Reef Biodiversity Research at the Florida Museum of Natural History

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Reef biodiversity research at the Florida Museum of Natural History Gustav Paulay, John Slapcinsky, Mandy Bemis, Sarah McPherson, Machel Malay, Sea McKeon, Francois Michonneau, John Starmer, Jada White Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville FL 32611-7800 USA, http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/malacology/

BIOTAS – SW Indian Ocean

100 FPMAR114-08|BFLA-212|Pachy cheles FPMAR217-08|BFLA-320|Porcellanidae

76 FPM AR143-08|BFLA-246|Calanoida 88 FPM AR136-08|BFLA-243|Calanoida

6 FPMAR028-08|BFLA-133|Phragmatopoma la... 100 FPMAR018-08|BFLA-122|Phragmatopoma la...

2 100 FPMAR055-08|BFLA-158|Solemya occident... FPMAR054-08|BFLA-157|Solemya occident...

100 FPM AR185-08|BFLA-277|Sc rupocellaria FPM AR184-08|BFLA-279|Sc rupocellaria

57 FPMAR234-08|BFLA-193|Laevicardium pictum 100 FPM AR276-08|BFLA-347|Laevic ardium ser...

61 FPMAR275-08|BFLA-342|Arcopsis adam si FPMAR262-08|BFLA-314|Noetia ponderosa 92 FPMAR269-08|BFLA-336|Barbatia candida 100 FPMAR267-08|BFLA-334|Barbatia candida CURATION FPMAR016-08|BFLA-115|Lim a caribaea FPMAR256-08|BFLA-302|Pinctada imbricata Marine Biodiversity Survey of Guam and the Marianas 0.05 Curation and databasing Brought together records of 5640 marine species (see attached volume – available here Work on speciation usually includes comprehensive geographic and phylogenetic sampling. Calcinus latens species complex: make information from Arabian form (left), widespread form (middle), Hawaiian form (right). biodiversity surveys useful or from [email protected]), about a third were photo-documented (see URL in and accessible , and are title).100% REVISIONARY SYSTEMATICS 1981 2002 central to the operation of Biodiversity information hinges on quality of underlying taxonomy. Systematic revisions using 80% FLMNH-IZ. We curate and Increasing integrative techniques are essential for reliable taxonomy and a major focus at FLMNH-IZ. database incoming 60% knowledge through collections from biodiversity large-scale surveys: surveys within 12 months. 40% proportion of species known from Guam in FLMNH-IZ serves the 20% 1981 checklist vs. second largest number of after surveys 0% invertebrate records in the Curation of incoming collection (above); a a a Algae Fishes Echiura Forams Anomura Actiniaria Sipuncula

search interface for FLMNH-IZ (below) Polychaeta Scleractinia world online. A dedicated Hydrocorals Octocorallia hinodermat rosobranchi isthobranchi cc PP E tissue collection and photo- Op database are underway. Informatics efforts to link Census of Coral Reefs - Hawaii these and survey CReefs is a collaborative survey to characterize (voucher, database, photo-document, NSF-PEET effort is databases are under barcode) reef biodiversity, with first effort focused on French Frigate Shoals, NW focused at revising development. Hawaiian Islands National Monument, where over 1000 species were documented. See reef-associated sea Moffitt et al’s talk and abstract. cucumbers, see Michonneau et al talk & abstract BioCode – French Polynesia Use TRAINING BioCode’ s objective is to document and The information content of collections is extracted througgggph use. Engage in this public resource As a university affiliated museum, genetically characterize “all” species on online, through loans, or come and visit us! FLMNH offers excellent opportunities Moorea. The marine invertebrate component for training. Undergraduates, aims to voucher, database, photo-document, Acknowledgements graduate students, postdocs and and sequence ~5000 species of invertebrates. Curation has been supported by many students and technicians over the years and funding visitors are involved in field work, Preliminary field work in 2006 netted ~1000 from NSF, State of Florida, and the McGinty Foundation. Biodiversity and sequencing surveys curation, and pursue specimen-based species (http://biocode.berkeley.edu/); Putative new species of hermit crab and have benefited greatly from participation and identification efforts of many, and funding by the research (left). current surveys start this fall. anemone (left one) from CReefs Moore Foundation, Sloan Foundation, NSF, NCI, NOAA, DOI, DOD, SeaGrant, ANR-France, Photo above courtesy of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands State Marine Refuge, NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center and CReefs, in accordance with permit numbers NWHIMNM-2006-015, 2006-01, 2006-017, and DLNR.NWHI06R021 and associated amendments. Florida Institute of Oceanography, University of Florida, and Sultan Qaboos University.