Dr Lauren Hughes
Principal Curator in Charge, Invertebrates
Division: LS Invertebrates Division
Summary
As a Principal Curator in Charge I work with research and curation staff across non-insect invertebrates. My personal research interest is in amphipod Crustacea taxonomy as a platform to understand broader concepts in systematics, biogeography, invasive species and natural history studies. I work across Indo-Pacific and Atlantic collections, investigating biodiversity, with a current focus on Southern Hemisphere Coastal Talitridae, Falkland Islands biodiversity and Australian Deep Sea Peracarids.
Grants
The description of coastal, salt marsh and wet-forest talitrid amphipods of Australia (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae)
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Lugli E
Funding: Australian Biological Resources Study
Dates: 2018 - on going
Seaweeds through space and time: building tools for managing the Falkland Islands’ unique coastal biodiversity
Role: Principal investigatorBrodie JA
Co-investigator: Mrowicki R
Funding: Falkland Island Government
Total value £9,480.50 (to Museum £9,480.50)
Dates: 2019 - 2019
The description of coastal, salt marsh and wet-forest talitrid amphipods of Australia (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Talitridae)
Role: Principal investigator
Co-investigator: Lugli E
Funding: Australian Biological Resources Study
Dates: 2018 - on going
Publications
HUGHES LE (null) <p><strong><em>Lepidepecreoides</em> <em>stoddartae</em> sp. nov. from the Falkland Islands </strong><strong>(Amphipoda: Tryphosidae)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4816 (1) : 108 - 114. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.1.7
HUGHES LE, BRUCE NL, OSBORN K (null) <strong><em>Aegiochus</em> <em>gracilipes</em> (Hansen, 1895) a senior synonym of Aegiochus tara Bruce, 2009 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae)</strong>. Zootaxa, 4803 (2) : 388 - 392. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.2.10
Hughes LE, Lörz A-N (null) Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea). Evolutionary Systematics, 3 (1) : 41 - 52. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.3.35340
Jażdżewska AM, Corbari L, Driskell A, Frutos I, Havermans C, Hendrycks E, Hughes L, Lörz A-N, Stransky B, Tandberg AHS, Vader W, Brix S (null) A genetic fingerprint of Amphipoda from Icelandic waters – the baseline for further biodiversity and biogeography studies. ZooKeys, 731 : 55 - 73. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.731.19931
Brix S, Lörz A-N, Jazdzewska A, Hughes L, Tandberg AH, Pabis K, Stransky B, Krapp-Schickel T, Sorbe J-C, Hendrycks E, Vader WJM, Frutos I, Horton T, Jazdzewski K, Peart R, Beermann J, Coleman CO, Buhl-Mortensen L, Corbari L, Havermans C, Tato R, Jimenez Campean A (null) Amphipod family distributions around Iceland. ZooKeys, 731 : 41 - 53. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.731.19854
Hughes LE, Lindsay D (2017) Pseudocallisoma coecum (Holmes, 1908) (Amphipoda, Scopelocheiridae) and Lanceola clausi clausi Bovallius, 1885 (Amphipoda, Lanceolidae) associated with Poralia rufescens Vanhöffen, 1902 (Scyphozoa, Ulmaridae). Crustaceana, 90 (11-12) : 1303 - 1318. doi: 10.1163/15685403-00003709
Hughes LE (2017) Review of Xenocheira Haswell, 1879 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Aoridae). Records of the Australian Museum, 69 (4) : 223 - 236. doi: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1664
HUGHES LE, LOWRY JK (null) Hermesorchestia alastairi gen. et sp. nov. from Australia (Talitridae: Senticaudata: Amphipoda: Crustacea). Zootaxa, 4311 (4) : 491 - 491. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.3
Hughes LE, Ahyong ST (2017) The identity of the Australian sand-hopper Talorchestia pravidactyla Haswell, 1880 (Amphipoda: Talitridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 37 (1) : 53 - 62. doi: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruw003
Sotka EE, Bell T, Hughes LE, Lowry JK, Poore AGB (2017) A molecular phylogeny of marine amphipods in the herbivorous family Ampithoidae. Zoologica Scripta, 46 (1) : 85 - 95. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12190
Hughes LE, Poore AGB (2016) Biancolina japonica Ishimaru 1996: first record of this burrowing amphipod from Australia and a review of host use in the genus Biancolina (Amphipoda: Peracarida: Crustacea). Marine Biodiversity Records, 9 (1) : doi: 10.1186/s41200-016-0040-7
Hughes LE, Takeuchi I (2016) Two new species of Quadrisegmentum (Phtisicidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea) from the Central Indo-Pacific, with notes on the type species Q. triangulum Hirayama, 1988. Records of the Australian Museum, 68 (5) : 231 - 244. doi: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.68.2016.1663
Fanini L, Hughes LE, Springthorpe R, Tosetto L, Lowry JK (2016) Surface activity patterns of macrofauna on pocket, tidal beaches: Insights into the role of wrack and artificial lighting. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 7 : 63 - 71. doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2016.05.007
Hughes LE (2016) Designation of neotypes for Cyrtophium orientale Dana, 1853, Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853) and P. cristatus (Thomson, 1879) and the description of a new species Podocerus cyrenensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Podoceridae). RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY, 312 - 330.
Hughes LE, Ahyong ST (2016) Collecting and processing amphipods. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 36 (4) : 584 - 588. doi: 10.1163/1937240x-00002450
Hossain MB, Hughes LE (2016) New species Victoriopisa bruneiensis and Apocorophium acutum (Chevreux, 1908) from Brunei (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda).. Zootaxa, 4117 (3) : 375 - 386. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.5
HUGHES LAURENE (2016) New genera, species and records of Maeridae from Australian Waters: Austromaera, Ceradocus, Glossomaera, Hamimaera, Huonella gen. nov. Linguimaera and Maeraceterus gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda). Zootaxa, 4115 (1) : 1 - 1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4115.1.1
Hughes LE (2016) Mallacoota misool, a new species of Maeridae from West Papua (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda).. Zootaxa, 4072 (5) : 589 - 592. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.7
Hughes LE, Kaji T (2016) Description of a new species of Quadrivisio Stebbing, 1907, from Songkhla Lake, Thailand (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda: Maeridae). RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY, 64 : 351 - 359.
Hughes LE (2015) Maeridae from the Indo-Pacific: Elasmopus, Leeuwinella gen. nov., Maeropsis, Pseudelasmopus and Quadrimaera (Amphipoda: Crustacea).. Zootaxa, 4059 (2) : 201 - 256. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4059.2.1
HUGHES LE, LOWRY JK (null) <strong>A review of the world Cyphocarididae with description of three new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea)</strong>. Zootaxa, 4058 (1) : 1 - 1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.1
LOWRY JK, HUGHES LE (null) <p><strong>Endevouridae, a review with description of four new species (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Lysianassoidea)</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 4018 (1) : 1 - 1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4018.1.1
Hughes LE (2015) Ampithoidae and Maeridae amphipods from Timor-Leste (Crustacea: Peracarida). Records of the Australian Museum, 67 (3) : 83 - 108. doi: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.67.2015.1644
Hughes LE, Lowry JK (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
Hughes LE, Peart RA (2015) Three new species of Exampithoe from Australia and New Zealand (Ampithoidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea).. Zootaxa, 3918 (4) : 559 - 570. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3918.4.5
Peart RA, Hughes LE (2014) Ampithoid amphipods from the South Pacific: Papua New Guinea, French Polynesia and New Caledonia. Journal of Natural History, 48 (13-14) : 739 - 861. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2013.825027
LOWRY JK, HUGHES LE (null) <i>Stebbingiella</i> Marques-Junior & Senna, 2013 in the family Paragammaropsidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Senticaudata). Zootaxa, 3682 (4) : 599 - 599. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.4.13
Hughes LE (null) Podoceridae of tropical Australia (Peracarida: Amphipoda). Records of the Australian Museum, 65 (1) : 1 - 37. doi: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.65.2013.1592
HUGHES LE, BOPIAH A (null) New species of <i>Nuuanu</i> (Amphipoda: Nuuanuidae) from Norfolk Island, Torres Strait and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Zootaxa, 3641 (2) : 165 - 165. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.2.4
HUGHES L, LÖRZ A-N (null) Family placement of the enigmatic <i>Otagia neozelanica</i> (Chilton, 1897) Haustorioidea: Otagiidae fam. nov. (Amphipoda: Crustacea). Zootaxa, 3636 (3) : 439 - 439. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.3
Bopiah A, Hughes LE (2013) New species and records of Mallacoota from the South Pacific (Maeridae: Amphipoda: Peracarida). Marine Biodiversity Records, 6 : doi: 10.1017/s1755267213000158
HUGHES LE, PEART RA (null) <p class="HeadingRunIn" align="left"><strong>New species and new records of Ampithoidae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) from Australian Waters</strong></p>. Zootaxa, 3719 (1) : 1 - 1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3719.1.1
Hughes LE (2012) New and little-known Podoceridae (Peracarida: Amphipoda) of southern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 64 (1) : 71 - 120. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.64.2012.1588
Hughes LE (2011) New species of Hoho, Mallacoota and Parelasmopus (Maeridae: Amphipoda) from Australian waters. ZOOTAXA, 1 - 79.
Hughes LE, Lowry JK (2011) The genusElasmopus(Crustacea: Amphipoda: Maeridae) in Australian waters. Journal of Natural History, 45 (9-10) : 579 - 628. doi: 10.1080/00222933.2010.534825
Hughes LE, Lowry JK (2010) Establishing a Neotype for Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853 and Its Presence as an Invasive Species in Temperate Australian Waters. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 30 (4) : 699 - 709. doi: 10.1651/10-3290.1
HUGHES LE (null) Exoedicerotidae. Zootaxa, 2260 (1) : 430 - 433. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.22
HUGHES LE (null) Megaluropidae. Zootaxa, 2260 (1) : 708 - 712. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.35
HUGHES LE (null) Platyischnopidae. Zootaxa, 2260 (1) : 828 - 835. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.45
HUGHES LE (null) Synopiidae. Zootaxa, 2260 (1) : 880 - 891. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.50
HUGHES LE (null) Paracalliopiidae. Zootaxa, 2260 (1) : 759 - 765. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.41
HUGHES LE, LOWRY JK (null) Ampithoidae. Zootaxa, 2260 (1) : 153 - 219. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.8
HUGHES LE, LOWRY JK (null) Oedicerotidae. Zootaxa, 2260 (1) : 746 - 758. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.40
Lowry JK, Hughes LE (2009) Maeridae, the Elasmopus group. ZOOTAXA, 643 - 702.
LOWRY JK, HUGHES LE (null) Iciliidae. Zootaxa, 2260 (1) : 453 - 457. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.25
Hughes LE (2009) Parelasmopus poorei a New Species of Maeridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Southern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 66 (1) : 77 - 80. doi: 10.24199/j.mmv.2009.66.9
Hughes LE, Lowry JK (2006) New species of Amphipoda (Crustacea : Peracarida) from the Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia. ZOOTAXA, 1 - 52.