William Frederick Purcell

"Purcell" redirects here. For the microbiologist, see Robert Harry Purcell.

William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919), English-born South African arachnologist and zoologist.

Taxon names authored

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• 74 taxon names authored by William Frederick Purcell

Publications

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1902

• Purcell, W.F. 1902. On the South African Theraphosidae or "Baviaan" spiders, in the collection of the South African Museum. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 11: 319-347. Reference page. 
• Purcell, W.F. 1902a. New South African trap-door spiders of the family Ctenizidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 11: 348-382. Reference page. 

1903

• Purcell, W.F. 1903. New South African spiders of the families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Barychelidae Dipluridae, and Lycosidae. Annals of the South African Museum 3: 69-142. Reference page. 
• Purcell, W.F. 1903. Descriptions of new genera and species of South African Solpugidae. Annals of the South African Museum 3: 1–12. BHL Reference page. 

1904

• Purcell, W.F. 1904. Descriptions of new genera and species of South African spiders. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society 15: 115-173. Reference page. 

1907

Purcell, W.F. 1907. New South African spiders of the family Drassidae in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 20(118): 297-336. DOI: 10.1080/00222930709487339. . Reference page. 

1908

• Purcell, W.F. 1908. Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika. Erster Band: Systematik und Tiergeographie. Zweite Lieferung. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 13: 203-246. Reference page.