Dr.
Elizabeth Wenner : David M. Knott
: Dr. Rachael King : Susan
Thornton-DeVictor
Dr. Rachael King
SERTC Manager, Marine Invertebrate Taxonomist
Southeastern Regional Taxonomic Center
Marine Resources Research Institute
PO Box 12559,
Charleston, SC 29422-2559, USA
KingR@dnr.sc.gov
Office: 843-953-9794
Fax: 843-953-9820
Degrees: PhD (2001); The University of Melbourne,
Australia.
Research interests: Marine invertebrate systematics
(specialized in crustacean systematics), benthic invertebrate
biodiversity studies, phylogenetic analyses.
Associations: Editor of The Ecdysiast (newsletter
of The Crustacean Society)
Recent publications:
King, R.A., 2000. Rediagnosis of the endemic Southern Australian
genus Parastacilla Hale, 1924 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Arcturidae)
with descriptions of two new species. Memoirs of Museum Victoria
58(1):125-136.
King, R.A. and Poore, G.C.B., 2001. Redescription of the tropical
Australian Isopod, Lyidotea nodata Hale, 1929 (Crustacea:
Idoteidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 58(2): 365-371.
King, R.A. and Poore, G.C.B., 2001. Diagnosis of Arcturopsis
Koehler, 1911 and redescription of A. giardi (Bonnier,
1896) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Arcturidae). Zoosystema 23(3):467-477.
King, R.A., 2003. First valid record of Astacilla Cordiner,
1793 in Australia, with description of a new species (Crustacea:
Isopoda: Arcturidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum
21:359-366.
King, R.A., 2003. Neastacilla Tattersall 1921 (comb.
nov.) redefined with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea:
Isopoda: Arcturidae). Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60(2): 241-286.
King, R.A. and Holmes, J.M.C. 2004. A new species of Ischyrocerus
(Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Ireland with a review of Ischyrocerus
anguipes
from the North East Atlantic. Journal of Natural History, 38 (14):
1757-1772.
King, R.A., Myers, A.A. & McGrath, D., 2004. A review of shallow
water Irish and British Harpinia Boeck (Crustacea: Amphipoda:
Phoxocephalidae) species including the first detailed descriptions
of the males of Harpinia laevis Sars and Harpinia
pectinata Sars. Journal of Natural History (UK) 38(10): 1263-1286.
King, R.A., Myers, A.A. and McGrath, D. 2004. Review of Ampelisca
aequicornis-type species from the British Isles. Journal
of the Marine
Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84: 155-164.
King, R.A. 2004. A description of Harpinia karamani sp.
nov. (Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae) from the Mediterranean, with
a redescription of Harpinia truncata Sars, 1891. Zootaxa
724: 1-10 (15 November 2004)
R.W. Heard, W. W. Price, D. M. Knott, R. A. King, and D. M. Allen.
2006. A taxonomic guide to the mysids of the South Atlantic Bight.
NOAA Professional Papers NMFS 4. 37 pp. (http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/pp4.pdf)
King R.A. and Cawood, A. 2007. A revision of the isopod genus
Chiridotea (Valvifera: Chaetiliidae). Journal of Crustacean
Biology 27(1): 121-139.
R.W. Heard, R.A. King, D.M. Knott, B.P. Thoma, and S. Thornton-DeVictor.
In press. A guide to the Thalassinidea (Crustacea: Malacostraca:
Decapoda) of the South Atlantic Bight. NOAA Professional Papers
Series.
King, R.A. In press. Ampeliscids of the Great Barrier Reef. Zootaxa
(to be part of a larger reference to the GBR amphipods)
R.W. Heard and R.A. King. In press. Crosneira wennerae,
a new species of thalassinidean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thomasiniidae)
from the South Atlantic Bight. Zootaxa.
R.W. Heard, R.A. King, D. M. Knott, and T. Hansknecht. In prep.
A Guide to the Tanaidacea (Crustacea : Peracarida) of the South
Atlantic Bight. Zootaxa
King, R.A. In prep. Two new species of Accalathura (Isopoda:
Anthuridea) with a re-description of Accalathura crenulata
(Richardson, 1901). Zootaxa
King, R.A. and Poore, G.C.B. In prep. A phylogeny of the Arcturidae
(Crustacea: Isopoda). Invertebrate Taxonomy.
Web publications (interactive identification keys):
King, R.A., A.A. Myers and D. McGrath (2001-onwards). North-East
Atlantic and Mediterranean Amphipoda: Aoridae, Ampeliscidae,
Ampithoidae, Corophiidae, Hyalidae, Ischyroceridae, Photidae,
Phoxocephalidae. http://www.amphipoda.com;
http://crustacea.net
