Carl Allgén


Carl Algon Jönsson Allgén was a Swedish zoologist, who specialized in morphological and systematic research of nematodes.
In 1912 he received his master's degree at Lund, then obtained his licentiate in 1918. He taught classes in biology in Jönköping and in biology and geography in Eslöv. During his career, he took research trips to Austria, Germany and Switzerland, to Norway, to Heligoland and to the Middle East.
His collections are deposited in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm.

Published works

Südschwedische marine Nematoden, 1929 – Marine nematodes of southern SwedenFreilebende Marine Nematoden aus den Umgebungen der Staatlichen Zoologischen Station Kristineberg an der Westküste Schwedens, 1929 – Marine nematodes from the environs of the Kristineberg zoological station on the west coast of SwedenFreilebende nematoden aus dem Trondhjemsfjord, 1933 – Nematodes from TrondheimsfjordÜber einige freilebende Nematoden, insbesondere aus der litoralen Region des Lofoten-Archipels, 1933 – On some nematodes, particularly from the littoral region of Lofoten archipelagoDie arten und die systematische stellung der Phanodermatinae, einer unterfamilie der Enoplidae, 1934 – Species and the systematic status of Phanodermatinae, a subfamily of EnoplidaeDie freilebenden Nematoden des Öresunds, 1935 – On nematodes from ØresundWeitere Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Nematoden-Fauna des südlichen Kattegatts, 1947 – More contributions in regards to nematodes of the southern KattegatFreilebende marine Nematoden von der Insel Storfosen : ein weiterer Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Strandnematoden-Fauna Norwegens, 1950 – Marine nematodes of Storfosna, another contribution in regards to littoral nematode fauna of Norway
  • "Pacific freeliving marine nematodes", 1951
  • "Freeliving marine nematodes from east Greenland and Jan Mayen", 1954
  • "On a small collection of freeliving marine nematodes from Greenland and some other Arctic regions", 1957
  • "Freeliving marine nematodes", 1959.