Taxa
The following zoological taxa, genera and species, were named in his honor :
- Nerocila orbignyi (Guérin, 1832)
- Alcidia Bourguignat, 1889
- Ampullaria dorbignyana Philippi, 1851
- Pinna dorbignyi Hanley, 1858
- Haminoea orbignyana A. de Férussac, 1822
- Pink Cuttlefish, Sepia orbignyana Férussac, 1826
- Orbignya speciosa (Mart. ex Spreng.) Barb.Rodr. - Brazilian Palmtree "Babaçu"
- Potamotrygon orbignyi (Castelnau, 1855)
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