Diversity of West African cirratulid polychaetes
This is a suggestion for a Degree Project for Bachelor's and Master's levels at the Department of Marine Sciences. Degree projects at the Department of Marine Sciences are done independently and must be written and assessed individually.
Subject: Marine Biology
Project level: Master
Project time: 1 year (60 ects)
Project start: Flexible
Location: Tjärnö Marine Laboratory
Supervisors: Arne Nygren, Maël Grosse, Jon Anders Kongsrud (Natural History Museum Bergen)
Project Background
Polychaetes, or bristle worms, are present an abundant in all of the Ocean’s environment. However, we only know a fraction of the extent diversity of this large group, especially in poorly studied regions such as the South Atlantic.
Project Description
The aim of the project is to assess the diversity of cirratulid polychaetes collected during several expeditions to West Africa. This will be dome using morphological (microscopy) and molecular (DNA barcoding) techniques in an integrative taxonomy approach. It is very likely that species new to science will be discovered.
Contact
Maël Grosse
Email: mael.grosse@gu.se
Arne Nygren
Email: arne.nygren@marine.gu.se