Meiobenthonische Arthropoda

Team

Fachgebietsleitung

Mitarbeiter Foto
Dr.  Kai Horst George
Fachgebietsleiter Meiobenthonische Arthropda

Link Fachbereich Meiobenthonische Arthropda

Link Division Meiobenthic Arthropoda

Seit 2006
Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Abteilung Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung. Fachgebiet: Meiobenthonische Arthropoda. Forschungsschwerpunkt: Systematik, Biogeographie und Faunistik mariner Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda).

2002-2006
Postdoktorand am Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Abteilung Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung. Forschungsschwerpunkt: Systematik, Biogeographie und Faunistik mariner Meiofauna.

2001
Leitender Direktor bei der chilenischen Umweltschutzstiftung „Fundación Otway“; Wissenschaftliche und technische Leitung der Schutz- und Forschungsstation sowie Management der bestehenden Kolonie von Magellanpinguinen (Spheniscus magellanicus) am Seno Otway, Punta Arenas, Chile.

1999-2001
Postdoktorand in der AG Zoosystematik und Morphologie der Carl von Ossietzky-Universität, Oldenburg. Forschungsthema: Vergleichende Untersuchungen zur Herkunft, Zoogeographie und Artendiversität der benthischen Copepodenfauna der Großen Meteorbank.

1999
Promotion an der Carl von Ossietzky-Universität, Oldenburg: Gemeinschaftsanalytische Untersuchungen der Harpacticoidenfauna der Magellanregion, sowie erste similaritätsanalytische Vergleiche mit Assoziationen aus der Antarktis. Note: Magna cum laude.

1995-1998
Doktorand in der AG Zoosystematik und Morphologie der Carl von Ossietzky-Universität, Oldenburg. Forschungsthema: Zoogeographische Beziehungen und Artendiversitätsvergleich zwischen der Harpacticoidenfauna der Antarktis und Patagoniens.

1993-1995
Stipendiat des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes (DAAD). Aufenthalt am Instituto de Biología Marina der Universidad Austral de Chile in Valdivia, Chile. Forschungsthema: Quantitativer Vergleich der Harpacticoidenfauna von drei verschiedenen Stränden der Insel Chiloé (Chile).

1993
Graduation (Diplom) an der Carl von Ossietzky-Universität, Oldenburg: Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) aus Chile und der Antarktis, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Ancorabolidae. Note: Sehr gut.

1987-1993
Studium der Diplom-Biologie an der Carl von Ossietzky-Universität, Oldenburg. Im Jahre 1991 Auslandssemester am Instituto de la Patagonia der Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile.

 
Mitherausgeber der Zeitschrift Meiofauna Marina;
Vorsitzender des Betriebsrats Senckenberg am Meer.

Herausgabe von Sonderbänden

2009

BRÖKELAND, W. & K.H. GEORGE (eds.), 2009. Deep-sea taxonomy – a contribution to our knowledge of biodiversity. Zootaxa 2096: 1-488

 Herausgabe von Fachzeitschriften

2009 – 2014

Meiofauna Marina – Biodiversity, morphology and ecology of small benthic organisms. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil , München, www.pfeil-verlag.de

Seit 2017

Fachredakteur bei „ZooKeys“. http://zookeys.pensoft.net

Begutachtete Artikel

2023

GEORGE KH, ZEY A, PACKMOR J 2023. The relationship between the Rhizothrichidae Por (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) and the Cletodoidea Bowman & Abele, including the establishment of a new genus and the description of a new species. Taxonomy 3: 528-550, https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy3040030

GEORGE, K.H. 2023. Establishment of a new subfamily of Idyanthidae Lang, 1944 with the description of a new species of Pseudometeorina George & Wiest, 2015 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Eratosthenes Seamount (eastern Mediterranean Sea). Marine Biodiversity 53:35, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01332-x

SONG, S.J, LEE, S.-K., KIM, M., GEORGE, K.H., KHIM, J.S. 2023. Phylogenetic revision of Echinolaophonte Nicholls (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae T. Scott) including the establishment of two new genera and two new species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 99(1): 217-252. https://DOI 10.3897/zse.99.90114

2022

GEORGE, K.H. 2022. The meiofauna of the Eratosthenes Seamount (eastern Mediterranean Sea)—first insights into taxa composition, distribution, and diversity. Marine Biodiversity 52: 62, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01295-z

GARLITSKA, L., GEORGE, K.H. & CHERTOPRUD, E.S. 2022. A new species of Breviconia Conroy-Dalton & Huys, 2000 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ancorabolidae Sars) from the Bering Sea, northern Pacific Ocean (Russia). European Journal of Taxonomy 813: 103-122. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.813.1737

GEORGE, K.H. & VIERTEL, L. 2022. Frisia gen. nov., a new Cerviniinae Sars (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Aegisthidae Giesbrecht) from Tierra del Fuego (Chile), with description of a new species. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 57(2): 133-147, https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2020.1829903

2021

GEORGE, K.H. 2021. Four new genera of the Ceratonotus group (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), including the description of two new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 774: 1-41

2020

GEORGE, K.H., L.M.A. LEHMANSKI & T.C.KIHARA, 2020. Revision of the genus Laophontodes T. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae), including
the description of a new species and a key to species. ZooKeys 997: 17-46 https://doi: 10.3897/zookeys.997.56965

GEORGE, K.H. 2020. Restructuring the Ancorabolidae Sars (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) and Cletodidae T. Scott, with a new phylogenetic hypothesis regarding the relationships of the Laophontoidea T. Scott, Ancorabolidae and Cletodidae. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96(2): 455-498.

GEORGE, K.H., S. KHODAMI, T.C. KIHARA, P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, A. MARTÍNEZ, N.F. MERCADO-SALAS, K. POINTNER & G. VEIT-KÖHLER, 2020. 27. Copepoda. In: A. Schmidt-Rhaesa (ed): Guide to the Identification of Marine Meiofauna. Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München: 465-533.

2019

GEORGE, K.H. & E. SCHWABE, 2019. A new species of Ectinososmatidae Sars (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) associated with Pseudoikedella achaeta (Zenkevitch, 1958) Echiura, Bonelliida). Progress in Oceanography 173: 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.02.003

GHEERARDYN, H. & K.H. GEORGE, 2019. Description of a new species of Neoargestes Drzycimski, 1967 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Argestidae) from the Clarion Clipperton Fractrure Zone (Pacific Ocean), with remarks on the systematics of the genus. Marine Biodiversity, 22pp., https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-00951-1

RICHTER, K. & K.H. GEORGE, 2019.  Community structure of Harpacticoida and Canuelloida (Crustacea, Copepoda) on the Great Meteor Seamount (North-east Atlantic Ocean). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: 1-18. https://doi.org/101017/S0025315419000444

2018

BRANDT, A., J. SCHOLZ, A. ALLSPACH, N. BRENKE, S. BRIX, K.H. GEORGE, T. HÖRNSCHEMEYER, S. HOLST, M. HOPPENRATH, F. IWAN, A. JANSSEN, R. JANSSEN, D. JANUSSEN, K. JESKULKE, D. FIEGE, S. KAISER, A. KIENEKE, T.C. KIHARA, I. KRÖNCKE, F. KRUPP, S.O. MARTHA, P.M. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, K. MEIßNER, M. MILJUTINA, D. MILJUTIN, J. RENZ, T. RIEHL, H. SAEEDI, V. SIEGLER, M. SONNEWALD, H. STUCKAS & G. VEIT-KÖHLER, 2018. 200 years of marine research at Senckenberg: selected highlights. Marine Biodiversity 48: 159-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0839-4

GEORGE, K.H., 2018. Laophontodes typicus T. Scott (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontodinae) – discovering a species complex by morphology. European Journal of Taxonomy 439: 1-43. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2018.439

GEORGE, K.H., K. POINTNER & J. PACKMOR, 2018. The benthic Copepoda (Crustacea) of Anaximenes Seamount (eastern Mediterranean Sea)—Community structure and species distribution. Progress in Oceanography 165: 299-316, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.06.006

PACKMOR, J. & K.H. GEORGE, 2018. Littoral Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) of Madeira and Porto Santo (Portugal). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 98(1): 171-182. doi:10.1017/S0025315416001168

YAMASAKI, H., B. NEUHAUS & K.H. GEORGE, 2018. Three new species of Echinoderidae (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from two seamounts and the adjacent deep-sea floor in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 59: 79-106, DOI 10.21411/CBM.A.124081A9

YAMASAKI, H., B. NEUHAUS & K.H. GEORGE, 2018. New species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from Mediterranean seamounts and from the deep-sea floor in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean, including notes on two undescribed species. Zootaxa 4387(3): 541-566, DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.3.8

YAMASAKI, H., K. GRZELAK, M.V. SORENSEN, B. NEUHAUS & K.H. GEORGE, 2018. Echinoderes pterus sp. n. showing a geographically and bathymetrically wide distribution pattern on seamounts and on the deep-sea floor in the Arctic Ocean,
Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida). Zookeys 771: 15-40, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.771.25534

2017

GEORGE, K.H., 2017. Phylogeny of the taxon Paralaophontodes Lang (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontodinae), including species descriptions, chorological remarks, and a key to species. Zoosystematics and Evolution 93(2): 211-241, DOI 10.3897/zse.93.11314

GEORGE, K.H., 2017. Die hohen Berge in der Tiefe – Seeberge und ihre mögliche Bedeutung für die Ausbreitung mariner Kleintiere (Meiofauna). Biologie in unserer Zeit 6(47): 386-392, doi:10.1002/biuz.201710634

BRENKE, N., M. FANENBRUCK & K.H. GEORGE, 2017. A new parasitic deep-sea copepod from the Angola Basin (southeast Atlantic Ocean): Abyssotaurus vermiambatus gen. et sp. nov. (Copepoda: Cyclopoida: Serpulidicolidae Stock,
1979), with remarks on serpulidicolid systematics and a key to the species. Marine Biodiversity, pages 1-14, doi: 10.1007/s12526-017-0724-1

2015

GEORGE, K.H. & H. GHEERARDYN, 2015. Remarks on the genus Laophontodes T. Scott, 1894 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae, Laophontodinae), including the (re-)description of four species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 259: 61-96 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2015.02.009

GEORGE, K.H. & J. WIEST, 2015. Pseudometeorina mystica gen. et sp. nov., a new Idyanthidae Lang incertae sedis (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Guinea Basin (eastern tropical Atlantic). Marine Biodiversity 45: 569-580, DOI 10.1007/s12526-014-0240-5

PACKMOR, J., F. MÜLLER & K.H. GEORGE, 2015. Oceanic islands and seamounts as staging posts for Copepoda Harpacticoida (Crustacea) – Shallow-water Paramesochridae Lang, 1944 from the North-East Atlantic Ocean, including the (re-)description of three species and one subspecies from the Madeiran Archipelago. Progress in Oceanography 131: 59-81

2014

GEORGE, K.H., 2014. Chapter 5.4. Southern Ocean Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda). In: De Broyer, C., Koubbi, P., Griffiths, H.J., Raymond, B., Udekem d’Acoz, C. et al. (eds.). Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, Cambridge: 88-93

GEORGE, K.H., G. VEIT-KÖHLER, P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, S. SEIFRIED, A. ROSE, E. WILLEN, K. BRÖHLDICK, P.H. CORGOSINHO, J. DREWES, L. MENZEL, G. MOURA & H.K. SCHMINKE, 2014. Community structure and species diversity of Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) at two sites in the deep sea of the Angola Basin (Southeast Atlantic). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 14: 57-73, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-013-0154-2

2013

GEORGE, K.H., 2013. Faunistic research on metazoan meiofauna from seamounts – a review. Meiofauna Marina 20: 1-32

GEORGE, K.H. & F. MÜLLER, 2013. Characterization of a monophylum Echinocletodes, its exclusion from Ancorabolinae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), and displacement of E. bodini and E. walvisi to Cletodes, including the description of two new species. Zootaxa 3666(2): 101-136

GEORGE, K.H., A.P. WANDENESS & P.J.P. SANTOS, 2013. A new species of Ancorabolidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Campos Basin, Brazil, including a phylogenetic review of the taxon Polyascophorus George, 1998, and a key to its species. Zoologischer Anzeiger 252: 20-33, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2012.02.002

2012

MENZEL, L. & K.H. GEORGE, 2012. Copepodid and adult Argestidae Por, 1986 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) in the southeastern Atlantic deep sea: diversity and community structure at the species level. Marine Biology 159: 1223-1238 

2011

GEORGE, K.H., 2011. Revision of the taxon Fultonia T. Scott (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Argestidae), including the (re)description of some species, discontinuation of the genus Parargestes Lang, and erection of Argestinae Por, subfam. nov. Meiofauna Marina 19: 127-160

FOLKERS, C. & K.H. GEORGE, 2011. Community analysis of sublittoral Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) in the western Baltic Sea. Hydrobiologia 666: 11-20

KOLLER, S. & K.H. GEORGE, 2011. Description of a new species of Zosime Boeck, 1872 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Zosimeidae) from the Great Meteor Seamount, representing one of the few eurybathic Harpacticoida among the distinct plateau and deep-sea assemblages. Meiofauna Marina 19: 109-126

MENZEL, L., K.H. GEORGE & P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, 2011. Submarine ridges do not prevent large-scale dispersal of abyssal fauna: A case study of Mesocletodes (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida). Deep-Sea Research I 58: 839-864 

2010

GHEERARDYN, H. & K.H. GEORGE, 2010.  New representatives of the genus Ancorabolina George, 2006 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae) including remarks on ancorabolid phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 16-55

SCHULZ, M. & K.H. GEORGE, 2010. Ancorabolus chironi sp. nov., the first record of a member of the Ancorabolus-group (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ancorabolidae) from the Mediterranean. Marine Biodiversity 40: 79-93

VEIT-KÖHLER, G., M. DE TROCH, M. GREGO, T,N, BEZERRA, W. BONNE, G. DE SMET, C. FOLKERS, K.H. GEORGE, C. GUOTONG, R. HERMAN, R. HUYS, N. LAMPADARIOU, J. LAUDIEN, P. MARTINEZ ARBIZU, A. ROSE, M. SCHRATZBERGER, S. SEIFRIED, P. SOMERFIELD, J. VANAVERBEKE, E. VANDEN BERGHE, M. VINCX, B. VRISER & L. VANDEPITTE, 2010. Large-scale diversity and biogeography of benthic copepods in European waters. Marine Biology 157: 1819-1835

2009

GEORGE, K.H. & C. PLUM, 2009. Description of two new species of Dorsiceratus Drzycimski, 1967 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ancorabolidae) from Sedlo and Seine Seamounts (northeastern Atlantic) and remarks on the phylogenetic status of the genus. Zootaxa 2096: 257-286

GEORGE, K.H. & A. TILTACK, 2009. A new species of Ancorabolina (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae) from a Mediterranean submarine cave, with a key to species. Vie Milieu 59(3/4): 287-300

MENZEL, L. & K.H. GEORGE, 2009. Description of four new species of Mesocletodes Sars, 1909 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Argestidae) and redescription of Mesocletodes robustus Por, 1965 from the South Atlantic, including remarks on the phylogeny of the Mesocletodes abyssicola-group. Zootaxa 2096: 214-256

PLUM, C. & K.H. GEORGE, 2009. The paramesochrid fauna of the Great Meteor Seamount (Northeast Atlantic) including the description of a new species of Scottopsyllus (Intermedopsyllus) Kunz (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Paramesochridae). Marine Biodiversity 39: 265-289

WANDENESS, A.P., K.H. GEORGE & P.J.P. SANTOS, 2009. First record of the taxon Echinopsyllus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae) from the deep sea of Campos Basin, Brazil, with the description of three new species and their contribution to phylogenetic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 156: 52-78

2008

GEORGE, K.H., 2008. Argestes angolaensis sp. nov. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Argestidae) from the Angola Basin (Southeast Atlantic), and the phylogenetic characterization of the taxon Argestes Sars, including the redescription of A. mollis Sars, 1910, and A. reductus (Itô, 1983). Zootaxa 1866: 233-262

VASCONCELOS, D.M., K.H. GEORGE & P.J.P. SANTOS, 2008. First record of the genus Pseudomesochra T. Scott (Harpacticoida: Pseudotachidiidae) in the South Atlantic with description of a deep-sea species: Pseudomesochra longiseta n. sp. Zootaxa 1866: 337-348

2006

GEORGE, K.H., 2006. New Ancorabolinae Sars, 1909 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) of the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean. The taxa Ceratonotus Sars and Dendropsyllus Conroy-Dalton. Meiofauna Marina 15: 87-122

GEORGE, K.H., 2006. New Ancorabolinae Sars, 1909 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) of the Atlantic Ocean. Description of Pseudechinopsyllus sindemarkae gen. et sp. nov. and Dorsiceratus ursulae sp. nov. from the Great Meteor Seamount, and redescription of D. octocornis Drzycimski, 1967, and D. triarticulatus Coull, 1973 (part.). Meiofauna Marina 15: 123-156

GEORGE, K.H., 2006. Ancorabolinae Sars, 1909 (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) of the deep Atlantic Ocean. Ancorabolina chimaera gen. et sp. nov. including remarks to ancorabolid phylogeny and to the evolution of the first natatorial leg in comparison with Laophontoidea T. Scott. Meiofauna Marina 15: 157-176

2005

GEORGE, K.H., 2005. Sublittoral Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) of the Magellan region. Composition, distribution and species diversity of selected major taxa. Scientia Marina 69(2): 147-158

GEORGE, K.H. & P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, 2005. Discovery of Superornatiremidae Huys (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) outside anchialine caves, with the description of Gideonia noncavernicola gen. et sp. nov. from the Patagonian continental slope (Chile). Meiofauna Marina 14: 75-89

ROSE, A., S. SEIFRIED, E. WILLEN, K.H. GEORGE, G. VEIT-KÖHLER, K. BRÖHLDICK, J. DREWES, G. MOURA, P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU & H.K. SCHMINKE, 2005. A method for comparing within-core alpha-diversity values from repeated multicorer samplings, shown for abyssal Harpacticoida (Crustacea: Copepoda) from the Angola Basin. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 5(1): 3-17

2004

GEORGE, K.H., 2004. Meteorina magnifica gen. et sp. nov., a new Idyanthidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the plateau of the Great Meteor Seamount (North Atlantic). Meiofauna Marina 13: 95-112

GEORGE, K.H., 2004.Description of two new species of Bodinia, a new genus incertae sedis in Argestidae Por, 1986 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), with reflections on argestid colonization of the Great Meteor Seamount plateau. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 4(4): 241-264

GEORGE, K.H. & A. ROSE, 2004. First record of a monospecific harpacticoid fauna on a sandy beach. Meiofauna Marina 13: 87-94

2003

GEORGE, K.H. & H.K. SCHMINKE, 2003. Isthmiocaris longitelson gen. et sp. nov., a strongly derived harpacticoid (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Magellan Region, and its systematic affinities to certain “canthocamptid” taxa. J. Crust. Biol. 23(1): 119-130

ARROYO, N.-L., K.H. GEORGE, J. BENITO & M. MALDONADO, 2003. A new species of Ancorabolidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Northern coast of Spain: Laophontodes mourois sp.n. Hydrobiologia 498: 169-176

2002

GEORGE, K.H., 2002. New phylogenetic aspects of Cristacoxidae Huys (Copepoda, Harpacticoida), including the description of a new genus from the Magellan Region. Vie Milieu 52(1): 31-41

GEORGE, K.H. & H.K. SCHMINKE, 2002. Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) of the Great Meteor Seamount, with first conclusions as to the origin of the plateau fauna. Marine Biology 144: 887-895

2001

GEORGE, K.H, 2001. First record of the genus Ancorabolus NORMAN, 1903 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae) from the Southern Hemisphere, including analyses of copepodid development. Senckenbergiana Biologica 81(1/2): 23-36

1999

GEORGE, K.H., 1999. Gemeinschaftsanalytische Untersuchungen ausgewählter Harpacticoida der Magellanregion, sowie erste similaritätsanalytische Vergleiche mit Assoziationen der Antarktis. Berichte zur Polarforschung 327: 1-187

GEORGE, K.H. & H.K. SCHMINKE, 1999. Sublittoral Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Magellan Straits and the Beagle Channel (Chile) – preliminary results of abundances and generic diversity. Scientia Marina 63(1): 133-137

GÜNTER, S., K.H. GEORGE & M. GLEITZ, 1999. High sympagic metazoan abundances in platelet layers in Drescher Inlet, Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Polar Biology 22: 82-89

1998

GEORGE, K.H., 1998. Polyascophorus, a new genus of Ancorabolidae (Crustacea, Copepoda), including the description of two new species and the re-allocation of Ceratonotus gorbunovi. Vie Milieu 48(3): 141-155

GEORGE, K.H., 1998. A new Ancorabolidae (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Beagle Channel (Chile). Hydrobiologia 379 (1/3): 23-32

GEORGE, K.H. & H.K. SCHMINKE, 1998. First records of the genus Ceratonotus G.O. Sars, 1909 (Copepoda, Ancorabolidae) from the Southern Hemisphere, with the description of two new species. Crustaceana 71(7): 801-817

1997

GEORGE, K.H., 1997. Mielkiella spinulosa gen. n. sp. n., a new taxon of the Laophontidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from Porvenir (Tierra del Fuego, Chile). Microfauna Marina 11: 71-86

1996

GEORGE, K.H., 1996. Revisión de los harpacticoídeos marinos (Crustacea: Copepoda) de Chile. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 69: 77-88

Tagungen international

2016

POINTNER, K. & GEORGE, K.H. Meiofaunal community structures on the plateau of the Great Meteor Seamount (northeastern Atlantic Ocean) with a closer look to Polyarthra and Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda). 16th International Meiofauna Conference, Heraklion, Kreta, Griechenland.

TCHESUNOV, A.V., MOKIEVSKY, V.O. & GEORGE, K.H. Nematode species and assemblages on Northeast Atlantic seamount Great Meteor. 16th International Meiofauna Conference, Heraklion, Kreta, Griechenland.

2014

GEORGE K.H. Denial of the monophyletic status of Ancorabolidae Sars (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) and first remarks on phylogenetic consequences. 12th International Conference on Copepoda, Seoul, Südkorea.

PACKMOR, J., F. MÜLLER & K.H. GEORGE. Atlantic seamounts and islands as staging posts for the dispersal of shallow-water Paramesochridae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida). 12th International Conference on Copepoda, Seoul, Südkorea.

2012

Menzel, L., K.H. George & P. Martínez Arbizu. Abyssal species are everywhere – geographical distribution of benthic Copepoda in the deep sea. 13th International deep-sea biology sympoisium, Wellington, Neuseeland.

2010

GEORGE, K.H., S. SEIFRIED, A. ROSE, K. BRÖHLDICK, P.H. CORGOSINHO, J. DREWES, P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, L. MENZEL, G. MOURA, G. VEIT-KÖHLER, E. WILLEN & HK SCHMINKE. Staggering species diversity of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) in the deep sea of the Angola Basin (southeast Atlantic). 14th International Meiofauna Conference, Gent, Belgien.

2008

GEORGE, K.H. „Stepping stones“ or „trapping stones“? The function of seamounts for the dispersal of Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda). 40th European Marine Biology Symposium, Wien, Österreich.
 
ROSE, A., S. SEIFRIED, E. WILLEN, K.H. GEORGE, G. VEIT-KÖHLER, K. BRÖHLDICK, J. DREWES, G. MOURA, P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU & H.K. SCHMINKE. Comparisons on species-level harpacticoid alpha diversity per core, based on repeatedly sampled deep-sea multicorer stations in the Angola Basin. Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, Ravenna, Italien.

SEIFRIED, S., K. H. GEORGE, E. WILLEN, G. VEIT-KÖHLER, K. BRÖHLDICK, J. DREWES, G. MOURA, P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, A. ROSE & H. K. SCHMINKE. Sex-ratio and species diversity of Harpacticoida (Copepoda) from the Angola Basin. Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, Ravenna, Italien.

2003

GEORGE, K.H. Argestidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Angola Basin: The taxa Mesocletodes Sars, 1909 and Eurycletodes Sars, 1909 and their Atlantic distribution. First International DIVA Workshop, Wilhelmshaven.

GEORGE, K.H. Community analysis of selected Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) of the Magellan Region. International IBMANT/ANDEEP 2003 Conference, Ushuaia, Argentinien.

2002

GEORGE, K.H. & SCHMINKE, H.K. Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) of the Great Meteor Seamount, with first conclusions as to the origin of the plateau fauna. ICES Annual Science Conference and Centenary, Kopenhagen, Dänemark.

MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. & GEORGE, K.H. A new hypothesis to explain similarities between deep-sea and anchialine faunas. 8th International Conference on Copepoda, Keelung, Taiwan.

Tagungen national

2013

PACKMOR, J. & K.H. GEORGE. Seeberge und Inseln als mögliche „Trittsteine“ für die Ausbreitung von Harpacticoida (Crustace, Copepoda) – Hintergründe und erste Ergebnisse aus dem Nordost-Atlantik. 16. Crustaceologentagung, Greifswald.

2009

GEORGE, K.H. Innerartliche morphologische Variabilität bei Copepoden, diskutiert am Beispiel von Dorsiceratus Drzycimski (Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae). 14. Crustaceologentagung, Rostock.

MENZEL, L. & K.H. GEORGE. Sind geographische Barrieren  unüberwindliche Hindernisse für das Tiefsee-Meiobenthos? Untersuchungen zur Biogeographie von Tiefsee-Organismen am Beispiel der Mesocletodes abyssicola-Gruppe (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Argestidae). 14. Crustaceologentagung, Rostock.

2007

GEORGE, K.H. Ancorabolina chimaera GEORGE aus dem Südatlantik, und ihre Bedeutung für die Systematik der Ancorabolidae SARS (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). 13. Tagung deutschsprachiger Crustaceologen, Frankfurt/Main.

2003

GEORGE, K.H. Zur Phylogenie der Ancorabolinae Sars, 1909 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida): Die „Ceratonotus-Gruppe“ sensu Conroy-Dalton, 2001. 11. Crustaceologen-Tagung, Ulm.

Öffentliche Vorträge

GEORGE, K.H. „Faszinierende Tiefsee – ihre Eigenschaften, ihre Bewohner, ihre Erforschung“
April 2005: Volkshochschule Wilhelmshaven; Oktober 2005: Kirchengemeinde Ofen; November 2006: Naturschutzbund Deutschland, Essen; Dezember 2008: Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main; April 2010: Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz; September 2010: Senckenberg am Meer Wilhelmshaven; März 2011: Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden; Mai 2012: IGS Wilhelmshaven; Mai 2012: KKG Wilhelmshaven; Juli 2012: KGS Rastede; Juli 2013: Kilmahaus Bremerhaven; September 2013: KGS Rastede; März 2015: Jade Innovationszentrum Wilhelmshaven; November 2016: „Schlaues Haus“, Oldenburg; November 2017: Wattenmeerhaus, Wilhelmshaven, Februar 2018: Carl von Ossietzky-Universität, Oldenburg (Oldb).

GEORGE, K.H. „Die Tiefsee und ihre Erforschung“
April 2006: Grundschule Kreyenbrück, Oldenburg; Mai 2006: Grundschule Bloherfelde, Oldenburg; Januar 2009: Grundschule Gneisenaustraße, Berlin.

GEORGE, K.H. „Was lebt in der Tiefsee? Wir tauchen hinab und sehen nach…“
April 2010: Mühlenwegschule Wilhelmshaven; April 2010: Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz; Juli 2013: Klimahaus Bremerhaven; Januar 2017: Neues Gymnasium, Wilhelmshaven; Oktober 2017: Neues Gymnasium, Wilhelmshaven.

GEORGE, K.H. „Wasser – Quell des Lebens“
Oktober 2012: IGS Wilhelmshaven, Eröffnungsvortrag zur Dritten Energiewoche „Energiewelten in Schulen“.

Poster

2017

SCHRÖDER, K.,  GEORGE, K.H. & GLATZEL, T. 2017. Eine Neue Art der Gattung Laophontodes T. Scott, 1894 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontodinae) aus dem Golf von Aqaba. 18. Crustaceologentagung (30.03.-02.04.2017), Berlin.

2016

GEORGE, K.H. 2016. Phylogenetic revision of the taxon Paralaophontodes Lang (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Laophontodinae). 16th International Meiofauna Conference (03.-08.07.2016), Heraklion, Kreta, Griechenland.

GEORGE, K.H. 2016. A new species of Paralaophontodes Lang (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Laophontodinae) of Chiloé Island (Chile). 16th International Meiofauna Conference (03.-08.07.2016), Heraklion, Kreta, Griechenland.

SONG, S.-J., GEORGE, K.H. & KHIM, J.S. 2016. A new species of the genus Echinolaophonte (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Laophontidae) from Jeju Island, Korea. 16th International Meiofauna Conference (03.-08.07.2016), Heraklion, Kreta, Griechenland.

2014

GEORGE, K.H. & J. WIEST, 2014. Pseudometeorina mystica gen. et sp. nov., a new Idyanthidae Lang incertae sedis (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Guinea Basin (Eastern tropical Atlantic). 12th International Conference on Copepoda (15.-17.07.20104), Seoul, Südkorea.

POINTNER, K. & K.H. GEORGE, 2014. Faunistic comparison of interstitial Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the plateau of the Great Meteor Seamount. 12th International Conference on Copepoda (15.-17.07.20104), Seoul, Südkorea.

2012

GEORGE, K.H., 2012. Argestinae Por, 1986, the first recognized supraspecific monophylum within Argestidae sensu Por, 1986 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida). 13. GfBS-Tagung (23./24.02.2012), Bonn; 13th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium (03.-07.12.2012), Wellington, Neuseeland.

GEORGE, K.H. & F. MÜLLER, 2012. Characterization of a monophylum Echinocletodes Lang (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ancorabolidae), displacement of E. bodini Dinet and E. walvisi Dinet into Cletodes Brady (Cletodidae), and presentation of two new species. 13th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium (03.-07.12.2012), Wellington, Neuseeland.

GEORGE, K.H., A.P. WANDENESS & P.J.P. SANTOS, 2012. A new species of Ancorabolidae (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Campos Basin, Brazil, including a phylogenetic review of the taxon Polyascophorus George, 1998. 13th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium (03.-07.12.2012), Wellington, Neuseeland.

2010

MILJUTIN, D., M. MILJUTINA, J. KUHNERT & K.H. GEORGE, 2010. Nematode assemblages from the Anaximenes Seamount, the Eastern Mediterranean (preliminary results). 14th International Meiofauna Conference (11.-16.07.2010), Gent, Belgien.

2008

GEORGE, K.H., 2008. Argestes angolaensis sp. nov., an abundant Argestidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Angola Basin (Southeast Atlantic), collected during RV METEOR cruise M48/1 DIVA 1. Second International DIVA-Workshop (DIVA 1 & 2), A Grana (Ferrol), Spanien.

GEORGE, K.H., 2008. The Ceratonotus-Dendropsyllus complex (Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Ancorabolidae) and its distribution in the world’s Ocean. Second International DIVA-Workshop (DIVA 1 & 2), A Grana (Ferrol), Spanien.

2007

GEORGE, K.H., 2007. Argestes angolaensis sp. nov. incerta sedis, an Argestidae Por, 1986 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Angola Basin (South Atlantic). Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference, Recife, Brasilien.

VASCONCELOS, D.M., K.H. GEORGE & P.J.P. SANTOS, 2006. First record of the genus Pseudomesochra T. Scott, 1902 (Harpacticoida: Pseudotachidiidae) in the South Atlantic with description of a new deep-sea species. Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference, Recife, Brasilien.

WANDENESS, A.P., K.H. GEORGE & P.J.P. SANTOS, 2006. A new species of Echinopsyllus Sars, 1909 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Ancorabolidae) collected from the deep sea of Campos Basin (Brazil). Thirteenth International Meiofauna Conference, Recife, Brasilien.

2006

GEORGE, K.H., 2006. Ancorabolidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) of the Atlantic Ocean. The taxon Ceratonotus Sars, 1909. 11th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Southampton, England.

BÜNTZOW, M. & K.H. GEORGE, 2006. Meiofauna and harpacticoid associations on Seine and Sedlo seamount. 11th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Southampton, England.

MENZEL, L. & K.H. GEORGE, 2006. Systematics of the Mesocletodes abyssicola-group (Argestidae, Harpacticoida, Copepoda). 11th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium, Southampton, England.

2004

GEORGE, K.H. & P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, 2004. Discovery of anchialine cave Superornatiremidae (Crustacea: Copepoda) outside caves and ist systematic and biogeographic implications. Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, Ravenna, Italien.

SEIFRIED, S., K.H. GEORGE, E. WILLEN, G. VEIT-KÖHLER, K. BRÖHLDICK, J. DREWES, G. MOURA, P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, A. ROSE & H.K. SCHMINKE. species-diversity and sex ratio of Harpacticoida (Copepoda) from the deep sea of the Angola Basin. Twelfth International Meiofauna Conference, Ravenna, Italien.

2003

SEIFRIED, S., A. ROSE, E. WILLEN, K.H. GEORGE, G. VEIT-KÖHLER, K. BRÖHLDICK, JAN DREWES, G. MOURA, P. MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, T. GLATZEL & H.K. SCHMINKE, 2003. Diversität der Harpacticoida (Crustacea, Copepoda) des Angola-Beckens. 6. Jahrestagung der GfBS, Dresden. 

Mitarbeiter

Dr. Alexandra Ostmann
Dr. Alexandra Ostmann
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Dr. Alexandra Ostmann
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin Sektion Meiobenthonische Arthropoda

Telefon +49 4421 9475-115
alexandra.ostmann@senckenberg.de

AKADEMISCHE AUSBILDUNG

2017
Abschluss Dr. rer. nat.

2012 – 2017
Promotion zum Thema «Meiofauna around Iceland – How
environmental variables shape Distribution, Diversity and
Abundance»
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung,
Wilhelmshaven

2008 – 2010
Master of Science International Studies in Aquatic Tropical Ecology (ISATEC)
Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung,
Wilhelmshaven
Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung, Bremen
Research Institute of Jenderal Soedirman University, Dept. of
National Education, Purwokerto, Java, Indonesia
Universität Bremen, Bremen

2005 – 2008
Bachelor of Science Biologie
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg

BERUFLICHER WERDEGANG
seit 2023
Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin im Projekt «MGF Ostsee»

2018
Projekt «BIODIAZ»
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeit, Teilnahme an einer mehrwöchigen, seegängigen Expedition (Mittelatlantik)

2016
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

2015 – 2016
Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven
Wissenschaaftliche Hilfskraft

2012 – 2015
Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven
Stipendiatin im Projekt «Icelandic marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology»

2010 – 2012
Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven
Wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft Forschungsprojekt «MANGAN»

Publikationen: 

2014

OSTMANN. A., SCHNURR, S., MARTÍNEZ ARBIZU, P. (2014): Marine environment around Iceland: hydrography, sediments and first predictive models of Icelandic deep−sea sediment characteristics. Polish Polar Research 35: 151-176.

YASUHARA, M., GRIMM, M., BRANDAO, S.N., JÖST, A., OKAHASHI, H., IWATANI, H., OSTMANN, A., MARTINEZ ARBIZU, P.  (2014): Deep-sea benthic ostracodes from multicore and epibenthic sledge samples in Icelandic Waters. Polish Polar Research 35: 341-360.

2012

KIENEKE, A., OSTMANN, A. 2012. Structure, function and Evolution of musculature in Dasydytidae (Paucitubulatina, Gastrotricha). Zoomorphology 131: 95-114. 

OSTMANN, A., NORDHAUS, I., SØRENSEN, M.V. 2012. First recording of kinorhynchs from Java, with the description of a new brackish water species from a mangrove-fringed lagoon. Marine Biodiversity 42: 79-91.

Vorträge (nationale Konferenzen)

2012
OSTMANN, A., KIENEKE, A.
 (2012): 3D muscle structure and the evolution of remarkable planktonic Gastrotricha (Family Dasydytidae). 13. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS), Bonn. 

Vorträge (internationale Konferenzen)

2015
OSTMANN, A. (2015): Meiofauna around Iceland – prediction of harpacticoid copepods using SDM. 10. YoMo Workshop, Lachen, Switzerland.

Poster:

2011

OSTMANN, A., SORENSEN, M.V. Habitat preferences and correlated morphological adaptations of a Group of species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha). 2nd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology, Harvard University, Boston.

2010
OSTMANN, A., NORDHAUS, I., MARTÍNEZ-ARBIZU, P. Diversity and spatial variation of Meiofauna in the Segara Anakan lagoon, Java, Indonesia. 14th International Meiofauna Conference, Ghent, Belgien