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Owen Seeman

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I arrived in acarology over 25 years ago, thanks to seasickness torpedoing aspirations in marine biology, and a realisation that I knew nothing about insects, except that most were not marine and they were more interesting than seashells. This transitioned to a fascination for mites and the extraordinary things they do in some of the most unusual places. After studying flower-inhabiting mites that ride on bees and birds, the remarkable diversity of mites on passalid beetles, and a dalliance with the Tasmanian mite fauna, I joined the Queensland Museum as a collection manager and acarologist. Much of my research has focused on the species diversity, morphological adaptations and curious relationships between mites and their host insects.

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Owen's work profile

Owen works in the following sector(s): Collections Institution

Owen's primary institution is: Queensland Museum

Owen's position is: Collection Manager

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Owen's work in taxonomy 

Owen has the following roles: Collecting, Specimen preparation, Identification, Research, Collection Management, Information Management, Editing publishing and reviewing

Owen's skills are in Species delimitation, Classification, Nomenclature

Owen works on the taxonomy of Animals, Arachnids, Mites, Trigynaspida, Heterostigmatina, Tetranychoidea

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Find out more about Owen at:

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Owen is happy to be contacted for the following reasons:

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Contact from others in the taxonomy community regarding taxonomy-related issues

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Contact from members of the public for advice in areas of expertise (but not for identifications)

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Contact from members of the public for identifications in areas of expertise

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Contact re potential citizen science projects that could contribute to taxonomic research

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Contact by prospective students and others who could benefit from mentorship

Use the button below to contact Owen for one of the reasons above. Please don't make contact for any other reason.

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