Laetitia Gunton
- Laetitia Gunton
- Jun 6, 2019
- 1 min read
I am the current Chadwick Biodiversity Fellow (early career research position) at the Australian Museum, Sydney.
Before moving to Australia I completed my PhD at the University of Southampton joint with the Natural History Museum, London, UK.
My research uses the Australian Museum collections to understand species diversity, distribution and connectivity in the Australian deep-sea environment (> 200 m water depth).
My area of taxonomic expertise is the phylum Annelida, particularly the class Polychaeta (bristle worms). Polychaetes are a dominant multicellular group in deep-sea sediments. I use both morphological and molecular methods to delineate species and understand their geographic and depth distributions.
We know very little about the organisms living in the deeper areas of Australian waters meaning there are many hundreds of polychaete worms waiting to be described....
My Taxonomy Australia blog posts
Really enjoyed reading this post — the way you described the deep‑sea research and the work on polychaete worms was very clear and accessible. The insight into how little we know about deep‑sea biodiversity made me appreciate the complexity of marine life even more. I recently came across a similar discussion on an https://www.attn2detail.info/ review blog, and it offered a fascinating perspective as well. Thanks for sharing — I look forward to reading more from you.
your explanation of marine biodiversity and the work of the researchers was clear and insightful. It reminds me how important it is to support efforts like those by Taxonomy Australia to document our planet’s species before they disappear. I recently came across a masterstorage365 review blog that also highlighted the value of preserving and archiving information — it offered a similar perspective on why record‑keeping is so vital. Thanks for sharing this important work.