Claus – Grobben, Karl: – Die Antennendrüse der Crustaceen – Carl Claus – Ueber die Classification der Medusen mit Rücksicht auf die Stellung der sog. Peromedusen, der Periphylliden und Pericolpiden.

Carl Friederich Wilhelm Claus (1835 – 1899) was a German zoologist and anatomist. He was an opponent of the ideas of Ernst Haeckel. – Claus studied at the University of Marburg and the University of Gießen with Rudolf Leuckart. He worked at the university of Würzburg. In 1863, he became professor of zoology at Marburg, in 1870 at Göttingen and in 1873 at Vienna. He was head of the oceanographic research station in Trieste and was specialized on marine zoology and there his interest was focused on crustaceans. During his research on cell biology he coined the word phagocyte. – Two specific works on his field of research and the obtuary, also with a table of his publications.