MCZ Lunchtime Seminar
Date and Time
March 10, 2025
12:00PM - 01:00PM EDT
Location
MCZ 101A, Robert A. Gilbert Room
Getting the Dirt on Velvet Worms: Uncovering Species Diversity and Distributions
Arianna Lord
Graduate Student
Gonzalo Giribet Lab
Velvet worms encompass a cryptic diversity that remains largely unexplored with only around 200 species currently recognized within the phylum. In this seminar, I will share my research on the genus Ooperipatellus which is found in Australia and New Zealand and summarize how SNP-based species delimitation approaches and ecological niche modeling can offer insights into the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of this enigmatic group.