Person record of Tammy Horton

Information

Type
Person
Honorific prefix
Dr
Firstname
Tammy
Surname
Horton
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4250-1068
Description @en
My research focus is the taxonomy and ecology of deep-sea scavenging amphipods from the superfamily Lysianassoidea. As a taxonomist I have a keen interest in the advances in modern methods of taxonomic databasing, interactive web-based keys and digital illustration. I also retain more than a passing interest in fish parasitology and in particular studies of Cymothoid isopods following my PhD, studying the taxonomy, ecology and pathology of cymothoid isopods in both wild and farmed fish. I have been employed as a researcher on a variety of deep-sea biodiversity projects at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, since 2001. I am also the manager of the Discovery Collections, a unique collection of deep-sea samples held partly at NOC and partly at the Natural History Museum in London. I play an active role in WoRMS as the chief taxonomic editor of the World Amphipoda Database (http://www.marinespecies.org/amphipoda/index.php) and the World Register of Deep-Sea Species (WoRDSS http://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/index.php). I have been a member of the Steering Committee, since 2012 and took on the position of Chair in 2016. I recognise the global significance of the WoRMS database and am keen to see continued improvements in standardisation and ease of use for both taxonomic editors and users.

Institutes

University of Southampton; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton; Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems
role
Researcher DEEPSEAS Benthic Biology Group
WoRMS Editorial Board
role
Chief taxonomic editor

Projects

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence
during period
Start date: 2004
End date: 2009

Expertise

taxonomic terms
Cymothoidae
Lysianassoidea

Special collections

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

Images

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record metadata

date created: 2003-12-23
date modified: 2005-07-05