AMIT - Australian Marine Invertebrate Taxonomists

Please note that this list is not yet comprehensive. The nominated contact for each state museum will have the most complete and current knowledge of taxonomic expertise for that region.

New South Wales

Australian Museum, Sydney
Contact co-ordinator:
Dr Pat Hutchings
The Australian Museum
6 College Street
Sydney NSW 2010

telephone 02 9320 6243; fax 02 9320 6042
path@austmus.gov.au

Marine Invertebrate specialists at the Australian Museum:
Dr Pat Hutchings - Polychaeta
Dr Jim Lowry - Crustacea especially Amphipoda
Dr Winston Ponder - Mollusca especially Gastropoda
Dr Bill Rudman - Mollusca: Opisthobranchia (nudibranchs)
Dr Buz Wilson - Crustacea especially Isopoda

Research Fellow
Dr Shane Ayhong - Crustacea - especially Decapoda

Collection Managers
Dr Penny Berents - Marine Invertebrates other than Mollusca
Mr Ian Loch - Mollusca

In addition, numerous Volunteers and Research Associates at the Australian Museum have taxonomic expertise in other groups. Contact the co-ordinator, Dr Pat Hutchings, for further details.