Martinus Slabber, also known asMartin Slabber (*Middelburg,October 31,1740 ; †’s-Gravenpolder,April 30,1835), was aDutch civil servant, naturalist and zoologist.
Martinus Slabber was an official in the Dutch province ofZeeland, who was responsible for the towns ofBaarland, Bakendorp undOudelande and lived in Middelburg until 1768 and then inGoes , where he also served as mayor around 1820. Later, while based in 's-Gravenpolder, he was responsible for collecting taxes for part ofZuid-Beveland.
As naturalist and zoologist, he is the first whodescribedchaetognaths.[1] He also first described theamphipod crustaceanOniscus arenarius (1769), today known asHaustorius arenarius, andPhtisica marina, commonly known as the 'ghost shrimp'. He also described thedubiousctenophoreCallianira hexagona.[2]
Martinus Slabber had ataxidermy collection, mostly consisting of birds, which he sold to theRijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie inLeiden in 1824. He also was known to have a small but renowned painting collection.[3]
On 10 January 1771, under the presidency of the physician Ferdinand Jakob Baier, he was admitted to the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian Academy of Natural Scientists under the academic nicknameAelianus and registration number 751, at the suggestion of the malacologist Friedrich Christian Meuschen, who was serving as legation counselor in The Hague . In 1767, he became a member of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen ( Holland Science Association), at the suggestion of Job Baster .
On 10 January 1771, under the presidency of the physicianFerdinand Jakob Baier, he was admitted to theGerman National Academy of Sciences (at the time theImperial Leopoldino-Carolinian Academy of Natural Scientists) under the academic nicknameAelianus and registration number 751, at the suggestion of the malacologistFriedrich Christian Meuschen.
In 1767, he became a member of theHollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, at the suggestion ofJob Baster.
The Belgian parasitologist and palaeontologistPierre-Joseph van Beneden named the crustaceanMesopodopsis slabberi (1861) in honour of Slabber.
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