Lauren Elizabeth Hughes is an Australian carcinologist and curator. She specialises in the study of amphipods.

Lauren E. Hughes
Born
Lauren Elizabeth Hughes
Alma materUniversity of New England
Scientific career
InstitutionsAustralian Museum
Natural History Museum, London
ThesisBiodiversity of Amphipods in the Solitary Islands New South Wales, Australia (2007)
Author abbrev. (zoology)Hughes

Education and career edit

Hughes graduated from the University of New England, Armidale with a PhD in 2007. Her thesis was titled "Biodiversity of Amphipods in the Solitary Islands New South Wales, Australia".[1]

As of 2022, Hughes is principal curator of invertebrates at the Natural History Museum, London.[2] Prior to this, she worked at the Australian Museum in Sydney.

Hughes and zoologist James K. Lowry have described a number of amphipods in a number of joint papers.[3][4][5]

Her zoological author abbreviation is Hughes.[6]

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References edit

  1. ^ Hughes, Lauren Elizabeth (2007). Biodiversity of Amphipods in the Solitary Islands New South Wales, Australia (Thesis).
  2. ^ "Dr Lauren Hughes". Natural History Museum. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ^ L. E. Hughes; J. K. Lowry (18 March 2015). "Two new species of Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 from Australia: Riwo zeidleri and Socarnella delectabilis (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda)". Zootaxa. 3936 (1): 82–92. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3936.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25947422. Wikidata Q29461747.
  4. ^ J. K. Lowry; L E Hughes (1 January 2013). "Stebbingiella Marques-Junior & Senna, 2013 in the family Paragammaropsidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata)". Zootaxa. 3682 (4): 599–600. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.3682.4.13. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 25243317. Wikidata Q29469174.
  5. ^ L. E. HUGHES; J. K. LOWRY (8 October 2009). "Oedicerotidae". Zootaxa. 2260 (1): 746–758. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2260.1.40. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97499309.
  6. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Elasmopus arafura". Retrieved 16 October 2022.

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