Dissertation Research: Systematics and evolution of sea anemones symbiotic with hermit crabs

National Science Foundation, 2008-2010 ($12,000)

CnidTol: An integrative approach to investigating Cnidarian Evolution

National Science Foundation, 2005-2010 ($565,000)

Revisionary Systematics of the Burrowing Anemone Subfamily Edwardsiinae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria)

National Science Foundation, 2004-2008 ($240,000)

A mobile computer lab to enhance instruction at the Museum of Biological Diversity

OSU Board of Regents Equipment fund ($21,000)

Sea anemones of Oman    

AAAS WISC Award, 2002 ($4700)

Postdoctoral Fellowship 

University of Kansas, 2001- 2004

Panorama Award

KU Endowment Fund, 2001

Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant

National Science Foundation, 1998-2001 ($9000)

Field Work

Planned, permitted, and carried out collections in Canada, England, France, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Northern Ireland, Norway, Oman, California, Florida, Maine.  

 Participated in collection of meiofauna, intertidal benthos, and deep-water invertebrates using grabs, cores, SCUBA, and other sampling techniques.

Collections

Preserved and accessioned fluid and tissue specimens for American Museum of Natural History, Field Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas Natural History Museum, and US national Museum of Natural History

Sorted and maintained natural history collections at US National Museum of Natural History (1995-1997) and University of Kansas Natural History Museum (2001-2004). 

Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology (2010)

Organized symposium on the Cnidarian  Tree of Life

National Science Foundation (2009)

Steering Committee, “Future of Systematics” workshops

Grizmek’s Encyclopedia (2009-)

Editor, Basal Metazoa entries

International Cladistics Workshop (2007- )

Developed and organized annual week-long workshop for 20 students on phylogenetic methods. 

OSU Museum Open House (2006- )

Developed and organized annual public event attended by 1000+ people

OSU Department of EEOB (2006- )

Advisor for  ~100 Honor’s students majoring in Zoology, delegate to the Arts and Sciences Honors Committee

Mathematical Biosciences Institute (2005-  )   

Member of Local Scientific Advisory Committee

OSU Phylogenetics Workshop   (2005)

Developed and organized symposium on phylogenetic methods featuring nationally and internationally recognized systematic biologists. 

International Conference on Coelenterate Biology    (2003)

Organized sessions on systematics, edited systematics and genetics submissions to Proceedings

University of Kansas Museum of Natural History (2001-2004)

Devised and directed Division of Invertebrate Zoology program for public outreach events

Evolution (EEOB 400)

Undergraduate course for majors in Biological Sciences. Typical enrollment 120 students.  Includes recitation section and lectures. 

Organismal Diversity & Systematics (EEOB 405.01)

Undergraduate course for majors in Biological Sciences. Typical enrollment 70 students.  Lecture only; team taught with a botanist. 

Marine Biology (EEOB 505)

Undergraduate course for majors in Biological Sciences. Typical enrollment 40 students.  Integrated lecture and lab. 

Graduate Seminar (EEOB 881)

Graduate seminars on various topics, including: Metazoan Phylogeny; Cnidarian Biology; Taxonomy and Nomenclature; Deep Sea Biology

Robert Gaebel

MSc 2005

Taxonomy and systematics of the speckled chub Macrybopsis aestivalis

Annie Lindgren

PhD 2008

Phylogenetic systematics of the Oegopsida (Cephalopoda: Decapodiformes)

Kody Kuehnl

PhD 2009

Systematics and conservation of Villosa (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Unionidae)

Esprit Heestand

MSc 2009

Phylogeny and evolution of the intertidal sea anemone genus Anthopleura.

Luciana Gusmão

PhD 2010

Phylogenetic systematics of the hermit-crab symbiotic sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hormathiidae)

Anthony D’Orazio

PhD 2011

Theoretical and experimental inquiries into the origins and constraints on the division of labor in the sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima

Abigail Reft

PhD 2011

Ultrastructural diversity and evolution of nematocysts

Paul Larson

PhD 2014

Evolution of mating systems and life history in Epiactis (Cnidaria: Anthozoa).

Jennifer Wollschlager

MSc 2011

Nematocysts of the invasive hydrozoan Cordylophora

Daly, M. 2002a. A systematic revision of Edwardsiidae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Invert. Biol. 121: 212-225.

Daly, M. 2002b.  Taxonomy, anatomy, and histology of the lined sea anemone, Edwardsiella  lineata. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 115: 868-877.

Daly, M., Lipscomb, D.L., and Allard, M.W.  2002.  A simple test: evaluating explanations for the relative simplicity for the Edwardsiidae. Evolution 56: 502-510.

Daly, M., Fautin, D.G., and Cappola, V.A. 2003. Systematics of Hexacorallia. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 139: 419-437.

Daly, M. 2003. On the anatomy, terminology, and homology of acrorhagi and pseudoacrorhagi. Zool. Meded., Leiden 345: 89-102.

Daly, M.  2004a. A redescription of three sea anemones from Baja California, including Isoaulactinia hespervolita.  Pac. Sci. 58: 377-390.

Daly, M. 2004b. Phylogeny and Biogeography of Anthopleura in the North Atlantic Ocean. Hydrobiologia 530: 241-248.

Daly, M., Ardelean, A., Cha, H.-R. , Campbell, A. C., and Fautin, D.G. 2004. A new species, Adamsia  obvolva (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria), from the Gulf of Mexico and a discussion of the taxonomy of carcinoecium-forming sea anemones. Bull. Mar. Sci. 74:385-399.

Daly, M. and Fautin, D.G.  2004. Anthopleura mariscali, a new species of sea anemone (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Galápagos Islands. Zootaxa 416: 1-8.

Daly, M. and den Hartog, J.C. 2004. Taxonomy, circumscription, and usage in Anthopleura  (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria) from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. Bull. Mar. Sci.74:400-21.  

Yanagi, K. and Daly, M.  2004. A new species of internally brooding, hermaphrodite sea anemone,  Anthopleura atodai, with a redescription of Anthopleura hermaphroditica. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 117: 408-421.

Collins, A.G. and Daly, M. 2005.  A new deepwater species of Stauromedusae, Lucernaria janetae  (Cnidaria, Staurozoa, Lucernariidae), and a preliminary investigation of stauromedusan phylogeny based on nuclear and mitochondrial rDNA data.  Biol. Bull. 208: 221-230.

Fautin, D. G., Daly, M., and Cappola, V. A. 2005. Sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria) of the Faroe Islands: a preliminary list and biogeographic context. Annales Societatis Scientiarum Færoensis  Supplementum 41: 77-87.

Abdul-Salim, K., Daly, M., Freudenstein, J.V., and Wenzel, J. W. 2006. Report on the Ohio State University workshops in phylogenetic methods. Cladistics 22:387-389.

Daly, M. 2006. Boloceroides daphneae, a new species of giant sea anemone (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Boloceroididae) from the deep Pacific. Mar Biol. 208: 1241-1247.

Daly, M.   2006. Boloceroides daphneae and Lucernaria janetae. In: Desbruyères, D., Segonzac, M., and Bright, M.,   eds., Handbook of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Fauna, 2^nd  Edition, IFREMER Press, Paris.

Daly, M. 2007. Cnidaria.  Pp. 141-145 In: Gaines, S. and Denny, M., eds., The Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Daly, M., Brugler, M., Cartwright, P., Collins, A.G., Dawson, M.N., France S.C., Fautin, D.G., McFadden, C.S., Opresko, D.M., Rodriguez, E., Romano, S.L., and Stake, J.L. 2007. The phylum Cnidaria: A review of phylogenetic patterns and diversity 300 years after Linnaeus. Zootaxa 1668: 127-186. 

Daly, M and Gusmão, L. 2007. The first sea anemone from a whale fall.  J. Nat. Hist.41: 1-11.

Fautin, D.G., Hickman, C.P., Daly, M., and Molodtsova, T. 2007. Shallow-water sea anemones and tube anemones of the Galápagos Islands.  Pac. Sci. 61: 549-573.

Lindgren, A. and Daly, M. 2007. The impact of hypervariable data and alignment criterion on the phylogeny of Decapodiformes (Mollusca: Cephalopoda). Cladistics 23: 464-476.

Magie, C.R., Daly, M., and Martindale, M.Q.  2007. Gastrulation in the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis . Dev. Biol. 305: 483-497.

Matus, D., Pang, K., Daly, M., and Martindale, M.Q.  2007. Expression of Pax gene family members in the anthozoan cnidarian, Nematostella vectensis.  Evol. Dev.  9: 25-38.

Ammons, A. and Daly, M.  2008. Distribution, Habitat Use and Ecology of Deepwater Anemones

      (Actiniaria) in the Gulf of Mexico.  Deep Sea Res. II. 55:  2657-2666.

Daly, M., Chaudhuri, A., Gusmão, L.C., and Rodriguez, E. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Actiniaria). Mol. Phylo. Evol. 48: 292-301.

Daly, M. and Ljubenkov, J. C. 2008. Edwardsiid sea anemones of California (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Edwardsiidae), with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa 1860: 1-27.

Rodriguez, E., Castorani, C.N., and Daly, M. 2008. Morphological phylogeny of family Actinostolidae (Anthozoa: Actiniaria) with a description of a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent sea anemone. Invert Syst. 22: 439-452.

Daly, M. and Goodwill, R.H.  2009. Andvakia discipulorum, a new species of burrowing sea anemone from Hawaii, with a revision of Andvakia Danielssen 1890. Pac. Sci. 63: 265-267

Fautin, D. G. and Daly, M.  2009. Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico.  Pp. 349-358  In Camp, D.K., Tunnell, J. W.  The Gulf of Mexico: Its origins, waters, and marine life.  Volume 3. Harte Institute, Galveston TX.

Fautin, D.G., Hand, C., and Daly, M. 2009.  Haliplanella Hand, 1956 (Anthozoa, Actiniaria): proposed conservation by suppression of Haliplanella Treadwell, 1943 (Polychaeta). Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 66: 312-316.

Goodwill, R. H., Fautin, D.G., Furey, J., and Daly, M. 2009.  A sea anemone symbiotic with gastropods of eight species in the Mariana Islands. Micronesica 41: 117-130.

Reitzel, A.M., Daly, M., Sullivan, J.C., and Finnerty J. R. 2009. Comparative anatomy and histology of three stages in the life history of the lined sea-anemone Edwardsiella lineata—a compelling new model system for evolutionary developmental studies of parasitism. J. Parasitol. 95: 100-112.

Rodriguez, E., Lopez-Gonzalez, P.J., and Daly, M.  2009. New family of sea anemones (Actiniaria, Acontiaria) from deep polar seas. Polar Biol.  32: 703-717.

Zelnio, K.A., Rodriguez, E., Daly, M. 2009. Hexacorals (Anthozoa: Actiniaria, Zoanthidea) from hydrothermal vents in the South-western Pacific.  Mar. Biol. Res.5: 547-571

Daly, M., Gusmão, L.C., Reft, A.J., Rodriguez, E. 2010. Phylogenetic signal in mitochondrial and nuclear markers in sea anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria). Integ. Comp. Bio. 50: 371-388.

Gusmão, L.C., Daly., M. 2010. Evolution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria: Hormathiidae) symbiotic with hermit crabs. Mol. Phylo. Evol. 56:868-877.

Rodriguez, E., Daly, M. 2010. Phylogenetic Relationships among deep-sea and chemosynthetic sea anemones: Actinoscyphiidae and Actinostolidae (Actiniaria: Mesomyaria). PLoS One 5(6): e10958. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010958.

Giribet, G., Okusu, A., Lindgren, A.R., Huff, S.W., Schrodl, M., Nishiguchi, M.K.  2006.  Evidence for a clade composed of molluscs with serially repeated structures: Monoplacophorans are related to chitons.  PNAS 103: 7723-7728.

Ward. B. and Lindgren, A.R.  2006.  Sampling protocols for CAML barcoding studies. Census of Antarctic Marine Life.

Strugnell, J.A. and Lindgren, A.R.  2007.  A barcode of life database for the Cephalopoda: Considerations and Concerns.  CIAC Special Edition of Rev. Fish Biol. Fisheries 17: 337-344.

Young, R.E, Lindgren, A.R., and Vecchione, M.V.  2008.  Mastigoteuthis microlucens: a new species of the squid family Mastigoteuthidae (Mollusca: Cephalopoda).  Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 121: 276-282.

Strugnell, J.A., Lindgren, A.R, and Allcock, L.  2009.  Cephalopod mollusks (Cephalopoda).  Pp. 242-246.  In S.B. Edges & S. Kumar, eds., The Timetree of Life.  Oxford University Press.

Reft, A. J., Westfall, J. A., and Fautin D. G. 2009. Formation of the apical flaps in nematocysts of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria). Biol. Bull. 217: 25-34.

Reft, A. J. and Voight, J. 2009. Sensory structures on the siphons of wood-boring bivalves (Pholadidae: Xylophagainae: Xylophaga). The Nautilus 123: 43-48

2010

University of Akron, Akron OH  “Systematics and diversity of sea anemones.”

Otterbein University, Westerville OH “Diversity and evolution of Cnidaria.”

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual mtg. “Towards a comprehensive tree of Life for Cnidaria.” (P. Cartwright*, A.G. Collins, C. Cunningham, M. Daly, S. France, C. McFadden)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual mtg. “Problems and Progress in sea anemone Phylogeny” (M. Daly and E. Rodriguez)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual mtg. “Mid-intertidal movement: variation among and within clones of Anthopleura elegantissima” (A. E. D’Orazio*, M. Daly)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual mtg. “Genetic diversity within Calliactis polypus, a sea anemone symbiotic with hermit crabs.” (L.C. Gusmão*, M. Daly)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual mtg. "Evolution of Brooding Anemones in the genus Epiactis" (P. Larson*, L. Francis, , M. Daly)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual mtg. "Form, function, and evolution of holotrichous isorhiza nematocysts" (A.J. Reft*, M. Daly)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual mtg. " Nematocysts of the invasive species Cordylophora caspia" (J. Wollschlager*, M. Daly)

2008

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX. “Diversity and Evolution of Anthozoa.”

Society for the Study of Systematic Biology/Evolution annual mtg. “Biogeographic review of sea anemones  endemic to the deep Pacific Ocean and their relationship to major sites of hydrothermal vents and cold seeps.” (C. Castorani*, M. Daly, and E. Rodríguez.)

Society for the Study of Systematic Biology/Evolution annual mtg. “Intertidal two-step: variation in mobility and adaptive response in the sea anemone A. elegantissima.” (A. E. D’Orazio* and M. Daly)

Society for the Study of Systematic Biology/Evolution annual mtg. “Biodiversity and evolution of sea anemones symbiotic with hermit crabs.” (L.C. Gusmão* and M. Daly)

Society for the Study of Systematic Biology/Evolution annual mtg. “Phylogeny and Evolution of Chemosynthetic Sea Anemones.” ( E. Rodríguez * and M. Daly)

Ocean Sciences mtg. “New species of anemone and zoanthid from hydrothermal vents at the East Lau Spreading Center and global vent and seep anemone diversity and distribution.” ( K.A. Zelnio,* E. Rodríguez , M. Daly, and C.R. Fisher)

2007

Willi Hennig Society annual mtg.  “Phylogenetic relationships among sea anemones.” ( M. Daly*, A. Chaudhuri, L.C. Gusmão, and E. Rodríguez)

Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology annual mtg.   “Molecular tests of morphospecies in the reef-building coral genus Porites” (E. Heestand*, M. Clareboudt, and M. Daly)