Russian zoologist, Aleksei Korotnev studied at Moscow University amd became a professor at the University of Kiev ---he made extensive zoological collections in the Indian and Pacific Oceans during his career, but his principal work was on the embryonic development of cnidarians, bryozoans, tunicates, and insects.
Aleksei Alekseevich Korotnev (February 15, 1854, Moscow- June 14, 1915, Odessa) was a Russian zoologist Korotnev graduated from Moscow University in 1876 and gained his doctorate there in 1881. In 1887 he became a professor at the University of Kiev. In 1885 and in 1890-91, he made extensive zoological collections in the Indian Ocean and Pacific ocean regions. His principal work was on the embryonic development of cnidarians, bryozoans, tunicates and insects. 
