Maria Elena Caso Muñoz, Mexican marine zoologist (Ciudad de Mexico 18 December 1915 –Ciudad de Mexico 23 October 1991)
Daughter of famous philosopher Antonio Caso Andrade
Authored over 60 works
Her studies on echinoderms earned international repercussion
DESCRIBED ECHINODERM TAXA
FAMILIES
Platasteriidae 1945
Ophionereididae 1963
GENERA
Paraholothuria 1964
Parathyonacta 1984
SPECIES
Acanthaster pseudoplanci 1962
Amphiodia guillermosoberoni 1979
Astropecten caribemexicanensis 1990
Holothuria riojai 1963
Holothuria (Selenkothuria) portovallartensis 1954
Holothuria (Thymiosycia) zihuatanensis 1964
Ophioderma sodipallaresi 1985
Parathyonacta bonifaznunoi 1984
Psolus conchae 1984