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Dr. Michael L. Zettler

Michael L. Zettler
Address:
Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Biological Oceanography
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Phone:
+49 381 5197 236
Fax:
+49 381 5197 440
E-Mail:
 
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Expertise

Others

  • 1998, 2001, 2003, 2014 and 2016 successful attendance at the quality assurance courses within the Federation-Countries-Measuring-Program
  • Editorial Board: Lauterbornia (Dinkelscherben)
  • Chairman of Landesfachausschusses (LFA) Malakologie of NABU Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • taxonomy and ecology of freshwater molluscs (examples: Theodoxus, Marstoniopsis, Pisidium, Sphaerium, Unio, Anodonta, Pseudanodonta)
  • taxonomy and ecology of freshwater crustaceans (examples: Gammarus, Synurella, Pallasea, Dikerogammarus, Pontogammarus, Astacus)
  • monitoring of annex species of the EC Habitat Directive (molluscs: Anisus vorticulus, Unio crassus)

New Species

New TAXA for Science Class/Order Locus typicus
Pseudamnicola beckmani Glöer & Zettler, 2007 Gastropoda Spain
Pseudamnicola granjaensis Glöer & Beckmann, 2007 Gastropoda Spain
Heterospio angolana Bochert & Zettler, 2009 Polychaeta Angola
Marginella himburgae Massier & Zettler, 2009 Gastropoda Namibia
Gibbula massieri Rolán & Zettler, 2010 Gastropoda Namibia
Grandidierella ischienoplia Bochert & Zettler, 2010 Amphipoda Angola
Lanceophora lanceolata Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010 Holothuroidea Angola
Lanceophora Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010 Holothuroidea Angola
Ocnus paracorbulus Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010 Holothuroidea Namibia
Ocnus placominutus Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010 Holothuroidea Angola
Panningia pseudocurvata Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010 Holothuroidea Angola
Rhopalodinaria bocherti Thandar, Zettler & Arumugam, 2010 Holothuroidea Angola
Heterocuma ambrizetensis Bochert & Zettler, 2011 Cumacea Angola
Nebalia deborahae Bochert & Zettler, 2012 Leptostraca Namibia
Trochochaeta ankeae Bochert & Zettler, 2013 Polychaeta Angola
Wallametopa cylindrica Zettler & Glück, 2016 Amphipoda South Africa
Niphargus zarosiensis Zettler & Zettler, 2017 Amphipoda Greece
Aeginella corallina Zettler, Freiwald & Guerra-Garcia, 2018 Amphipoda Angola
Ledoyerella kunensis Zettler & Myers, 2018 Amphipoda Namibia
Afriscrobs ampliorscapus Böhmer & Zettler, 2020 Amphipoda Namibia
Polititapes parvovalis Zettler & Alf, 2021 Bivalvia Namibia
Bornia walvisensis Zettler & Hoffman, 2021 Bivalvia Namibia
Kurtiella namibiensis Zettler & Hoffman, 2021 Bivalvia Namibia
Scacchia aartseni Zettler & Hoffman, 2021 Bivalvia Namibia
Scacchia huberi Zettler & Hoffman, 2021 Bivalvia Namibia
Bithynia beloslavensis Glöer & Zettler, 2021 Gastropoda Bulgaria
Bithynia corfuensis Glöer & Zettler, 2021 Gastropoda Greece
Gyraulus messonghi Glöer & Zettler, 2021 Gastropoda Greece
Pseudamnicola kavosensis Glöer & Zettler, 2021 Gastropoda Greece
Pseudobithynia nigra Glöer & Zettler, 2021  Gastropoda Greece
Nucula nama Zettler & Hoffman, 2022 Bivalvia Namibia
Nucula kunenensis Zettler & Hoffman, 2022 Bivalvia Namibia
Dautzenbergia concavipalma Zettler, Hendrycks & Freiwald, 2022 Amphipoda Angola
Condylocardia damara Zettler & Hoffman, 2023 Bivalvia Namibia
Scopelocheirus sossi Zettler, Bastrop & Lowry, 2023 Amphipoda Namibia

 

Benthic communities

Benthic communities

Benthic communities in the Baltic Sea (Gogina et al. 2016)

Amphipods of the Baltic Sea drainage system

Amphipoda of the Baltic Sea and freshwater

Amphipoda of the Baltic Sea (marine and freshwater examples). A key book for marine and freshwater amphipods of the Baltic Sea drainage area.

see here: http://www.conchbooks.de/?t=53&u=41461

Bivalvia of the North and Baltic Seas

Muscheln Deutschlands

Identification guide of German marine bivalves of the North and Baltic Seas

see here: https://www.conchbooks.de/?t=53&u=49452

Macrozoobenthos off Namibia

Macrozoobenthos off Namibia

Macrozoobenthos of oxygen minimum zones off Namibia (Amorim & Zettler 2023)