Invertebrate division

Animals that inhabit freshwaters must deal with the unique challenges of living in such environments.

We are asking the public to report sightings of the more established Chinese mitten crab and new invader the Asian shore crab.

Recommending fyke nets to reduce numbers of invasive mitten crabs in the River Thames, while assisting in the conservation of eels.

We are interested in the origins, adaptive radiation, classification, biodiversity and ecological interactions of deep-sea animals.

We are studying the phylogeny of the gastropod superfamily Trochoidea in order to understand the origin of marine biodiversity in tropical oceans.

Many diseases of wild and farmed animals are emerging due to climate change, habitat degradation and associated biotic responses.

We are using cutting-edge technology and methods to examine the toxins produced by relatively neglected venomous taxa.

The evolutionary history of colour and vision has been closely intertwined over the last 500 million years, leading to a dazzling diversity of colours and visual systems in marine invertebrates. 

We are testing the feasibility of eliminating soil-transmitted helminths and developing cost-effective methods for elimination programmes. 

We are characterising parasitic genomes and using the data for evolutionary developmental biology, phylogenomics and targeted drug design.

We are describing and documenting patterns of copepod species to determine how their diversity evolves.

Our groundbreaking research is aimed at understanding and controlling this neglected tropical disease.