Research Publications of Regina Wetzer
2018
Ellwood, E.R., P. Kimberly, R. Guralnick, P. Flemons, K. Love, S. Ellis, J.M. Allen, J.H. Best, R. Carter, S. Chagnoux, R. Costello, M.W. Denslow, B.A. Dunckel, M.M. Ferriter, E.E. Gilbert, C. Goforth, Groom. Q., E.R. Krimmel, R. LaFrance, J.L. Martinec, A.N. Miller, J. Minnaert-Grote, T. Nash, P. Oboyski, D.L. Paul, K.D. Pearson, N.D. Pentcheff, M.A. oberts, C.E. Seltzer, P.S. Soltis, R. Stephens, P.W. Sweeney, M. von Konrat, A. Wall, R. Wetzer, C. Zimmerman, and A.R. Mast (2018) Worldwide engagement for digitizing biocollections (WeDigBio): the biocollections community’s citizen-science space on the calendar. BioScience 68(2): 112-124. URL: http://dx.doi.org/.org/10.1093/biosci/bix143 PDF is 2.3MB
Wetzer, R., N.L. Bruce, and M. Pérez-Losada (2018) Relationships of the Sphaeromatidae genera (Peracarida: Isopoda) inferred from 18S rDNA and 16S rDNA genes. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 76(1): 1-30, 21. PDF is 5.1MB
2017
Wetzer, R. and G. Mowery (2017) Redescription of Dynoides elegans (Boone, 1923) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from the north-eastern Pacific. ZooKeys 646: 1-16. URL: http://dx.doi.org/.org/10.3897/zookeys.646.10626
2015
Wall, A.R., N.L. Bruce, and R. Wetzer (2015) Status of Exosphaeroma amplicauda (Stimpson, 1857), E. aphrodita (Boone, 1923) and description of three new species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from the north-eastern Pacific. ZooKeys 504: 11-58. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.504.8049 PDF is 4.2MB
Wetzer, R. (2015) Collecting and preserving marine and freshwater Isopoda (Crustacea: Peracarida). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4912. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e4912 PDF is 645kB
2014
Brown, B.V., A. Borkent, R. Wetzer, and N.D. Pentcheff (2014) New types of inventories at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. American Entomologist 60(4): 231-234.
Wall, A.R., D. Campo, and R. Wetzer (2014) Genetic utility of natural history museum specimens: endangered fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda, Anostraca). ZooKeys 457: 1-14. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.457.6822 PDF is 257kB
2013
Wetzer, R., M. Pérez-Losada, and N.L. Bruce (2013) Phylogenetic relationships of the family Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda) within Sphaeromatidea based on 18S-rDNA molecular data. Zootaxa 3599(2): 161-177. URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03599p177.pdf PDF is 683kB
2010
Regier, J.C., J.W. Shultz, A. Zwick, A. Hussey, B. Ball, R. Wetzer, J.W. Martin, and C.W. Cunningham (2010) Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences. Nature 463: 1079–1083. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature08742 PDF is 495kB
2009
De Grave, S., N.D. Pentcheff, S.T. Ahyong, T.-Y. Chan, K.A. Crandall, P.C. Dworschak, D.L. Felder, R.M. Feldmann, C.H.J.M. Fransen, L.Y.D. Goulding, R. Lemaitre, M.E.Y. Low, J.W. Martin, P.K.L. Ng, C.E. Schweitzer, S.H. Tan, D. Tshudy, and R. Wetzer (2009) A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No. 21: 1–109. URL: http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/supplement21.php PDF is 7.8MB
Wetzer, R., J.W. Martin, and S.L. Boyce (2009) Evolutionary origins of the gall crabs (family Cryptochiridae) based on 16S rDNA sequence data. In: Martin, J.W., K.A. Crandall, and D.L. Felder (eds.) Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics. Crustacean Issues. Koenemann, S. (series ed.) Vol. 18. Boca Raton, London, New York: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Pp. 475–490. PDF is 1.2MB
2008
Bruce, N.L. and R. Wetzer (2008) New Zealand exports: Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909 (Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae), a Southern Hemisphere genus introduced to the Pacific coast of North America. Zootaxa 1908: 51–56. PDF is 3.0MB
2007
Wares, J.P., S. Daley, R. Wetzer, and R.J. Toonen (2007) An evaluation of cryptic lineages of Idotea balthica (Isopoda: Idoteidae): morphology and microsatellites. Journal of Crustacean Biology 27(4): 643–648. PDF is 200kB
Wetzer, R. and N.L. Bruce (2007) A new species of Paradella Harrison & Holdich, 1982 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Baja California, Mexico, with a key to East Pacific species. Zootaxa 1512: 39–49. PDF is 672kB
2005
Brusca, R.C., R. Wetzer, M.C. Espinosa-Perez, and M.E. Hendrickx (2005) Arthropoda: Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda. In: Hendrickx, M.E., R.C. Brusca, and L.T. Findley (eds.) A Distributional Checklist of the Macrofauna of the Gulf of California, Mexico, Part 1. Invertebrates [Listado y Distribucion de la Macrofauna del Golfo de California, Mexico, Parte I. Invertebrados]. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and Conservation International. Pp. 131–137. URL: http://www.desertmuseum.org/center/seaofcortez/database.php PDF is 438kB
Chávez-López, R., A. Rocha-Ramírez, F. Alvarez, and R. Wetzer (2005) Elthusa alvaradoensis Rocha-Ramirez, Chavez-Lopez & Bruce 2005 (Isopoda, Cymothoidae) parasitizing the inshore lizardfish, Synodus foetens (Linnaeus, 1766) on the continental shelf off central Veracruz, Mexico. Crustaceana 78(7): 865–872. PDF is 129kB
Zala, K., N.D. Pentcheff, and R. Wetzer (2005) Laser-printed labels in wet collections: Are they holding up? Collection Forum 19(1/2): 49–56. PDF is 204kB
2004
Bruce, N.L. and R. Wetzer (2004) Paradella tiffany sp. nov., a distinctive sphaeromatid isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Baja California, Mexico. Zootaxa 623: 1–12. PDF is 343kB
2003
Lewis, J.J., J.M. Martin, and R. Wetzer (2003) Columbasellus acheron, a new genus and species of subterranean isopod from Washington (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(1): 190–197. PDF is 1.6MB
Martin, J.W., R.W. Heard, and R. Wetzer (2003) A new species of Stenetrium Haswell, 1881 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda: Asellota), from Navassa Island, Northern Caribbean Sea. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(4): 967–977. PDF is 7.6MB
Staton, J.L., B.E. Taylor, N.V. Schizas, R. Wetzer, T.C. Glenn, and B.C. Coull (2003) Mitochondrial gene diversity of Skistodiaptomus mississippiensis in impoundments of the Upper Coastal Plain near Aiken, South Carolina, USA. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 158(2): 215–231.
Staton, J.L., B.E. Taylor, N.V. Schizas, R. Wetzer, T.C. Glenn, and B.C. Coull (2003) Mitochondrial gene diversity of Skistodiaptomus mississippiensis in impoundments of the Upper Coastal Plain near Aiken, South Carolina, USA. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 158(2): 215–231. PDF is 399kB
Wetzer, R., J.W. Martin, and S.E. Trautwein (2003) Phylogenetic relationships within the coral crab genus Carpilius (Brachyura, Xanthoidea, Carpiliidae) and of the Carpiliidae to other xanthoid crab families based on molecular sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 27: 410–421. PDF is 263kB
2002
Wetzer, R. (2002) Mitochondrial genes and isopod phylogeny (Crustacea: Isopoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 22(1): 1–14. PDF is 2.2MB
2001
Harvey, A.W., J.W. Martin, and R. Wetzer (2001) Phylum Arthropoda: Crustacea. In: Young, C., M. Sewell, and M. Rice (eds.) Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. London: Academic Press. Pp. 337–369. PDF is 21MB
Wetzer, R. (2001) Hierarchical analysis of mtDNA variation and the use of mtDNA for isopod systematics (Crustacea: Isopoda). Contributions to Zoology, Amsterdam 70(1): 23–39. PDF is 2.5MB
1999
Wetzer, R. and N.L. Bruce (1999) A new genus and species of sphaeromatid isopod (Crustacea) from Atlantic Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(20): 368–380. PDF is 5.6MB
1997
Hager, M.W., S.Y. Shelton, J. Gibson, R. Wetzer, and R. Watkins (1997) San Diego Natural History Museum Collections Policy. San Diego Natural History Museum. 38 pp.
Wetzer, R., R.C. Brusca, and G.D.F. Wilson (1997) The Order Isopoda. In: Blake, J.A. and P.V. Scott (eds.) The Crustacea Part 2 The Isopoda, Cumacea and Tanaidacea. Taxonomic atlas of the benthic fauna of the Santa Maria Basin and the Western Santa Barbara Channel. Blake, J.A. and P.V. Scott (series eds.) Vol. 11. Santa Barbara, California: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. Pp. 1–120. PDF is 11MB
1995
Brusca, R.C., R. Wetzer, and S.C. France (1995) Cirolanidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Flabellifera) of the tropical eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the San Diego Natural History Museum 30: 1–96. PDF is 25MB
1991
Wetzer, R., H.G. Kuck, P. Baez, R.C. Brusca, and L.M. Jurkevics (1991) Catalog of the isopod Crustacea type collection of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, Technical Reports 3: 1–59. PDF is 4.6MB
1990
Wetzer, R. (1990) A new species of isopod, Aega (Rhamphion) francoisae (Flabellifera: Aegidae), from the cloaca of an ascidian from the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wasington 103(3): 655–662. PDF is 3.3MB
1987
Wetzer, R., P.M. Delaney, and R.C. Brusca (1987) Politolana wickstenae new species, a new cirolanid isopod from the Gulf of Mexico, and a review of the “Conilera genus-group” of Bruce (1968). Contribution to Science, Los Angeles County Natural Museum 392: 1–10. PDF is 15MB
1986
Wetzer, R. (1986) Bathynomus: A living sea monster. Terra 25(2): 26–29. PDF is 8.5MB