Heinrich Simroth

Heinrich Rudolf Simroth (10 May 1851 Riestedt (now a part of Sangerhausen) – 31 August 1917 Gautzsch near Leipzig), was a German zoologist and malacologist. He was a professor of zoology in Leipzig.

Academic career: 1888–1917 University of Leipzig.

He was a specialist for slugs. He discovered and described various new species of slugs.

Species of animals named in honor of him include: * ''Bulimulus simrothi'' (Reibisch, 1892) – snail * ''Pseudaneitea simrothi'' (Suter, 1896) – slug * ''Arion simrothi'' - slug * ''Tapinoma simrothi'' Krausse, 1911 - ant * ''Bipalium simrothi'' - planarian

It was thought that there is no collection by Simroth. His collection of type specimen of 43 slugs has been found Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin in 2010. Provided by Wikipedia