RUI: REVSYS: Monographing the Lampropidae (Crustacea: Cumacea)

Cumaceans是生活在海洋沉积物中的小型甲壳类动物，通常在海洋采样计划、鱼和鸟的胃以及夜间浮游生物样本中遇到。尽管浅层砂质沉积物中也可能有大量的孜然类动物，但随着深度的增加和沉积物粒度的减小，孜然类动物的密度和多样性有增加的趋势。许多标本的鉴定从未超出锥形目的水平，这在很大程度上是由于缺乏合成作品和鉴定工具，如专著和数据库。在已知的8个伞形目植物中，只有1个被专著记载。这项建议的目的是完成一部关于鳗科的专著和数据库。专著收集和综合了关于一组生物体的所有可用知识，并包括鉴定关键字，使非专家有可能准确地鉴定标本。Delta是一套程序，其中包括一个分类学数据库和一个互动的图文并茂的鉴定程序，该程序可以在网络上传播，促进物种鉴定。专著和数据库都将通过一个网站传播，该网站将包括关于海洋生物的一般信息，以及供系统学家使用的信息。随着人类对海洋的影响增加，人们普遍认识到，海洋生物多样性的记录严重不足。该项目将通过描述新属和新物种，直接增加对海洋生物多样性的了解。三名本科生将接受系统学实践方面的培训，他们是未来的教师。学生们将了解生物多样性的重要性，认识到还有多少东西是未知的，以及在科学研究过程中的经验，这将加强他们未来对科学的教学。为了保持全球竞争力，美国必须加强公民的科学教育，而改善未来教师的科学教育有望增强他们有效教授科学的能力。

Cumaceans are small crustaceans that live in marine sediments, commonly encountered in marine sampling programs, fish and bird stomachs, and night plankton samples. The density and diversity of cumaceans tends to increase with depth and decreasing sediment grain size, although cumaceans can also be abundant in shallow sandy sediments. Many specimens are never identified beyond the level of the order Cumacea, due in large part to a lack of synthesizing works and identification tools such as monographs and databases. Of the eight recognized families of Cumacea, only one has been monographed. The objective of this proposal it to complete a monograph and database for the family Lampropidae. A monograph collects and synthesizes all the available knowledge about a group of organisms and includes identification keys, making it possible for non-specialists to identify specimens with accuracy. DELTA is a package of programs that includes a taxonomic database and an interactive, illustrated identification program, which can be web-disseminated and facilitates species identifications. Both the monograph and database will be disseminated through a website, which will include general information about the Cumacea, in addition to information for systematists.As human impacts on the oceans increase, it is widely recognized that marine bio-diversity is significantly under-recorded. This project will increase knowledge about the diversity of marine life directly through the description of new genera and new species. Three undergraduate students who are future teachers will be trained in the practice of systematics. The students will come away with an understanding of the importance of biodiversity and recognition of how much remains unknown, as well as experience in the process of scientific research, which will enhance their own teaching about science in the future. In order to remain competitive globally, the U.S. must enhance the science education of our citizens, and improving the science education of future teachers is expected to enhance their ability to teach science effectively.