| Gustav is interested in continuing to serve on the WoRMS Steering Committee, especially to facilitate the incorporation of images, distributions, and the capture of cryptic diversity. Serving on the SC has been an eye opening experience both about the power and potential of WoRMS. WoRMS’ highly successful operational model, based on a highly-engaged expert community and knowledgeable and responsive DMT, has excelled beyond most other biodiversity databases. Googling “WoRMS biodiversity” and “GBIF biodiversity” returned more hits on the former even though it is limited to marine taxa! The capture of nomenclature-associated information is rapidly moving forward, with many facets getting fairly comprehensive. Additional information, such as images, traits, and distributional data, however, is of limited availability. Increasing the coverage of such data types with the accuracy that WoRMS is known for, is the next big challenge. Images and distributional data are widely available for many species from other large sources, such as iDigBio, OBIS, GBIF, iNaturalist, but the challenge is to filter for accuracy without burdening editors to check myriads of records. Gustav would like to lead a working group on images to explore how to do this, starting with images (and later distributions) in iDigBio. iDigBio currently holds >22 million media, and >106 million occurrence records based on museum specimens, including the types of many species, providing great potential. Another challenge is to expand the database to cover taxa recognized as complexes where individual species are well-known by the community but whose nomenclature has not yet been revised. For example the common tropical urchin Echinometra mathaei is a complex of 4+ species, known through many publications as sp. A, B, C, D, etc. Expert capture of this finer scale taxonomic information will improve the coverage in WoRMS and allow more effective linkage with genetic databases such as the Barcode of Life Database (BOLD). BOLD now provides a rough first sort for each species into BINS of potential cryptic species. BOLD links are already embedded in WoRMS, but can lead to many BINS if the species name covers substantial cryptic diversity. He would like to continue to work with the SC, DMT, and editors to facilitate the expansion of WoRMS into these dimensions. | |
- University of Florida; Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH), more
Function: Curator of Marine Malacology
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- WoRMS Steering Committee (SC), more
- WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more
Function: Taxonomic editor
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- Florida Museum of Natural History: invertebratezoology, 2013-09-17.
Accessed via http://www.gbif.org/dataset/85b1cfb6-f762-11e1-a439-00145eb45e9a on yyyy-mm-dd, more
- Paulay, G. (2024). World List of Priapulida. Accessed at https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101063 on yyyy-mm-dd., more
- Paulay, G.; Kremenetskaia, A.; Reich, M. (2024). World List of Holothuroidea. Accessed at https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123083 on yyyy-mm-dd., more
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| A1 Publications (15) [show] |
- Samimi-Namin, K.; Lotufo, T.M.C.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Tweedt, S.; Meyer, C.P.; Paulay, G. (2024). Unique aggregations of a large undescribed solitary tunicate in the Arabian Sea. Diversity 16(4): 221. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d16040221, more
 Orr, R.J.S.; Di Martino, E.; Ramsfjell, M.H.; Gordon, D.P.; Berning, B.; Chowdhury, I.; Craig, S.; Cumming, R.L.; Figuerola, B.; Florence, W.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Hirose, M.; Huang, D.; Jain, S.S.; Jenkins, H.L.; Kotenko, O.N.; Kuklinski, P.; Lee, H.E.; Madurell, T.; McCann, L.; Mello, H.L.; Obst, M.; Ostrovsky, A.N.; Paulay, G.; Porter, J.S.; Shunatova, N.N.; Smith, A.M.; Souto-Derungs, J.; Vieira, L.M.; Voje, K.L.; Waeschenbach, A.; Zágoršek, K.; Warnock, R.C.M.; Liow, L.H. (2022). Paleozoic origins of cheilostome bryozoans and their parental care inferred by a new genome-skimmed phylogeny. Science Advances 8(13): eabm7452. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm7452, more- Wu, R.; Guo, R.; Xi, Q.; Paulay, G.; An, J. (2022). Phylogenetic position of Bopyroides hippolytes, with comments on the rearrangement of the mitochondrial genome in isopods (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Bopyridae). BMC Genom. 23: 253. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08513-9, more
- An, J.; Xi, Q.; Paulay, G. (2021). Two new species and a new record of Bopyrinae (Isopoda: Bopyridae) infesting Alpheidae and Hippolytidae, with comments on the genus Bopyrina Kossmann, 1881. Syst. Parasitol. 98(2): 155-165. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11230-021-09968-2, more
- An, J.; Zheng, W.; Liang, J.; Paulay, G. (2020). Three new species of Scyracepon Tattersall, 1905 (Isopoda: Bopyridae) from Pacific islands, with comments on the rarity of bopyrids parasitizing brachyurans. Zootaxa 4851(1): 151-162. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4851.1.6, more
- An, J.; Chen, R.; Paulay, G. (2020). Three new species of abdominal shrimp parasites (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Hemiarthrinae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4845(2): 264–274. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4845.2.7, more
- Horton, T.; Gofas, S.; Kroh, A.; Poore, G.C.B.; Read, G.; Rosenberg, G.; Stöhr, S.; Bailly, N.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Brandão, S.N.; Costello, M.J.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Paulay, G.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vranken, S. (2017). Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species. Eur. J. Taxon. 389: 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.389, more
- Whelan, M.V.; Kocot, K.M.; Moroz, T.P.; Mukherjee, K.; Williams, P.; Paulay, G.; Moroz, L.L.; Halanych, K.M. (2017). Ctenophore relationships and their placement as the sister group to all other animals. Nature Ecology & Evolution 1(11): 1737-1746. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0331-3, more
- DiBattista, J.; Roberts, M.; Bouwmeester, J.; Bowen, B.; Coker, D.; Lozano-Cortes, D.; Howard Choat, J.; Gaither, M.; Hobbs, J.; Khalil, M.; Kochzius, M.; Myers, R.; Paulay, G.; Robitzch, V.; Saenz-Agudelo, P.; Salas, E.; Sinclair-Taylor, T.; Toonen, R.; Westneat, M.; Williams, S.; Berumen, M. (2016). A review of contemporary patterns of endemism for shallow water reef fauna in the Red Sea. J. Biogeogr. 43(3): 423-439. dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12649, more
- Bracken-Grissom, H.; Collins, A.G.; Collins, T.; Crandall, K.; Distel, D.; Dunn, C.; Giribet, G.; Haddock, S.; Knowlton, N.; Martindale, M.; Medina, M.; Messing, C.; O'Brien, S.J.; Paulay, G.; Putnam, N.; Ravasi, T.; Rouse, G.W.; Ryan, J.F.; Schulze, A.; Wörheide, G.; Adamska, M.; Bailly, X.; Breinholt, J.; Browne, W.E.; Diaz, M.C.; Evans, N.; Flot, J.-F.; Fogarty, N.; Johnston, M.; Kamel, B.; Kawahara, A.Y.; Laberge, T.; Lavrov, D.; Michonneau, F.; Moroz, L.L.; Oakley, T.; Osborne, K.; Pomponi, S.A.; Rhodes, A.; Rodriguez-Lanetty, M.; Santos, S.R.; Satoh, N.; Thacker, R.W.; Van de Peer, Y.; Voolstra, C.R.; Welch, D.M.; Winston, J.; Zhou, X. (2014). The Global Invertebrate Genomics Alliance (GIGA): developing community resources to study diverse invertebrate genomes. J. Hered. 105(1): 1-18. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jhered/est084, more
- Duffy, J.M.; Amaral-Zettler, L.A.; Fautin, D.G.; Paulay, G.; Rynearson, T.A.; Sosik, H.M.; Stachowicz, J.J. (2013). Envisioning a marine biodiversity observation network. BioScience 63(5): 350-361. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/bio.2013.63.5.8, more
- Kim, S.W.; Kerr, A.M.; Paulay, G. (2013). Colour, confusion, and crossing: resolution of species problems in Bohadschia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 168(1): 81-97. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12026, more
- Michonneau, F.; Borrero-Perez, G.H.; Honey, M.; Kamarudin, K.R.; Kerr, A.M.; Kim, S.; Menez, M.A.; Miller, A.; Ocha, J.A.; Olavides, R.D.; Paulay, G.; Samyn, Y.; Setyastuti, A.; Solis-Marin, F.; Starmer, J.; Vandenspiegel, D. (2013). The littoral sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) of Guam re-assessed - a diversity curve that still does not asymptote. Cah. Biol. Mar. 54(4): 531-540, more
- Appeltans, W.; Ahyong, S.T.; Anderson, G.; Angel, M.V.; Artois, T.; Bailly, N.; Bamber, R.N.; Barber, A.; Bartsch, I.; Berta, A.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz , M.; Bock, P.; Boxshall, G.; Boyko, C.B.; Nunes Brandão, S.; Bray, R.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Chan, T.-Y.; Cheng, L.; Collins, A.G.; Cribb, T.H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Davie, P.J.F.; Dawson, M.N.; De Clerck, O.; Decock, W.; De Grave, S.; de Voogd, N.J.; Domning, D.P.; Emig, C.C.; Erséus, Ch.; Eschmeyer, W.; Fauchald, K.; Fautin, D.G.; Feist, S.W.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Furuya, H.; García-Alvarez, O.; Gerken, S.; Gibson, D.; Gittenberger, A.; Gofas, S.; Gómez-Daglio, L.; Gordon, D.P.; Guiry, M.D.; Hernandez, F.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Jaume, D.; Kirk, P.; Koedam, N.; Koenemann, S.; Kolb, J.B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kroh, A.; Lambert, G.; Lazarus, D.B.; Lemaitre, R.; Longshaw, M.; Lowry, J.; MacPherson, E.; Madin, L.P.; Mah, C.; Mapstone, G.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Messing, C.G.; Mills, C.E.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Mooi, R.; Neuhaus, B.; Ng, P.K.L.; Nielsen, C.; Norenburg, J.; Opresko, D.M.; Osawa, M.; Paulay, G.; Perrin, W.; Pilger, J.F.; Poore, G.C.B.; Pugh, Ph.R.; Read, G.B.; Reimer, J.D.; Rius, M.; Rocha, R.M.; Sáiz Salinas, J.I.; Scarabino, V.; Schierwater, B.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Schnabel, K.E.; Schotte, M.; Schuchert, P.; Schwabe, E.; Segers, H.; Self-Sullivan, C.; Shenkar, N.; Siegel, V.; Sterrer, W.; Stöhr, S.; Swalla, B.; Tasker, M.L.; Thuesen, E.V.; Timm, T.; Todaro, M.A.; Turon, X.; Tyler, S.; Uetz, P.; van der Land, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Walker-Smith, G.K.; Walter, T.C.; Warren, A.; Williams, G.C.; Wilson, S.P.; Costello, M.J. (2012). The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22(23): 2189-2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036, more
- Fukami, H.; Budd, A.F.; Paulay, G.; Solé-Cava, A.; Chen, C.A.; Iwao, K.; Knowlton, N. (2004). Conventional taxonomy obscures deep divergence between Pacific and Atlantic corals. Nature (Lond.) 427(6977): 832-835. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature02339, more
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| Peer reviewed publications (4) [show] |
- Samyn, Y.; Kerr, A.; O’Loughlin, M.; Massin, C.; Pawson, D.L.; Rowe, F.W.E.; Smiley, S.; Solis-Marin, F.A.; Thandar, A.S.; VandenSpiegel, D.; Paulay, G. (2010). Using sea cucumbers to illustrate the basics of zoological nomenclature. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin 30: 33-40, more
- O'Loughlin, P.M.; Paulay, G.; VandenSpiegel, D.; Samyn, Y. (2007). New Holothuria species from Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae), with comments on the origin of deep and cool holothuriids. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 64: 35-52, more
- Paulay, G. (2001). Benthic ecology and biota of Tarawa atoll lagoon: influence of equatorial upwelling, circulation, and human harvest. Atoll Res. Bull. 487: 1-41, more
- Tebano, T.; Paulay, G. (2001). Variable recruitment and changing environments create a fluctuating resource: the biology of Anadara uropigimelana (Bivalvia: Arcidae) on Tarawa atoll. Atoll Res. Bull. 488: 1-15, more
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