July 2009 - Department of Invertebrate Zoology

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July 2009
DEPARTMENT OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY NEWSLETTER
Compiled by Louis Kornicker & Abbie Yorkoff
Reviewed by Steve Cairns
*The regular newsletter No Bones About It will resume whenever a Department member
volunteers to take it on as Editor. It could be you.
CONTENTS:
1. Regulations concerning transfer of invertebrates are complex and continuously
changing. Paul Greenhall, Invertebrate Zoology Shipping Manager, Collections, presents
current methods and restrictions.
2. Mollusks, Marilyn Schotte
3. EOL Coral Workshop, Steve Cairns
4. Sponge Workshop, Klaus Ruetzler
5. This museum lists alphabetically on the internet several hundred individuals currently
holding appointments as Research Associates, Adjunct Scientists or Research
Collaborators. Of these, the Department of Invertebrate Zoology sponsors 22 Research
Associates, 3 Adjunct Scientists and 5 Research Collaborators. These are listed by Abbie
Yorkoff.
6. Current Interns (not all) sponsored by members of the Department of Invertebrate
Zoology. These are listed by Abbie Yorkoff.
Invertebrates As Dangerous Goods
By Paul Greenhall
Land, freshwater, and marine invertebrates, such as snails, bivalves, corals,
jellyfish, sea urchins, copepods, ostracods, crabs, sea anemones, tunicates, sponges,
and worms each pose challenges whenever liquid preserved and must be packed and
mailed to a colleague. Delicate structures such as antennae, legs, spines, ridges, and
soft tissue may require special handling and should be protected from damage and or
drying out while in transit. Also, specimens should be cushioned so they do not
damage other specimens which are in the same parcel. Further, always chose some
type of accountable mail, such as registered or overnight carrier as this minimizes
risk, and the parcel can be tracked and or located if ‘lost’ while in transit.
1 Ground and air transportation regulations will govern how a liquid preserved
specimen may be prepared for shipment domestically or internationally.
Dangerous goods, awareness and training is here to stay. Times will not get better.
This has placed an increased financial budget burden on loans, return of borrows and
disposals. Preservatives such as alcohol and formalin fall into this category, and
words such as “Excepted” and “Small” quantities of a dangerous good have specific
meanings and require specific parcel markings when it comes to transportation.
Quick and dirty rule of thumb – 30 ml or less inner liner/ 500 ml or less outer liner in
any parcel (refer to 49 CFR-173.4 of the Dangerous Goods Regulations). Twentyfour percent or less alcohol is not regulated, and if the parcel is to be sent
internationally it will have to go by overnight carrier. Included in the waybill pouch
will be a letter to Customs explaining that the liquid is not regulated.
Staff who conduct fieldwork, processing specimens for shipment should be
certified by having completed the Shipping Office’s “Excepted and Small Quantities
of Dangerous Goods” training. This certification training course is on the R:/ and P:/
filed under Shipping. It is important to note, that failure to follow the appropriate
regulations-guidelines which result in parcel confiscation due to damage and or
leakage while in transit may by financially costly for the sender and recipient. For
example, heavy fines for each infraction involving the parcel in question, from its
documentation to its packaging will be evaluated, and a fine levied for each
infraction. Special Note: The USNM has two shipping offices: NHB Shipping Office
and MSC Shipping Office. If you are expecting an urgent overnight (FedEX, DHL)
containing living or frozen material, immediately alert the appropriate Shipping
Office: Mr. Anthony Hamiliton (NHB) or Mr. Jim Lee (MSC), and copy me on the
missive.
NEWS FROM STAFF IN MOLLUSKS
By Marilyn Schotte
Clyde Roper and Mike Vecchione participated as committee members in the PhD
dissertation defense of Heather Judkins at the College of Marine Science, University
of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL on 28 May. Heather successfully defended her
dissertation on "The Cephalopods of the Broad Caribbean: Distribution, Abundance
and Ecological Importance". The study was based on over 5000 specimens, many of
which were from the MNH IZ collections.
Pre-doctoral Fellow Bastian Bentlage from the University of Kansas, is
sponsored by Allen Collins. He is doing molecular phylogenetic work on jellyfishes.
Post doctoral Fellows Kenneth Hayes and Ilya Temkin are here working with
Ellen Strong.
2 Kenneth comes from the University of Hawaii and is studying the taxonomy of
apple snails (family Ampullariidae). Ilya, formerly at the American Museum of
Natural History in New York, is working on pearl “oysters” (family Pteriidae) and
bivalve systematics.
Paula Rothman, former IZ staff member, has returned! As a volunteer, she is
helping Clyde Roper and Mike Vecchione with maintenance of the Cephalopod
Bibliography.
EOL meeting for the Peracarid Working Group
Marilyn Schotte represented NMNH at an international meeting of peracarid
crustacean specialists, held April 2-6 at the University of Southern California’s
Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies on Santa Catalina Island, CA. The group
discussed ways to generate a unified species list of all peracarid crustaceans and a
complete, single bibliographic resource of all relevant taxonomic literature as well as
means to developing community support for an AToL proposal for substantially
advancing peracarid systematics involving amphipod, isopod, tanaid, cumacean, and
mysid crustaceans. Lastly, the meeting focused on establishing interactions and
collaborations to develop molecular hypotheses on peracarid relationships. The
meeting was sponsored by Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), USC, and the Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County. The others attending were Chris Boyko, American
Museum, New York; Daniel Roccatagliata, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Dean
Pentcheff, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County; Gary Anderson,
University of Southern Mississippi; Gary Poore, Museum of Victoria, Australia; Jim
Lowry, Australian Museum, Sydney; John Markham, Arch Cape Marine Laboratory,
Oregon; Kenneth Meland, University of Bergen, Norway; Magda BlazewiczPaskowycz, University of Lodz, Poland; Regina Wetzer, Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County; Sarah Gerken, University of Alaska, Anchorage; and Stefano
Taiti, Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi, Florence, Italy.
Field work:
Bob Hershler recently returned from 10 days of field work in Idaho, Oregon and
Wyoming where he collected spring snails for research.
Mike Vecchione is on a field trip to the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone of the MidAtlantic Ridge, 8 June – 17 July. The cruise will conduct deep mid-water and bottom
trawling aboard NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow using large, double-warp trawls. Predoctoral fellow Bastian Bentley is participating as well. This expedition is a NOAA
contribution to the MAR-ECO project (http://www.mar-eco.no/) of the Census of
Marine Life.
3 Dr. Art Bogen, Curator of Aquatic Invertebrates at the North Carolina Museum of
Natural Sciences, and his team visited the Mollusk Collection for a week in June in
conjunction with an on-going project with Ellen Strong to produce a catalog for the
types of the freshwater gastropod family Pleuroceridae. The family contains nearly
1,000 species, and over 400 of these types are held in the USNM Mollusk collection.
Encyclopedia of Life, EOL, Workshop on Coral Evolution
June 15-19, 2009
By Stephen D. Cairns
For five days (June 15-19) Nancy Knowlton, Nancy Budd (University of
Iowa), and I (Steve Cairns) played host to a workshop on coral evolution. The
workshop was sponsored by the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) through their program
BioSync. BioSync funds workshops that bring together scientists to synthesize
information about their group. They are particularly interested in meetings
concerning the taxonomy and systematics of megadiverse species groups,
phylogenetics and evolution, biogeography, computing and software applications, and
the marine realm. They will fund meetings up to $50,000. Their web address is: in
case you would like to apply to host such a meeting.
Our meeting was held primarily in the Waldo Schmitt room and consisted of 31
scientists from 10 countries (see picture). We had an equal representation of
morphologists, molecular scientists, and paleontologists, which offered a unique
opportunity to exchange ideas about the higher classification of the Scleractinia. We
had a number of presentations, followed by break-out groups to analyze characters
and taxa, followed by a cladistic analysis including 50 of the 100 purported families
of stony corals. Although the final tree was not very informative, we did accomplish
much in character analysis and comparison of the molecular and morphological
approaches. We also had a side meeting of the Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology
group, which is attempting to revise the 1956 Treatise on Scleractinia. This group,
led by S. Cairns, is charged with redefining the 1636 generic names that have been
applied to scleractinian corals. We also heard a presentation by Tom Garnett on the
Biodiversity Heritage Library, and ate dinner at five very nice local restaurants.
4 EOL-Sponsored Workshop
BACK ROWS: Flavia Nunes, James Klaus, Nancy Knowlton, Cheryl Morrison, Allen Chen,
Sandra Romano, Marcos Barbeitos, Rosemarie Baron-Szabo, Kris Rhodes, Ewa Roniewicz,
George Stanley, Bert Hoeksema, Fabrizio Stefani, Jikhan Jung, Bernard Lathuliere, Francesca
Benzoni, Hiro Fukami, Jill Darrell, Arjan Gittenberger, Tom Stemann, Ken Johnson, and Brian
Rosen.
FRONT ROW (KNEELING): Marcelo Kitahara, Michel Pichon, Stephen Cairns, Nancy Budd,
Carden Wallace, Danwei Huang, and Jarek Stolarski.
5 South Florida Sponges on Line
By Klaus Ruetzler
Coral reefs, mangroves, and similar “hard” substrates abound along the South
Florida shores and are popular destinations for snorkelers and divers. The most
conspicuous, diverse, and colorful organisms prevailing in these habitats are
“primitive” invertebrates, the sponges. So, how is it possible that most field guides
mention or show but a few species, that there are no reliable common names (or even
scientific designations) and descriptions? What is a student of marine invertebrates to
do if he or she can’t find a good picture of a sponge, like one just observed alive
during a dive, an image that is matched by dependable species identification and a
description of some of its biology, distribution, and ecology?
Facing precisely these questions, Professor Charles Messing of the Nova
Southeastern University Oceanographic Center (Dania Beach, Florida), invited Klaus
Ruetzler and five of his Porifera systematics colleagues for a workshop in Dania,
Florida. Charles (Chuck), a long-term associate and former postdoctoral fellow in our
Department of Invertebrate Zoology (working mainly on crinoid echinoderms), knew
that our group included most of the last authorities in Caribbean sponge taxonomy.
Participants (other than Ruetzler) were Cristina Diaz (a co-convener) (Marine
Museum of Margarita, Venezuela), John Reed (Harbor Branch Foundation, Florida)
Rob van Soest (Zoological Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands), Janie Wulff
(Florida State University, Florida), and Sven Zea (National University of Colombia,
Colombia).
We aimed at developing a free, on-line guide and identification tool for marine
shallow-water sponges of southern Florida, from the Indian River lagoon, to the
Florida Keys (including the Dry Tortugas), and the eastern Gulf of Mexico. The
target audience is to include scientists from other disciplines, advanced students,
teachers, and environmental managers. Taxonomic descriptions and keys will be
illustrated with in-situ photographs, as well as images and definitions of diagnostic
components, such as skeleton structure and spicules.
After reviewing hundreds of pictures and specimens taken in the area, we focused
on and identified about 100 species during the 4-day duration of the workshop. Four
student volunteers facilitated the workflow and made necessary microscope
preparations for closer examination. Follow-up studies will concentrate on
morphological and anatomical characterization and entangling nomenclatorial
problems.
6 Nova Southeastern University Sponge Workshop, June 2009: (left to right) Janie Wulff, Klaus
Ruetzler, Ewelina (student), Rob van Soest, Andia (student), Sven Zea, Cristina Diaz, Chuck
Messing, John Reed. (Photo taken by a passerby, using Ewelina’s camera.)
Most costs of the workshop and development of the on-line key and database
were covered by the National Coral Reef Institute, the Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission, and the Mote Marine Laboratory, Florida. What will be
missing for a while longer is a submersible computer with Internet connection for
viewing of the on-line field guide.
Research Associates, Adjunct Scientists and Research Collaborators Affiliated with the
Department 1. BARON-SZABO, Rosemarie C. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation:
Research Institution Senckenberg. Education: B.S. (1986) Freie Universitat; M.S.
(1991) Freie Universitat; Ph.D. (1997) Institute of Paleontology, Freie Universitat,
Berlin; Research specialties: taxonomy, stratigraphy of Cretaceous Scleractinia (stony
corals); Mesozoic corals. Staff sponsor: Stephen Cairns. Appointment term:15-Nov07 to 14-Nov-10. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
2. BOUCHET, Philippe. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Museum
National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Education: B.S. (1974) University Pierre &
Marie Curie; Ph.D. (1977) University Pierre & Marie Curie. Research specialties:
7 taxonomy, natural history, and conservation of mollusks. Staff sponsor: Ellen Strong.
Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11. Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology.
3. BUDD, Ann "Nancy". Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: University
of Iowa. Education: B.A. (1973) Lawrence University; M.A. (1975) Johns Hopkins
University; Ph.D. (1978) Johns Hopkins University. Research specialties: Cenozoic
fossil Scleractinia. Staff sponsor: Nancy Knowlton. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to
14-May-11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
4. COLLINS, Allen G. Adjunct Scientist. Institutional affiliation: NOAA, National
Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory. Education: B.A. (1987) Amherst
College; Ph.D. (1999) University of California, Berkeley. Research specialties:
systematics and evolution of sponges, cnidarians, and other early diverging metazoan
groups. Staff sponsor: Chair, Invertebrate Zoology. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to
14-Nov-09. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
5. CRANDALL, Frank. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Turkey Run
Research Institute. Education: B.A. (1959) University of California, Berkeley.
Research specialties: taxonomy, systematics, and phylogenetic analysis of the phylum
Nemeretea. Staff sponsor: Jon Norenburg. Appointment term: 15-May-07 to 14-May10. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
6. FELDER, Darryl L. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: University of
Louisiana, Lafayette. Education: B.S. (1969) Texas A&M University; M.S. (1971)
Texas A&M University; Ph.D. (1975) Louisiana State University. Research
specialties: systematics, genetics, biogeography, and physioecology of decapod
crustaceans, in particular fossorial ones such as thalassinoids (commonly known as
mud shrimps). Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14Nov-10. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
7. FELDMANN, Rodney M. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Kent
State University. Education: B.S. (1961) University of North Dakota; M.S. (1963)
University of North Dakota; Ph.D. (1967) University of North Dakota. Research
specialties: systematics and invertebrate paleontology of fossil decapod crustaceans;
paleoecology and historical zoogeography. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre.
Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11. Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology.
8. FORNSHELL, John. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Northern
Virginia Community College. Education: B.S. (1965) Florida State University; M.S.
(1967) Florida State University; Ph.D. (1975) Florida State University. Research
specialties: intraspecific variation expressed in looking-glass copepod. Staff sponsor:
Frank D. Ferrari. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11. Science Unit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
9. GAZCA SERRANO, Rebeca Gasca. Research Collaborator. Institutional
affiliation: None. Education: B.S. (1985) National University of Mexico; M.S. (1990)
National University of Mexico. Research specialties: taxonomy and ecology of
marine zooplankton, emphasis on Hyperiidae (Amphipoda) and Siphonophora
(Cnidaria). Staff sponsor: Frank D. Ferrari. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14May-09. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
8 10. GRYGIER, Mark J. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Lake Biwa
Museum. Education: B.S. (1978) College of William and Mary; Ph.D. (1984)
University of California San Diego (Scripps). Research specialties: taxonomy and
phylogeny of barnacle and barnacle-like crustaceans; facetotecans (larval crustaceans
whose adults are unknown to science); taxonomy of monstrilloid copepods. Staff
sponsor: Frank D. Ferrari. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11. Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
11. HEARD, Richard W. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: University of
Southern Mississippi. Education: B.S. (1962) University of Georgia; M.S. (1968)
University of Georgia; Ph.D. (1976) University of Georgia. Research specialties:
systematics of brachyuran crabs, alpheid shrimps, stomatopods, tanaids, isopods,
mysids, and cumaceans. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre. Appointment term: 15-Nov08 to 14-Nov-11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
12. HOLSINGER, John R. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Old
Dominion University. Education: B.S. (1955) Virginia Tech; M.S. (1966) James
Madison University; Ph.D. (1966) University of Kentucky. Research specialties:
systematics, ecology, and evolution of North American subterranean amphipod
crustaceans. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14May-11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
13. ILIFFE, Thomas. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Texas A&M
University. Education: B.S. (1970) Pennsylvania State University; M.S. (1973)
Florida State University; Ph.D. (1977) University of Texas. Research specialties:
biology of marine and anchialine caves; biodiversity, biogeography, evolution, and
ecology. Staff sponsor: Louis Kornicker. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
14. LINDNER, Alberto. Research Collaborator. Institutional affiliation:
Universidade de Sao Paulo. Education: B.S. (1998) Universidade de Sao Paulo; M.S.
(2000) Universidade de Sao Paulo; Ph.D. (2005) Duke University. Research
specialties: Hydrozoa, emphasis on Stylasteridae. Staff sponsor: Stephen Cairns.
Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11. Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology.
15. MARTIN, Joel W. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Natural History
Museum of Los Angeles County. Education: B.S. (1978) University of Kentucky;
M.S. (1981) University of Southwestern Louisiana; Ph.D. (1986) Florida State
University. Research specialties: crustacean groups such as decapods, peracarids,
freshwater branchiopods; exploration of coral reefs and coastal habitats; studies of
crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and vicinities. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre.
Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11. Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology.
16. MCLAUGHLIN, Patsy A. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Western
Washington University. Education: B.A. (1957) University of Washington; M. Phil.
(1969) George Washington University; Ph.D. (1972) George Washington University.
Research specialties: systematics of hermit crabs and barnacles; larval development
of paguroids. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14May-11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
9 17. MOOI, Richard. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: California
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Education: B.S. (1981) University of Toronto;
M.S. (1983) University of Toronto; Ph.D. (1987) University of Toronto. Research
specialties: functional morphology of irregular sea urchins. Staff sponsor: David
Pawson, Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11. Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology.
18. NIZINSKI, Martha S. Adjunct Scientist. Institutional affiliation: NOAA,
National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory. Education: B.S. (1983)
West Virginia Wesleyan College; M.S. (1986) University of Maryland, College Park;
Ph.D. (1998) College of William and Mary. Research specialties: Decapods,
crustaceans and invertebrate fauna associated with deep water Lophelia reefs. Staff
sponsor: Chair, Invertebrate Zoology. Appointment term: 15-Nov-04 to 14-Nov-09.
Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
19. OPRESKO, Dennis M. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Oak Ridge
National Laboratory. Education: B.S. (1966) University of Miami; M.S. (1970)
University of Miami Ph.D. (1974) University of Miami. Research specialties:
taxonomy, zoogeography, classification of order Antipatharia (black corals). Staff
sponsor: Stephen Cairns. Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10. Science Unit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
20. REAKA, Marjorie. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: University of
Maryland. Education: B.A. (1965) University of Kansas; M.S. (1969) University of
Kansas; Ph.D. (1975) University of California, Berkeley. Research specialties:
evolutionary ecology of stomatopod crustaceans. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre.
Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10 . Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology.
21. RITGER, Rebecca. Research Collaborator. Institutional affiliation: California
Department of Health Services. Education: B.S. (1999) Illinois Wesleyan University;
M.S. (2004) American University. Research specialties: nemertean genus tubulanus .
Staff sponsor: Jon Norenburg. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11. Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
22. ROE, Pamela. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: California State
University, Stansilaus. Education: B.A. (1965) University of Texas; M.S. (1967)
University of Washington; Ph.D. (1971) University of Washington. Research
specialties: feeding biology, natural history, and ecology of nemertean worms;
taxonomy and biology of pelagic nemerteans. Staff sponsor: Jon Norenburg.
Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14-May-11. Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology.
23. SANTOS, Cynthia. Research Collaborator. Institutional affiliation: None.
Education: B.S. (1992) University of Sao Paulo; M.S. (1999) University of Sao
Paulo; Ph.D. (2005) University of Sao Paulo . Research specialties: taxonomy,
systematics and ecology of nemerteans, especially Carcinonemertidae . Staff sponsor:
Jon Norenburg . Appointment term: 15-Nov-06 to 14-Nov-09. Science Unit:
Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
24. SCHWEITZER , Carrie E. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Kent
State University. Education: B.A. (1993) Hiram College; M.S. (1996) Kent State
University; Ph.D. (2000) Kent State University. Research specialties: systematics of
10 fossil decapods. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre . Appointment term: 15-May-08 to
14-May-11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
25. SHEA , Elizabeth K. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Delaware
Museum of Natural History. Education: B.S. (1989) College of William and Mary ;
M.A. (1995) College of William and Mary ; Ph.D. (2004) Bryn Mawr College .
Research specialties: cephalopod life cycles; molluscan biodiversity; marine habitat
and biodiversity conservation. Staff sponsor: Ellen Strong and Michael Vecchione.
Appointment term: 15-Nov-07 to 14-Nov-10. Science Unit: Department of
Invertebrate Zoology.
26. SMYTH, Ashleigh. Research Collaborator. Institutional affiliation: Hamilton
College. Education: B.S. (1993) University of Vermont; M.S. (1997) Southeastern
Louisiana University; Ph.D. (2005) University of California, Davis. Research
specialties: elucidate phylogenetic relationship among orders of the subclass Enoplia.
Staff sponsor: Jon Norenburg. Appointment term: 15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11. Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
27. SUAREZ-MORALES, Eduardo. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation:
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Education: B.S. (1982) National University of Mexico;
M.S. (1984) National University of Mexico; Ph.D. (1986) National University of
Mexico . Research specialties: taxonomy of copepods; copepod life histories. Staff
sponsor: Frank D. Ferrari. Appointment term: 15-May-06 to 14-May-09. Science
Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
28. TUDGE, Christopher C. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: American
University. Education: B.S. (1985) University of Queensland; M.S. (1990) University
of Queensland; Ph.D. (1995) University of Queensland. Research specialties:
ultrastructure and phylogeny of the spermatozoa of decapod crustaceans; reproductive
biology and behavior of decapod crabs; systematics and phylogeny of decapod
crustaceans. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre. Appointment term: 15-May-08 to 14May-11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
29. VECCHIONE, Michael. Adjunct Scientist. Institutional affiliation: NOAA,
National Marine Fisheries Service Systematics Laboratory. Education: B.S. (1972)
University of Miami; Ph.D. (1979) William and Mary. Research specialties:
cephalopods. Staff sponsor: Chair, Invertebrate Zoology. Appointment term: 15-Nov04 to 14-Nov-09. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
30. YAGER, Jill. Research Associate. Institutional affiliation: Retired, Antioch
College. Education: B.S. (1967) Colorado State University; M.S. (1982) Florida
Institute of Technology; Ph.D. (1989) Old Dominion University. Research specialties:
marine cave habitata, Remipedia. Staff sponsor: Rafael Lemaitre. Appointment term:
15-Nov-08 to 14-Nov-11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.
Current Interns Assigned to Invertebrate Zoology Staff Members
USAP project Interns assigned to Rafael Lemaitre find and upload text and image
content to the Antarctic Invertebrates website. Each intern performs library research
on a particular taxonomic group, and either photograph specimens from the
collections or locates appropriate illustrations from the literature. They also
participate in curation and EMu cataloging on Antarctic material. The following is the
11 list of interns and their taxonomic assignments: Alyssa Meyer (bivalves); Diane
Wyse (cnidarians); Sunjana Supekar (nemerteans and echinoderms); Angela
Trenkle (crustaceans); Amy Chang (polychaetes) and Lauren Van Thiel (arriving
on Monday, June 30th.
Marshall Boyd, sophomore at Salisbury University in Salisbury, MD., is a
summer intern sponsored by Marilyn Schotte. He will be scanning reprints, sorting
specimens and working with the USAP team on photographing and curating
specimens.
John M. Orr, graduate student in environmental science program, George Mason
University, VA. and Margaret Tarmann, a high school junior in MD., are sponsored
by Louis Kornicker.
James Soda, SUNY graduate school, is sponsored by Steve Cairns.
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