genus Ophiolepis. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 133–135. BHL Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1852. [A new description of Chirodota arenata Gould]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 143–145. BHL
• Ayres, W.O. 1852. A new species of Holothuria, brought from the coast of South Carolina, by Mr. Stimpson. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 207–208. BHL Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1852. [A new species of Synapta]. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 214–215. BHL.Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1852. Descriptions of two new genera and three new species of Holothuria. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 4: 243–246. BHL Reference page. 
• Ayres, W.O. 1852. Descriptions of two new species of Ophiuridae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 248–250. BHL Reference page. 

1854

• Ayres, W.O. 1854. [Description of new fishes from California.] (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. Dates of publication are given in each species account). The Pacific [newspaper] v. 3 and 4 (thru no. 6). [Also as Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sci. v. 1: nos. 3–22. Reprinted in 2nd ed. of Academy's Proceedings, 1873.] BHL Reference page. 

1855

• Ayres, W.O. 1855. [Description of new fishes from California.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 1) 1(1): 23–77. BHL Reference page. 

1859

• Ayres, W.O. 1859. Descriptions of fishes. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 2 (1858–1862): 25–32. [Read at meeting of 17 Oct. 1859, assume published in 1859. Accompanying figures 4–10, pp. 54–59, published in 1860.] BHL Reference page.