Patricia Mather, Australian zoologist, died she was 88.

Patricia Mather (née Kott) was an Australian zoologist known for her research into sea squirts died she was 88.. ^[1]She was born and educated in Western Australia.^[2]

^{(12 December 1925 – 4 January 2012)} 

She became a leader in Australian marine science and internationally achieved status through her work on the taxonomy of the Ascidiacea. She has published (under her maiden name, Patricia Kott) more than 150 papers including her major monograph on the "Australian Ascidiacea" (in four parts between 1985 and 2001).

Partial listing of publications

• Kott, P. 1985: The Australian Ascidiacea Part I, Phlebobranchia and Stolidobranchia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 23: 1–438.

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