DIRECTORY OF UK SYSTEMATIC EXPERTISE AND CURRENT RESEARCH

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Institution where you work: (if relevant)

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Personal Information

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Computer Information

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Professional qualifications

BSc. Subject:
MSc. Subject:
MIBiol FIBiol FGS DSc PhD Museums Associations Diploma
Other relevant qualifications:

Funding

How is your work funded ?
Local Authority Research council National Institution University
International Institution Personal Other

Specimens

If you are currently actively collecting material, where are you depositing the specimens ?
Permanently preserved material :
No. deposited since 1990 (specimens or samples):
Living specimens or cultures :
No. deposited since 1990 (specimens or samples):

Please indicate the approximate percentage of your specimen/field data that is kept on computer. %

List up to five institutions (their names and location) whose specimen collections you use (if relevant):

Areas of Expertise

Please indicate your areas of expertise by selecting the relevant taxa, geographical and stratigraphic sections (where relevant)

Taxa

Animals

Placozoa (=Phagocytellozoa)
Porifera
Cnidaria (= Coelenterata)
Anthozoa
Cubozoa
Hydrozoa
Scyphozoa
Ctenophora
Mesozoa
Platyhelminthes
Turbellaria
Trematoda
Cestoda
Cestodaria
Monogenea
Nemertinea (=Rhynchocoela)
Gnathostomulida
Gastrotricha
Rotifera
Kinorhyncha (=Echinodera)
Loricifera
Acanthocephala
Entoprocta (=Kamptozoa)
Nematoda
Free-living
Animal - Parasitic
Plant - Parasitic
Insect-Parasitic
Nematomorpha (=Gordiacea)
Bryozoa (=Ectoprocta; Polyzoa)
Phylactolaemata
Gymnolaemata
Stenolaemata
Phoronida
Brachiopoda
Mollusca
Aplacophora
Gastropoda
Polyplacophora
Cephalopoda
Monoplacophora
Bivalvia
Scaphopoda
Hyolitha
Priapulida
Sipuncula
Echiura
Annelida
Polychaeta
Oligochaeta
Hirudinea
Tardigrada
Pentastomida
Onychophora
Pogonophora
Myzostomaria
Vestimentifera
Arthropoda
Merostomata
Arachnida
Acari
Aranea
Scorpionida
Opiliones
Pseudoscorpiones
Pycnogonida (=Pantopoda)
Crustacea
Branchiopoda
Copepoda
Remipedia
Branchiura
Malacostraca
Tantulocarida
Cephalocarida
Mystacocarida
Trilobitomorpha
Thecostraca (=Cirripeda)
Ostracoda
Chilopoda
Diplopoda
Symphyla (=Symphylida)
Pauropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hemiptera
Dictyoptera
Isoptera
Neuroptera
Psocoptera
Thysanura
Anoplura
Diplura
Mallophaga
Odonata
Raphidioptera
Plecoptera
Lepidoptera
Collembola
Embioptera
Mecoptera
Orthoptera
Siphonaptera
Phasmida
Hymenoptera
Dermaptera
Ephemeroptera
Megaloptera
Protura
Thysanoptera
Trichoptera
Diptera
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Holothuroidea
Crinoidea
Ophiuroidea
Echinoidea
Chaetognatha
Hemichordata
Chordata
Urochordata
Cephalochordata
Vertebrata
Agnatha
Pisces
Placodermi
Actinopterygii (=Osteichthyes)
Chondrichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Amphibia
Reptilia
Aves
Mammalia
Conodonta

Fungi

Chytridiomycota
Myxomycota (Mycetozoa)
Zygomycota
Ascomycota
Oomycota
Basidiomycota
Mitotic fungi
Lichenized fungi
Mycorrhizal fungi
Yeasts and yeast-like fungi

Plants

Chryophyta
Charophyta
Bryophyta
Hepaticae
Antherocerotae
Musci
Psilophyta
Lycophyta
Sphenophyta
Pterophyta
Coniferophyta
Cycadophyta
Ginkgophyta
Anthophyta
Monocotyledons
Dicotyledons
Gnetophyta

Prokaryotae

Methanocreatrices
Halophilic & thermoacidophilic bacteria
Aphragmabacteria
Spirochaetae
Thiopneutes
Anaerobic phototrophic bacteria
Cyanobacteria
Chloroxybacteria
Nitrogen-fixing aerobic bacteria
Pseudomonads
Onmnibacteria
Chemoautotrophic bacteria
Myxobacteria
Fermenting bacteria
Aeroendospora
Micrococci
Actinobacteria

Protista

Archezoa
Metamonada
Diplomonada
Oxymonodea
Microsporidia
Microsporea
Rudimicrosporea
Coccidea
Hematozoea
Blastogregarinea
Ciliophora
Dinoflagellata
Chromophyta
Metacaryotes
Euglenozoa
Euglenidea
Kinetoplastidea
Mycetozoa
Parabasalia
Trichomonadea
Hypermastigea
Sporozoa
Gregarinea
Chrysophyceae
Xanthophyceae
Haptophyceae
Raphidophyceae
Bacillariophyeae
Phaeophyceae
Oomycota
Cryptophyta
Rhodophyta

Geographical

Terrestrial

British Isles Europe Worldwide
Africa North America Central & South America
Asia Australia and Tasmania New Zealand
Arctic (terrestrial) Antarctic (terrestrial) Palearctic Indo-Pacific

Marine

Oceans and Seas Atlantic Ocean Europe (marine)
Indian Ocean Mediterranean Arctic Ocean
Antarctic Ocean Pacific Ocean Americas

Stratigraphy

Caenozoic
Quaternary
Holocene
Pleistocene
Tertiary
Pliocene
Miocene
Oligocene
Eocene
Palaeocene
Mesozoic
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Palaeozoic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian
Proterozoic
Archaean

Active Research

Please list your active research projects and the approaches you adopt (eg. molecular, cladistics).

Level of activity in systematics


What percentage of your time do you spend on systematic research and identification work ? %
What prevents you spending more time on systematic research (if applicable) ?
How many papers have you had published on work relevant to systematics since 1990 ?
Approximately how many species have you treated in these papers ?
Approximately how many species have you newly described in these papers ?

Societies and Networks

Which societies (relevant to systematics) are you a member of ?
Institute of Biology Systematics Association Linnean Society
Biology Curators Group Geological Curators Group Others:
What systematic networks are you involved in ?

Comments

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