Clarence J. Goodnight

Clarence James Goodnight (May 30, 1914 – August 9, 1987) was an American zoologist who made contributions to the study of freshwater annelids and harvestmen (Opiliones). He was professor at Brooklyn College, Purdue University, and Western Michigan University. Goodnight was born in Gillespie, Illinois. He earned an associate degree at Blackburn College, then earned his bachelor's, master's, and PhD at the University of Illinois. He produced over 150 publications, including three textbooks. He served as president of the American Microscopical Society (1971), secretary of the American Society of Zoologists, and secretary of the North American Benthological Society.^[1]^[2] In 1940 he married Marie Louise Ostendorf (1916–1998), with whom he co-authored many publications and described over 300 species,^[3] including more than 120 species of Mexican harvestmen.^[4]

Books[edit]

Zoology. St. Louis: C.V. Mosby Co. 1954. (with M. L. Goodnight)
Biology, an Introduction to the Science of Life. New York: Wiley. 1962. (with M. L. Goodnight and R. R. Armacost)
General Zoology. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. 1964. (with M. L. Goodnight and P. Gray)

^ Brinkhurst, R. O. (August 1989). "Dr. Clarence James Goodnight A.B., A.M., Ph.D. In Memoriam". Hydrobiologia. 180 (1): IX–X. doi:10.1007/bf00027531. S2CID 31341083.
^ "In Memoriam: Clarence J. Goodnight (1914-1987)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 107 (1): 111. 1988. JSTOR 3226414.
^ Machado, Glauco; Ricardo, Pinto-da-Rocha; Giribet, Gonzalo (2006). "What are Harvestmen?". In Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo; Machado, Glauco; Giribet, Gonzalo (eds.). Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. pp. 1–13. ISBN 9780674023437.
^ Kury, Adriano B.; Cokendolpher, James C . (2000). "Opiliones" (PDF). In Llórente Bousquets, Jorge; Gonzalez Soriano, Enrique; Papavero, Nelson (eds.). Biodiversidad, taxonomía y biogeografía de artrópodos de México: hacia una síntesis de su conocimiento. Volumen II. Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología. pp. 137–157.