Systematics of Tanaidacea (Crustacea) - Monographic Treatment and Database Implementation

我们的伙伴关系围绕着鲜为人知和了解的甲壳动物目Tanaidacea的分类和系统地位。尽管该目有超过820个命名物种，但一些公开发表的估计表明，这个数字还不到现存物种的四分之一。智力上的优点。这一伙伴关系的主要目标是汇集现有知识，并提供有关一个鲜为人知但具有重要生态意义的分类群生物多样性的重要新知识。这一合作伙伴关系的智力成果将是：1)培训两名博士生研究该类群的系统学；2)鉴定具有系统发育信息并适合用于该类群分支分析的形态特征；3)通过在该目广泛抽样(见所附物种列表)并建立该目的分子系统学，深入研究各种基因在该目分子分析中的适用性和实用性；4)出版一本关于无形目亚目的一科--石龙科的专著；5)出版因分子系统学和形态系统学、新分类群(种、属、科的描述和诊断)和对鲜为人知的分类群的重新描述而产生的分类订正；6)在整个研究期间更新Tanaidacea网站。更广泛的影响。这个项目的更广泛的好处将是培养学生，他们将获得生物学核心分支学科的知识，从而有助于确保分类学和分类学领域的连续性。该项目将特别是利用迅速发展的分子系统学工具，开始澄清斑节目动物分类和系统学中神秘的方面。所有合作伙伴所代表的专门知识将共同涵盖各种分类学和系统知识的具体和更广泛的方面，这些知识是培训新一代生物学家采用多学科方法研究藻类分类所必需的。与J.L.Scott海洋教育中心和水族馆的合作将有助于教育感兴趣的公众了解Tanaidacea的存在和重要性。将使用放大图像的静态展览来展示这些大型无脊椎动物，并将编制一份以外行人术语编写的教育传单，描述栖息地、地理位置、营养需求以及Tanaidacea在河口、海洋和食物链中的作用和重要性。

Our partnership centers around the taxonomic and systematic status of the poorly known and understood crustacean order Tanaidacea. Although over 820 named species comprise the Order, some published estimates suggest that this number represents less than a fourth of the extant species. Intellectual merit. The primary goals of this partnership are to assemble existing knowledge and to provide significant new knowledge concerning the biodiversity of a poorly known but ecologically significant taxon. The intellectual products of the partnership will be: 1) the training of two doctoral students in the systematics of the group; 2) identifying morphological characters that are phylogenetically informative and suitable for use in a cladistic analysis of the group; 3) an in-depth examination of the suitability and utility of various genes for use in molecular analyses of the order by sampling broadly across the order (see attached species list) and building a molecular phylogeny of the Tanaidacea; 4) the production of a monograph on the Kalliapseudidae, one of the families of the Suborder Apseudomorpha; 5) the publication of taxonomic revisions arising from molecular phylogeny and morphological systematics, new taxa (descriptions and diagnoses of species, genera, families), and redescriptions of poorly known taxa; and 6) the Tanaidacea web site will be updated throughout the study period. Broader Impacts. The broader merits of this project will be to train students who will gain knowledge in a core sub-discipline of biology, thus helping to assure continuity in the fields of taxonomy and systematics. This project will initiate the clarification of the arcane aspects of tanaidacean taxonomy and systematics, especially utilizing the rapidly growing tools of molecular phylogeny. Together the expertise represented by all the partners will cover both specific and broader aspects of the various types of taxonomic and systematic knowledge that is required to train a new generation of biologists in the multi-discipline approach in the taxonomy of the Tanaidacea. A partnership with the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center and Aquarium will help to educate the interested public about the existence and importance of the Tanaidacea. A static exhibit with enlarged images will be used to display these macroinvertebrates, and an educational leaflet, written in layman's terms, will be developed describing the habitat, geographical locations, nutritional requirements and the role and importance of the Tanaidacea in estuaries and oceans and in the food chain.