Friedrich Blochmann

Friedrich Johann Wilhelm Blochmann (21 January 1858 in Karlsruhe – 22 September 1931 in Tübingen) was a German zoologist.

He studied at the technical school in Karlsruhe and at the University of Heidelberg, where he was a student of Otto Bütschli.

In 1891 he succeeded Maximilian Braun as professor of zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Rostock.

[1] In the field of phycology, he described the algae species Haematococcus buetschlii.

[2] A species of lizard, Leptosiaphos blochmanni, is named in his honor.