Raymond Brendan Manning (October 11, 1934 – January 18, 2000) was an American carcinologist, specialising in alpha taxonomy and mantis shrimp.
Raymond Manning was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1934, but moved almost immediately with his mother to Haiti.
While at university, Manning met and married Lilly King, who would be the illustrator for his scientific papers throughout his life.
[2] A total of 306 species, 153 genera, 5 subfamilies, 19 families and 3 superfamilies were described in papers written or co-written by Manning.
[1] Manning was also an avid field biologist, and his collections, mostly from Florida, Ascension Island, and the Mediterranean Basin, amounted to more than 50,000 specimens.