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Dr Picton, Bernard
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Thesaurus term: Sponges Taxonomic terms: Cnidaria [WoRMS]; Echinodermata [WoRMS]; Nudibranchia [WoRMS]; Tunicata [WoRMS]

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National Museums of Northern Ireland; Ulster Museum Function: Curator of Marine Invertebrates Direct contact at institute: Tel.: +44-(0)2890-39 52 66 E-mail: MolluscaBase eds. Function: Taxonomic editor WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors) Function: Taxonomic editor

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A1 Publications (37) [show]
Taboada, S.; Whiting, C. U.; Wang, S.; Ríos, P.; Davies, A.J.; Mienis, F.; Kenchington, E.; Cardenas, P.; Cranston, A.; Koutsouveli, V.; Cristobo, J.; Rapp, H.T.; Drewery, J.; Baldo, F.; Morrow, C.C.; Picton, B.; Xavier, J.R.; Arias, M.B.; Leiva, C.; Riesgo, A. (2023). Long distance dispersal and oceanographic fronts shape the connectivity of the keystone sponge Phakellia ventilabrum in the deep northeast Atlantic. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1177106. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1177106 Ellis-Diamond, D.C.; Picton, B.E.; Tibiriça, Y.; Sigwart, J.D. (2021). A new species of Sakuraeolis from Mozambique, described using 3D reconstruction of anatomy and phylogenetic analysis. J. Moll. Stud. 87(2): eyab010. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyab010 Korshunova, T.A.; Driessen, F.M.F; Picton, B.E.; Martynov, A.V. (2021). The multilevel organismal diversity approach deciphers difficult to distinguish nudibranch species complex. NPG Scientific Reports 11(1): 18323. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94863-5 Neuhaus, J.; Rauch, C.; Bakken, T.; Picton, B.; Pola, M.; Malaquias, M.A.E. (2021). The genus Jorunna (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) in Europe: a new species and a possible case of incipient speciation. J. Moll. Stud. 87(4): eyab028. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyab028 Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Picton, B.; Lundin, K.; Kashio, S.; Sanamyan, N.; Sanamyan, K.; Padula, V.; Schrödl, M.; Martynov, A. (2020). The Emperor’s Cadlina, hidden diversity and gill cavity evolution: new insights for the taxonomy and phylogeny of dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 189(3): 762-827. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz126 Martynov, A.; Mehrotra, R.; Chavanich, S.; Nakano, R.; Kashio, S.; Lundin, K.; Picton, B.; Korshunova, T. (2019). The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). ZooKeys 818: 89-116. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.818.30477 Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa 4324(1): 1-22. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1 Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Picton, B. (2017). External diversity is restrained by internal conservatism: new nudibranch mollusc contributes to the cryptic species problem. Zoologica Scri. 46(6): 683-692. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12253 Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, I.W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 717(717): 1-139. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.717.21885 Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, I.W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Corrigenda: Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.717.21885. ZooKeys 725(725): 139-141. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.725.23022 Furfaro, G.; Picton, B.; Martynov, A.; Mariottini, P. (2016). Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 is a valid species: molecular and morphological comparison with D. luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa 4193(2): 304-316. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.6 Furfaro, G.; Picton, B.; Martynov, A.; Mariottini, P. (2016). Erratum: GIULIA FURFARO, BERNARD PICTON, ALEXANDER MARTYNOV & PAOLO MARIOTTINI (2016) Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 is a valid species: molecular and morphological comparison with D. luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa, 4193: 304–316. Zootaxa 4208(6): 600. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4208.6.8 Goodwin, C.; Rodolfo-Metalpa, R.; Picton, B.; Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2014). Effects of ocean acidification on sponge communities. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 35(s1): 41-49. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12093 Goodwin, C.E.; Strain, E.M.A.; Edwards, H.; Bennett, S.C.; Breen, J.P.; Picton, B.E. (2013). Effects of two decades of rising sea surface temperatures on sublittoral macrobenthos communities in Northern Ireland, UK. Mar. Environ. Res. 85: 34-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.12.008 Hill, M.S.; Hill, A.L.; Lopez, J.; Peterson, K.J.; Pomponi, S.; Diaz, M.C.; Thacker, R.W.; Adamska, M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Chaves-Fonnegra, A.; Danka, E.; De Laine, B.-O.; Formica, D.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Klontz, S.; Morrow, C.C.; Patel, J.; Picton, B.; Pisani, D.; Pohlmann, D.; Redmond, N.E.; Reed, J.; Richey, S.; Riesgo, A.; Rubin, E.; Russell, Z.; Rützler, K.; Sperling, E.A.; di Stefano, M.; Tarver, J.E.; Collins, A.G. (2013). Reconstruction of family-level phylogenetic relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) using nuclear encoded housekeeping genes. PLoS One 8(1): e50437. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050437 Morrow, C.C.; Redmond, N.E.; Picton, B.E.; Allcock, A.L.; Sigwart, J.D.; Maggs, C.A. (2013). Molecular phylogenies support homoplasy of multiple morphological characters used in the taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae). Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(Supplement 1): E149 Morrow, C.C.; Redmond, N.E.; Picton, B.E.; Thacker, R.W.; Collins, A.G.; Maggs, C.A.; Sigwart, J.D.; Allcock, A.L. (2013). Molecular phylogenies support homoplasy of multiple morphological characters used in the taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae). Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(3): 428-446. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/ict065 Redmond, N.E.; Morrow, C.C.; Thacker, R.W.; Diaz, M.C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Hajdu, E.; Lobo-Hajdu, G.; Picton, B.E.; Collins, A.G. (2013). New 18S rDNA sequence data suggest exciting new hypotheses for internal relationships of Demospongiae (Phylum Porifera). Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(Supplement 1): E176 Redmond, N.E.; Morrow, C.C.; Thacker, R.W.; Diaz, M.C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Hajdu, E.; Lobo-Hajdu, G.; Picton, B.E.; Pomponi, S.A.; Kayal, E.; Collins, A.G. (2013). Phylogeny and systematics of Demospongiae in light of new small-subunit ribosomal DNA (18S) sequences. Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(3): 388-415. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/ict078 Daly, M.; Picton, B. (2012). Description of the sea anemone Anthopleura thallia (Gosse 1854). Biol. Environ. (Dublin) 112B(2): 235-240. https://dx.doi.org/10.3318/bioe.2012.10 Morrow, C.C.; Picton, B.E.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.A.; Allcock, A.L. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: a new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 62(1): 174-190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016 Strain, E.M.A.; Allcock, A.L.; Goodwin, C.E.; Maggs, C.A.; Picton, B.E.; Roberts, D. (2012). The long-term impacts of fisheries on epifaunal assemblage function and structure, in a Special Area of Conservation. J. Sea Res. 67(1): 58-68. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2011.10.001 Goodwin, C.E.; Picton, B.E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2011). Hymedesmia (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Irish and Scottish cold-water coral reefs, with a description of five new species. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 91(5): 979-997. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315411000014 Reveillaud, J.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Derycke, S.; Picton, B.E.; Rigaux, A.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). Phylogenetic relationships among NE Atlantic Plocamionida Topsent (1927) (Porifera, Poecilosclerida): under-estimated diversity in reef ecosystems. PLoS One 6(2): e16533. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016533 Perez-Portela, R.; Goodwin, C.E.; Picton, B.E.; Turon, X. (2010). Pycnoclavella stolonialis n. sp. (Tunicata: Ascidiacea), with phylogenetic and distributional remarks on the genus in Europe. Zootaxa 2407(2407): 51-66 Goodwin, C.E.; Picton, B.E. (2009). Demosponges of the genus Hymedesmia (Poecilosclerida: Hymedesmidae) from Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, with a description of six new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 156(4): 896-912. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00498.x Goodwin, C.E.; Picton, B.E. (2007). The red blenny Parablennius ruber in the British Isles, with notes on field identification characteristics and ecology. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(5): 1309-1313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540705744X Heim, I.; Nickel, M.; Picton, B.; Brümmer, F. (2007). Description and molecular phylogeny of Tethya hibernica sp. nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Northern Ireland with remarks on the European species of the genus Tethya. Zootaxa 1595(1): 1-15 Picton, B.E.; Goodwin, C.E. (2007). Sponge biodiversity of Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(6): 1441-1458. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407058122 Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.S.; Picton, B.E. (1996). Long term trends in the discovery of marine species new to science which occur in Britain and Ireland. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 76(1): 255-257 Morrow, C.C.; Thorpe, J.P.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Genetic divergence and cryptic speciation in two morphs of the common subtidal nudibranch Doto coronata (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea: Dotoidae) from the northern Irish Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 84(1): 53-61. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps084053 Picton, B.E. (1991). Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906), a nudibranch adapted for life in a shallow sandy habitat. Malacologia 32(2): 219-221 Picton, B.E.; Manuel, R.L. (1985). Arachnanthus sarsi Carlgren, 1912: a redescription of a cerianthid anemone new to the British Isles. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 83(4): 343-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01180.x McKenzie, J.D.; Picton, B.E. (1984). A note on feeding in Leptopentacta (=Cucumaria) elongata. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 64(3): 727. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400030423 Picton, B.E.; Wilson, K. (1984). Cuthona genovae (O'donoghue 1926), and aeolid nudibranch new to the fauna of the British Isles. J. Conch., Lond. 31: 349-352 Picton, B.E. (1979). Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock) comb. nov. Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia, an interesting rediscovery from S.W. England. J. Moll. Stud. 45(1): 125-130. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065474 Picton, B.E.; Brown, G.H. (1978). New species of Cuthona (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from British Isles. J. Conch., Lond. 29: 345-348
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Picton, B.E. (1996). The Species Directory Marine Database: a hierarchical taxonomic database for species-oriented biological recording in the marine environment. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 66(Suppl.): 49-61 Van Soest, R.W.M.; Schalk, P.H.; Smith, K.; Picton, B.E.; Brugman, M.; Díaz, M.C.; Sanders, M.L.; de Weerdt, W.H.; Rützler, K. (1996). Por-Linnaeus: the application of interactive multimedia software for species data storage and computer assisted identification of Porifera. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 66(Suppl.): 63-72
Books (9) [show]
Bowen, S.; Goodwin, C.; Kipling, D.; Picton, B. (2022). Sea squirts of Britain and Ireland. Wild Nature Press: Plymouth. ISBN 978-0-9955673-8-2. 200 pp. Picton, B.; Morrow, C.C. (Ed.) (2017). 10th World Sponge Conference, NUI Galway 23-30 June 2017: Book of Abstracts . National University Ireland: Galway. 292 pp. Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic [CD-ROM]. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam. ISBN 3-540-14774-8. 1 cd-rom pp. Picton, B.E.; Costello, M.J. (Ed.) (1999). The BioMar biotope viewer: a guide to marine habitats, fauna and flora in Britain and Ireland. Environmental Sciences Unit, Trinity College: Dublin. Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. VI, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. Erwin, D.; Picton, B. (1995). Guide to inshore marine life. IMMEL Publishing: London. ISBN 907151-33-7. 120 pp. Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C. (1994). A field guide to the nudibranchs of the British Isles. IMMEL Publishing: London. ISBN 1-898162-05-0. 142 pp., more Picton, B.E. (1993). A field guide to the shallow-water echinoderms of the British Isles. IMMEL Publishing: London. ISBN 0-907151-88-4. 96 pp. Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles - A colour guide and working document. Marine Conservation Society: [s.l.]. 175 pp., more
Book chapters (8) [show]
Goodwin, C.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C.; Dyrynda, P.E.J. (2017). Sponges, in: Hayward, P.J. et al. (Ed.) Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. pp. 35-63 Nunn, J.D.; Smith, S.M.; Picton, B.E.; McGrath, D. (2005). A checklist, atlas and bibliography for the marine Mollusca of Ireland, in: Wilson, J.G. (Ed.) The intertidal ecosystem: the value of Ireland’s shores. pp. 200-201 Costello, M.J.; Picton, B.E.; Emblow, C.; Guiry, M.D.; Connor, D. (1998). Electronic dissemination of marine biodiversity information collated in databases, in: Bohle-Carbonell, M. (Ed.) Marine Science and Technology Programme experiences in project data management. pp. 73-84 Connor, D.W.; Picton, B.E. (1997). Tunicata, in: Howson, C.M. et al. (Ed.) The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276: pp. 301-307 Cornelius, P.F.S.; Mapstone, G.M.; Picton, B.E.; Williams, R.B. (1997). Cnidaria, in: Howson, C.M. et al. (Ed.) The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276: pp. 23-41 Heppell, D.; Smith, S.M.; Picton, B.E. (1997). Mollusca, in: Howson, C.M. et al. (Ed.) The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276: pp. 229-268 Picton, B.E.; Stone, S.M.; Howson, C.M. (1997). Porifera, in: Howson, C.M. et al. (Ed.) The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276: pp. 9-22 Sides, E.M.; Picton, B.E.; Costello, M.J.; Crean, E.; Emblow, C.S.; Gillmor, J.; Kelly, K.S.; Morrow, C.C. (1995). Identification and mapping of marine biotopes, in: Carroll, M. et al. (Ed.) Coastal zone management: from needs to action. pp. 198-203
Other publication [show]
Howson, C.; Connor, D.; Erwin, D.; Picton, B. (1984). A sublittoral survey of northern-Ireland - methods and some preliminary results. Br. Phycol. J. 19(2): 194-195

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