Vladyslav Monchenko

Vladyslav Ivanovych Monchenko (2 April 1932  – 8 February 2016) was a Ukrainian zoologist and ecologist, a prolific copepodologist. He was a full professor and an Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

Species named in honour of Prof. Monchenko
The 3 genera and 9 species of crustaceans are named in honour of V. I. Monchenko.

Moreover, in 2015 a minor land snail species from Madagascar, Boucardicus monchenkoi, was named in honour of Prof. Monchenko, who collected its first known specimen during expedition in 1991.