Marian Litvaitis
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Dr. Marian Litvaitis has been studying turbellarian flatworms for more than 20 years. Her main interests are the systematics and taxonomy of polyclads. She obtained her BS and MS degrees from Clemson University, SC and her PhD from the University of Maine in Orono. She is a Professor of Zoology at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH. In her laboratory, the Flatworm Wranglers study evolutionary relationships of polyclads using light and electron microscopic approaches, as well as molecular data. You can learn more about on-going projects in her lab at: http://zoology.unh.edu/faculty/litvaitis/Research/research.htm
Together with her graduate students, Dr. Litvaitis has described the following polyclad species
Armatoplana colombiana, Bolanos et al, 2006Pseudobiceros caribbensis, Bolanos et al, 2007
Pseudoceros harrisi, Bolanos et al, 2007
Pseudoceros rawlinsonae, Bolanos et al, 2007
Maritigrella newmanae, Bolanos et al, 2007
Thysanozoon raphaeli, Bolanos et al, 2007
Anocellidus profundus, Quiroga et al, 2006
Oligocladus voightae, Quiroga et al, 2006
And a new family, Anocellidae Quiroga et al, 2006
And established two new combinations
Phrikoceros mopsus, nov. comb. Quiroga et al, 2004
Pseudobiceros pardalis, nov. comb. Bolanos et al, 2007