Shane_T._Ahyong

Shane T. Ahyong

Shane T. Ahyong

Australian zoologist specialising in marine invertebrates

Shane Timothy Ahyong is an Australian zoologist specialising in marine invertebrates.[1] Since 2010 he has worked as a senior principal research scientist at the Australian Museum.[1] Following his Ph.D. he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Australian Museum and in 2006 left to manage Marine Biodiversity and Biosecurity Group and Marine Invasives Taxonomic Service within the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research in New Zealand.[1]

He earned his B.Sc. (Hon) and Ph.D. (in 2000, with the thesis, The phylogeny of the Stomatopoda with a revision of the Australian fauna)[2] from the University of New South Wales.[1]

He is an editor of the World Register of Marine Species,[3] and since 2017 has served as a commissioner for the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature.[4] He is a past president of The Crustacean Society.[4]

His zoological author abbreviation is Ahyong.[5] He has authored over 200 taxa.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Prof Shane Ahyong Staff Profile". Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  2. [2]
    Shane T. Ahyong (2000), The phylogeny of the Stomatopoda with a revision of the Australian fauna, doi:10.26190/UNSWORKS/14608, hdl:1959.4/69996, Wikidata Q116921196
  3. [3]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - IMIS: Editors: Shane Ahyong". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Shane T. Ahyong | International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature". www.iczn.org. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. [5]
    "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Dinochelus ausubeli Ahyong, Chan & Bouchet, 2010". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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