Amanda "Mandy" Louise Reid is an Australian taxonomist and malacologist. She held the position of collection manager of malacology at the Australian Museum from 2010 to 2023. She is a published researcher and author. Her research has resulted in the description of many species of velvet worms and cephalopods.[1]
Amanda Reid | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Macquarie University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Malacology, taxonomy |
| Institutions | Australian Museum |
| Thesis | A systematic review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Noel Tait, David Briscoe, George Wilson |
Career edit
Reid is an alumna of Macquarie University, a public research university in Sydney, Australia, where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. She completed a Master of Science degree in 1990, with a thesis titled Taxonomic review of the Australian Rossiinae (Cephalopoda : Sepiolidae).[2] She completed a PhD in 1996, with a thesis titled A systematic review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia.[3]
Reid has an interest in cephalopods, particularly bobtail or bottletail squids (Sepiolidae), cuttlefishes (Sepiidae), and pygmy squids (Idiosepiidae). She has authored two books,[4] and her research has been published in a number of scientific journals, including Invertebrate Taxonomy, Bulletin of Marine Science, Australian Natural History, Zootaxa, and others.[5]
Reid is member of the Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA), the Cephalopod International Advisory Council, and Sustainable Population Australia.[1]
Books authored edit
- Norman M., Reid A. (2000) A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopuses of Australasia (The Gould League of Australia and CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).
- Reid A. (2016) Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne).
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Mandy Reid - Australian Museum". australianmuseum.net.au. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ Reid, Amanda Louise (1990), Taxonomic review of the Australian Rossiinae (Cephalopoda : Sepiolidae), retrieved 13 October 2020
- ^ Reid, Amanda Louise (1996), A systematic review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia, retrieved 13 October 2020
- ^ "A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopuses of Australasia | Gould League". gould.org.au. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
- ^ "Publications to 2010" (PDF). Australian Museum. Retrieved 1 May 2016.