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    James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering...
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  • Dana's classification is a mineral classification developed by James Dwight Dana. It is based on the chemical composition and structure of minerals. It...
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    The James Dwight Dana House, also known as the Dana House, is a historic 19th-century Italianate house at 24 Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven, Connecticut...
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  • James Dana may refer to: James Dana (clergyman) (1735–1812), United States clergyman James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), American geologist, mineralogist and...
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    for James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), a professor of geology and natural history at Yale. Lyell Meadow Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dana Meadows...
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    elevation. Mount Dana is the highest peak in Yosemite that is a simple hike to the summit. The mountain is named in honor of James Dwight Dana, who was a professor...
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    database The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana. Descriptive Mineralogy By James Dwight Dana, Edward Salisbury Dana, 1892, p. 479-80 [1] Mindat database...
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    Signal crayfish (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    2632–2639. doi:10.1139/F05-167. James W. Fetzner Jr. (January 14, 2008). "Pacifastacus (Pacifastacus) leniusculus leniusculus (Dana, 1852). Signal crayfish"...
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    extant Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs). The term was originally used by James Dwight Dana to refer to Xiphosura only, but was emended by Henry Woodward to cover...
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  • up Dana in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dana may refer to: Dana (given name) Dana (surname) Dana family of Cambridge, Massachusetts James Dwight Dana...
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    who collected it on his second voyage. It was described again by James Dwight Dana in 1859, who named it Crystallomia polygonata. "WoRMS - World Register...
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    Fungiidae (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    Edwards & Haime, 1849 Danafungia Wells, 1966 Fungia Lamarck, 1801 Halomitra Dana, 1846 Heliofungia Wells, 1966 Herpolitha Eschscholtz, 1825 Lithophyllon Rehberg...
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    Dungeness crab (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    time. The Common Crab of the Pacific Coast. (Male.) Cancer magister, James Dwight Dana. From The Fisheries and Fisheries Industries of the United States...
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  • Acartia tonsa (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    Moderate amounts of turbulence improve rates of ambush feedings. "Acartia tonsa Dana, 1849". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2015...
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    Euphausia (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    1850 Euphausia splendens Dana, 1850 Euphausia pellucida Dana, 1850 Volker Siegel (2011). V. Siegel (ed.). "Euphausia Dana, 1850". World Euphausiacea...
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    is a genus of the Daphniidae; the genus was described in 1853 by James Dwight Dana. It has cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Ceriodaphnia dubia (Richard...
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    Parribacus (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    Suborder: Pleocyemata Family: Scyllaridae Subfamily: Ibacinae Genus: Parribacus Dana, 1852  Species P. antarcticus Lund, 1793 P. caledonicus Holthuis, 1960 P...
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    Upogebia pugettensis (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    portal "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Upogebia pugettensis (Dana, 1852)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved February 7, 2020. "Upogebia pugettensis"...
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    Purple shore crab (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    H. nudus was first described in 1847 by Adam White, and in 1851, James Dwight Dana formally classified the species. H. nudus is a small, amphibious crab...
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    Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project. πῦρ in Liddell and Scott. Dana, James Dwight; Dana, Edward Salisbury (1911). Descriptive Mineralogy (6th ed.). New...
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    Lobster (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    London: Reaktion Books. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-86189-995-8. OCLC 787845160. "James Prescott - Le Viandier de Taillevent - Translation - Round Saltwater Fish"...
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    Antarctic krill (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    JSTOR 1310217. James William Slessor Marr (1962). The natural history and geography of the Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana). "Discovery" Reports...
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    Clibanarius (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    Strigopagurus and Trizopagurus. The Clibanarius species are: Clibanarius aequabilis (Dana, 1851) Clibanarius africanus Aurivillus, 1898 Clibanarius albidigitus Nobili...
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    Metasesarma obesum (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 January 2022. "Metasesarma obesum (Dana, 1851)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 February 2023...
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    Caridea (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Caridea Dana, 1852 Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea...
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    Cirolanidae (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    Botosaneanu & Iliffe, 1999 Zulialana Botosaneanu & Viloria, 1993 "Cirolanidae Dana, 1852". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 6, 2011....
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    silico-boro-calcite; it was given the name howlite by the American geologist James Dwight Dana shortly thereafter. The most common form of howlite is irregular nodules...
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  • Dana Passage is a channel in the U.S. state of Washington. Dana Passage was named after James Dwight Dana, a member of an 1841 exploring party. U.S. Geological...
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    Oregonia (crab) (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    from the Bering Sea to the waters off British Columbia Oregonia gracilis Dana, 1851 – the graceful decorator crab, found in shallow waters of the northern...
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    Nephropoidea (category Taxa named by James Dwight Dana)
    Pleocyemata Infraorder: Astacidea Superfamily: Nephropoidea Dana, 1852 Families Nephropidae Dana, 1852 †Chilenophoberidae Tshudy & Babcock, 1997 †Protastacidae...
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