Pearl Lee Boone (c. 1895/1896 –1954) was an invertebrate zoologist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
She was one of the more infamous carcinologists of her time, as her career was fraught with claims of incompetence and disagreements about the veracity of her work in identifications.
She was originally an entomological preparator for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Division of Insects at the museum.
[5] In 1922, she requested to have access to the National Museum's collections while working on a report that would be published by the Miami Aquarium Association.
[7] Boone lived in Hyattsville, Maryland as she worked as an aide for the National Museum and the Department of Agriculture.