PEET: Crustacean Systematics: Monographic Research in the Leptostraca, Conchostraca, and Brachyura

PEET：甲壳动物系统学：薄甲类、甲壳类和短甲类的专题研究

• 批准号: 9978193
• 负责人: Joel Martin
• 金额: $ 74.95万
• 依托单位: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9978193&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: PEET; Crustacean; Systematics; Monographic; Research

9978193 Martin and JacobsAlthough third in number of species (behind insects and molluscs), crustaceansare the most morphologically diverse group of animals on earth. The NaturalHistory Museum of Los Angeles County (LACM) contains the country's secondlargest collection of crustaceans and is a logical staging area for broad-based training in crustacean monography and systematics. Area universities such as UCLA offer exceptional opportunities for the integration of museum-based monographic and taxonomic research with modern systematic and molecular laboratory training and coursework. This project supports student training and monographic and systematic research in three broad areas of crustacean diversity where current world expertise is lacking: (1) the order Leptostraca; (2) the branchiopod order Conchostraca (Spinicaudata); and (3) the infraorder Decapoda (superfamily Xanthoidea). The Leptostraca contains small (6-15 mm) marine detritivores and scavengers of tremendous ecological importance and phylogenetic significance. The Conchostraca (clam shrimp) are members of the class Branchiopoda, an ancient and presumed primitive lineage extending back to the middle Cambrian; all are restricted to freshwater ephemeral pond habitats and are thus species of special conservation concern. Among the decapod crustaceans, few groups are as troublesome as the former family Xanthidae, an enormous assemblage of brachyuran (true) crabs that contains some 130 genera and well over 2,000 species. Our work will be restricted initially to the "Carpiliid" line, most members of which are small to large crabs found on or near tropical reefs. We will train three doctoral students over a 5-year period as graduate students of UCLA, working jointly with LACM curatorial staff. Morphological systematic and monographic research overseen by Martin at LACM will be complemented by molecular genetic studies guided by Jacobs at UCLA. Trainees will become well versed in database management and web sitedevelopment via formal coursework at UCLA and through the construction of their own monograph web pages; each student will oversee the creation of arelational database that will be posted on the web.

9978193 Martin 和 Jacobs 尽管甲壳类动物的物种数量位居第三（仅次于昆虫和软体动物），但它却是地球上形态最多样化的动物群。 洛杉矶县自然历史博物馆 (LACM) 拥有美国第二大甲壳类动物收藏，是甲壳类专题和系统学广泛培训的合理集结地。 加州大学洛杉矶分校等地区大学为将基于博物馆的专题研究和分类学研究与现代系统和分子实验室培训和课程相结合提供了绝佳的机会。 该项目支持当前世界缺乏专业知识的甲壳类多样性三大领域的学生培训以及专题和系统研究：（1）薄甲目； (2)鳃足目Conchostraca (Spinicaudata)； (3) 十足目下目（Xanthoidea 超科）。 细甲类含有小型（6-15 毫米）海洋碎屑动物和食腐动物，具有巨大的生态重要性和系统发育意义。 壳虾（Conchostraca）是鳃足纲（Branchiopoda）的成员，这是一个古老的、推测的原始谱系，可以追溯到寒武纪中期。所有这些都仅限于淡水短暂的池塘栖息地，因此是受到特别保护关注的物种。 在十足目甲壳类动物中，很少有群体像前科 Xanthidae 那样麻烦，这是一个巨大的短蟹类群，包含约 130 个属和 2,000 多个物种。 我们的工作最初将仅限于“Carpiliid”线，其中大多数成员都是在热带珊瑚礁上或附近发现的小型到大型螃蟹。 我们将与 LACM 策展人员合作，在 5 年时间内培养 3 名博士生作为 UCLA 的研究生。 由 LACM 的 Martin 监督的形态学系统和专题研究将得到 UCLA 的 Jacobs 指导的分子遗传学研究的补充。 学员将通过加州大学洛杉矶分校的正式课程以及构建自己的专着网页，精通数据库管理和网站开发；每个学生将监督关系数据库的创建，并将其发布在网络上。