Xavier Mattei

Xavier Mattei
Born	2 February 1939 Ferryville, Tunisia
Citizenship	France
Alma mater	Cheikh Anta Diop University
Known for	sperm ultrastructure
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology
Institutions	Cheikh Anta Diop University, University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli

Xavier Mattei is a French zoologist;^[1] his research was mainly in the field of sperm ultrastructure, including fish^[2] and a variety of invertebrates such as flatworms^[3] and acanthocephalans.^[4]

He is one of the most prolific authors in the field of sperm morphology and its use for the understanding of phylogeny, with more than 150 papers published.^[1]

Career

The Department of Animal Biology of the University of Dakar (in 1996)

Xavier Mattei was a student at the University of Dakar in Senegal, then he became "Assistant", later "Maître-Assistant" and finally Professor in 1978. He was the Director of the Department of Animal Biology in this University from 1972 to 1986. In 1993, he left Senegal for joining the University of Corsica until his retirement in 2000.

Xavier Mattei has established a Service of Electron Microscopy in the University of Dakar which allowed many researchers to study cell ultrastructure and produce a great number of scientific publications in the fields of zoology, cell biology, medicine and parasitology. This Service had three electron microscopes. He was the founder and the Head of this Service from 1970 to 1993.

Eponymous taxa

Two species have been named in his honour: the Microsporidia Unikaryon matteii Toguebaye & Marchand, 1984^[5] and the Acanthocephalan Mediorhynchus mattei Marchand & Vassiliadès, 1982.^[6] Both are parasitic species collected from animals in Senegal.

Archaeology

As an amateur archaeologist, Xavier Mattei collected many artifacts in the Senegalese village of La Somone, South of Dakar, over a period of more than 40 years. His findings were published in a book in 2015.^[7]

• Xavier Mattei. La Somone. Sénégal. Traces d’histoire (2015) Escourbiac imprimeur à Graulhet, 81300 (87 pages) ISBN 9782955274606.

Cartoonist

After his retirement, Xavier Mattei published three books of cartoons about Corsica.

• Xavier Mattei. La Corse. Dessins en liberté surveillée. 2001. Édition Anima Corsa, Bastia (133 pages) ISBN 9782912819086.
• Xavier Mattei. La Corse. Dessins libres. 2004. Édition Anima Corsa, Bastia (115 pages) ISBN 9782912819383.
• Xavier Mattei. La Corse. Dessins identitaires. 2008. Édition Anima Corsa, Bastia (87 pages) ISBN 9782912819659.

References

1. "Xavier Mattei, ResearchGate Profile". ResearchGate. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
2. Mattei, Xavier (1991). "Spermatozoon ultrastructure and its systematic implications in fishes". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 69 (12): 3038–3055. doi:10.1139/z91-428. ISSN 0008-4301.
3. Justine, Jean-Lou; Lambert, Alain; Mattei, Xavier (1985). "Spermatozoon ultrastructure and phylogenetic relationships in the monogeneans (platyhelminthes)". International Journal for Parasitology. 15 (6): 601–608. doi:10.1016/0020-7519(85)90004-9. ISSN 0020-7519. PMID 4093233.
4. Marchand, Bernard; Mattei, Xavier (1977). "[A new type of flagellar structure. Type 9+n]". Journal of Cell Biology. 72 (3): 707–713. doi:10.1083/jcb.72.3.707. ISSN 0021-9525. PMC 2111034. PMID 557042.
5. Toguebaye, Bhen Sikina; Marchand, Bernard (1984). "Étude ultrastructurale de Unikaryon matteii n. sp. (Microsporida, Unikaryonidae) parasite de Nisotra sp. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) et remarques sur la validité de certaines Nosema d'Insectes". Journal of Protozoology. 31 (2): 339–346. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1984.tb02973.x. ISSN 0022-3921.
6. Marchand, Bernard; Vassiliadès, Georges (1982). "Mediorhynchus mattei sp. n. (Acanthocephala, Giganthorhynchidae) from Tockus erythrorhynchus (Aves), the Red-Beaked Hornbill, in West Africa". Journal of Parasitology. 68 (6): 1142. doi:10.2307/3281107. ISSN 0022-3395. JSTOR 3281107.
7. "Un livre sur l'archéologie de la région de La Somone". Association Teranga. Retrieved 1 December 2018.