Dr. Michael L. Zettler
Address:
Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Biological Oceanography
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Biological Oceanography
Seestrasse 15
D-18119 Rostock
Germany
Phone:
+49 381 5197 236
Fax:
+49 381 5197 440
E-Mail:
Research gate
Orcid IDExpertise
- Leader of the Working Group on Ecology of benthic organisms
- Guidance of research projects
- Sampling of benthic organisms at Sea (North and Baltic Sea)
- Examination of the benthos samples
- Video and habitat mapping of the Baltic Sea
- Teaching of bachelor, master phd students
- Taxonomy and ecology of benthic organisms (Biodiversity and checklist of macrozoobenthos of the southern Baltic Sea)
- Relationships between macrozoobenthos and environmental parameters (modelling and prediction of benthic patterns)
- Benthic live in oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), e.g. Namibia, Chile, St Lawrence (Canada)
- Characterisiation of NATURA-2000-sites (habitat types, macrozoobenthos) in the EEZ of the German Baltic Sea
- Macrozoobenthos investigations off the coast of South-West Afrika (Namibia, Angola, South Africa, Antarctica)
- Assessment of habitats in terms of macrozoobenthos along a gradient in the southern Baltic Sea (mainly depending on water depth and salinity) in respect of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) and Marine Strategy Directive (MSD)
Others
- 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 | Gastropoda | South Africa |
| 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 |
| Amphitritides jirkovi Bick & Zettler, 2024 | Polychaeta | Namibia |
| Amphitritides namibiensis Bick & Zettler, 2024 | Polychaeta | Namibia |
| Amphitritides skeletonensis Bick & Zettler, 2024 | Polychaeta | Namibia |
| Saxicavella trapezia Hoffman & Zettler, 2024 | Bivalvia | Namibia |
| Neolepton san Hoffman & Zettler, 2024 | Bivalvia | Namibia |
| Neolepton torraense Hoffman & Zettler, 2024 | Bivalvia | Namibia |
| Ennucula ardleyana Zettler & Bick, 2025 | Bivalvia | Antarctica |
Marine Bivalves of Namibia
Book on marine Bivalves of Namibia
see also here: https://www.conchbooks.de/?t=53&u=68307
Amphipods of the Baltic Sea drainage system
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
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 of oxygen minimum zones off Namibia (Amorim & Zettler 2023)
Macrozoobenthos off Namibia (Kopie)
Macrozoobenthos of oxygen minimum zones off Chile (Krug & Zettler 2025)