Karl Moriz Diesing (also written asCarl Moritz Diesing; 16 June 1800 – 10 January 1867) was anAustriannaturalist andzoologist, specializing in the study ofhelminthology.
Diesing was born on 16 June 1800 inKraków. He studied medicine at theUniversity of Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1826. Afterwards, he served as an assistant tobotanistNikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, later working as an intern at theHof-Naturalien-Cabinet (from 1829). In 1836, he became acurator of the zoological collections.
In the late 1840s, he began to suffer from serious eye problems, and shortly afterwards experienced permanent blindness.[1]
His principal works includeSystema Helminthum (2 vols., 1850–1851), andRevision der Nematoden (1861).
In his paper "Versuch einer monographie der Gattung Pentastoma" (Ann. Wien Mus. Naturges. 1836, 1–32), he was the first to establish the distinct nature of thePentastomida, placing them in a new group which he called Acanthotheca.[2]
The generaDiesingia[3] andDiesingiella[4] are named after him.
He died on 10 January 1867 inVienna.
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