Marta Pola
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Dr. Marta Pola obtained her B.Sc and Ph.D from the University Autonoma of Madrid (Spain) studying the taxonomy and phylogeny of the nudibranch subfamily Nembrothinae based both on morphological and molecular data. At present, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California, working on the taxonomy and the evolutionary relationships of different groups of sea slugs. She is an active diver who started diving in the temperate waters of Spain, but these days she appreciates the warmer waters of the Indo-Pacific more and more.Marta Pola has authored or assisted in naming the following species:
- Aeolidia loui Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2016
- Aldisa fragaria Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2017
- Baeolidia variabilis Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014
- Bornella dotoides Pola, Rudman & Gosliner, 2009
- Bornella johnsonorum Pola, Rudman & Gosliner, 2009
- Dendronotus noahi Pola & Stout, 2008
- Dendronotus regius Pola & Stout, 2008
- Halgerda indotessellata Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2018
- Hexabranchus giganteus Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2023
- Limenandra barnosii Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014
- Melibe colemani Gosliner & Pola, 2012
- Melibe coralophilia Gosliner & Pola, 2012
- Murphydoris adusta Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022
- Murphydoris cobbi Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Candás, Gosliner & Pola, 2022
- Naisdoris vitiligata Paz-Sedano, Cobb, Gosliner & Pola, 2024
- Nembrotha aurea Pola et al., 2008
- Nembrotha rosannulata Pola et al., 2008
- Notobryon thompsoni Pola, Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2012
- Pelagella longicornis Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Gosliner & Pola, 2023
- Roboastra caboverdensis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2003
- Roboastra leonis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005
- Roboastra tentaculata (Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005)
- Tambja blacki Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2006
- Tambja gabrielae Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005
- Tambja haidari Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2006
- Tambja kava Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014
- Tambja stegosauriformis Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005
- Tambja tentaculata Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005
- Tambja victoriae Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005
- Tambja zulu Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2005
Marta Pola has helped Nudi Pixel verifying identification of 365 specimens
Contributes 1 photo to Nudi Pixel.