Research Publications

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 1.7MB

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 689kB

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. PDF is 7.2MB

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.

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