Education
Korotnev graduated from Moscow University in 1876 and gained his doctorate there in 1881.
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 1890-1891, he made extensive zoological collections in the Indian Ocean and Pacific ocean regions. In 1886 he began studies at Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche (Villafranca, France).
Korotnev also studied the fauna of Lake Baikal between 1900 and 1902.
His principal work was on the embryonic development of coelenterates bryozoans, tunicates and insects. The following taxa have been named in honour (eponyms) of Aleksei Alekseevich Korotnev:
Gastropoda:
Korotnewia Kozhov, 1936
Korotnewia korotnevi (Lindholm, 1909)
Cincinna korotnevi (Lindholm, 1909)
Pseudancylastrum korotnevi Starobogatov, 1989
Choanomphalus korotnevi Lindholm, 1909
Bivalvia:
Amesoda korotniewii (West Dybowski, 1902)
Euglesa korotnevi (Lindholm, 1909)
Crustacea:
Baicalasellus korotnevi (Semenkevich, 1924).
He was a corresponding member of the Saint St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1903).