Team

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PD Dorte Janussen
Sektionleitung Marine Evertebraten I
Phone +49 69 7542-1306
dorte.janussen@senckenberg.de

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Dr. Manfred Grasshoff
Honorary Collaborator
  • Evolutionsforschung
  • Konstruktionsmorphologie
  • Taxonomie, Systematik und Evolution der Echten Radnetzspinnen (Araneae: Araneidae), z.B. Revision der Gattung Neoscona in Afrika

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Melanie Bergmann

Marine Invertebrates I

Focus of our research in section Marine Invertebrates I is the phylum Porifera (sponges). Furthermore, the taxa Cnidaria (corals in particular), Tunicata (ascidians and salps) and Ctenophora (warty comb jellies) are part of our research collections.

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Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz

Research

Sponges play an important ecological role as active filter feeders contributing to the nutrient flow in the pelago-benthic coupling. Furthermore, sponges are important in structuring the sea floor where they act hosts creating habitats for other organisms.

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Saskia Dimter in in Schwammsammlung
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Collection

The main research objectives under M. Graßhoff were the taxonomy of octocorals, the evolution of coelenterates, and general aspects of evolution and phylogeny. 

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