Summary
As a Principal Curator in Charge I work with research and curation staff across non-insect invertebrates. My personal research interest is in amphipod Crustacea taxonomy as a platform to understand broader concepts in systematics, biogeography, invasive species and natural history studies. I work across Indo-Pacific and Atlantic collections, investigating biodiversity, with a current focus on Southern Hemisphere Coastal Talitridae, Australian shallow-water biodiversity and Deep Sea Peracarids.
Highlighted publications
- Hughes LE, Ahyong ST (2017) The identity of the Australian sand-hopper Talorchestia pravidactyla Haswell, 1880 (Amphipoda: Talitridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, (1) Oxford University Press (OUP) : 53 - 62. doi: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruw003
- Sotka EE, Bell T, Hughes LE, Lowry JK, Poore AGB (2017) A molecular phylogeny of marine amphipods in the herbivorous family Ampithoidae. Zoologica Scripta, (1) Wiley : 85 - 95. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12190
- Fanini L, Hughes LE, Springthorpe R, Tosetto L, Lowry JK (2016) Surface activity patterns of macrofauna on pocket, tidal beaches: Insights into the role of wrack and artificial lighting. Regional Studies in Marine Science, Elsevier BV : 63 - 71. doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2016.05.007
- Hughes LE, Lowry JK (2010) Establishing a Neotype for Elasmopus rapax Costa, 1853 and Its Presence as an Invasive Species in Temperate Australian Waters. Journal of Crustacean Biology, (4) Oxford University Press (OUP) : 699 - 709. doi: 10.1651/10-3290.1
- HOSSAIN MB, HUGHES LE New species Victoriopisa bruneiensis and Apocorophium acutum (Chevreux, 1908) from Brunei (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda). Zootaxa, (3) Magnolia Pressdoi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.3.5
- HUGHES L, LÖRZ A-N Family placement of the enigmatic <i>Otagia neozelanica</i> (Chilton, 1897) Haustorioidea: Otagiidae fam. nov. (Amphipoda: Crustacea). Zootaxa, (3) Magnolia Pressdoi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3636.3.3
- HUGHES LE, LOWRY JK Hermesorchestia alastairi gen. et sp. nov. from Australia (Talitridae: Senticaudata: Amphipoda: Crustacea). Zootaxa, (4) Magnolia Pressdoi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.3
- Hughes LE, Lörz A-N Boring Amphipods from Tasmania, Australia (Eophliantidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea). Evolutionary Systematics, (1) Pensoft Publishers : 41 - 52. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.3.35340
- HUGHES LE Mallacoota misool, a new species of Maeridae from West Papua (Crustacea: Peracarida: Amphipoda). Zootaxa, (5) Magnolia Pressdoi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.5.7
- Jażdżewska AM, Corbari L, Driskell A, Frutos I, Havermans C, Hendrycks E, Hughes L, Lörz A-N, Stransky B, Tandberg AHS, Vader W, Brix S A genetic fingerprint of Amphipoda from Icelandic waters – the baseline for further biodiversity and biogeography studies. ZooKeys, Pensoft Publishers : 55 - 73. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.731.19931