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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.

  

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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). Twenty-four 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.

  

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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 Blazewicz-Paskowycz, 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 Mid-

Atlantic 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. Pre-doctoral 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.

  

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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.

 

  

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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.

  

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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.

  

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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-Nov-07 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:

  

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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-May-10. 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 14-Nov-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 14-May-09. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.

  

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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-Nov-08 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 14-May-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-Nov-11. 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 14-May-11. Science Unit: Department of Invertebrate Zoology.

  

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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

  

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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 14-May-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-Nov-04 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

  

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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.