Nataliya Budaeva
Associate Professor
Department of Natural History
University Museum of Bergen, Norway
PhD project 2021-2025
Scale worms of the North Atlantic and the Arctic
Martha W. Everett
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS
Supervisor: Dr. Nataliya Budaeva
PhD project 2019-2023
Systematics revision of Orbiniidae (Annelida)
Miguel A. Meca
University of Bergen, Norway
Supervisors: Dr. Nataliya Budaeva
Dr. Anna Zhadan
PhD project 2019-2023
Systematics and biogeography of the North Atlantic Lumbrineridae
Polina Borisova
P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, RAS
Supervisor: Dr. Nataliya Budaeva
Master thesis 2018
Phylogeny of Lumbrineridae (Annelida) based on molecular data
Polina Borisova
Moscow State University, Russia
Supervisors: Dr. Nataliya Budaeva
Dr. Alexander Tzetlin
Project background:
Lumbrineridae is a highly diverse family of bristle worms with world-wide distribution. Despite their poor external morphology and lack of apparent distinctive morphological characters they comprise 19 genera erected mainly based on the structure of the complex maxillae – the upper jaws located in the muscular ventral proboscis.
The aim of the proposed master project is to provide the first molecular-based phylogeny of Lumbrineridae utilizing nuclear and mitochondrial markers and to compare it with published phylogeny based on morphological data (Carrera-Parra, 2006). This will help to access monophyly of the most species-rich genera and to trace the evolution of morphological characters (e.g. the presence of compound anterior falcigers, shape of maxillae, presence of parapodial lobes, etc.).
Borisova P., Budaeva N. 2022. First molecular phylogeny of Lumbrineridae (Annelida). Diversity 14 (2): 83. DOI
Borisova P., Budaeva N. 2020. Helmutneris vadum, a new species of Lumbrineridae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa, 4877: 413-421. DOI
Bachelor thesis 2016
Aponuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from the coast of West Africa
Polina Borisova
Moscow State University, Russia
Sypervisors: Dr. Nataliya Budaeva
Dr. Alexander Tzetlin
Borisova P., Schepetov D., Budaeva N. 2018. Aponuphis Kucheruk, 1978 (Annelida: Onuphidae) from western African waters. Invertebrate Zoology, 15: 19-41. PDF
During his project, Martin has studied an extensive material of Diopatra polychaetes from the shelf areas along the West African coast collected by R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen. He learned the basic methods of taxonomical work such as light microscopy, preparation of slides of parapodia, digital photography as well as scanning electron microscopy. He also worked in the DNA lab and obtained a good number of sequences of 16S rDNA and COI for most of species he had in hand. In his thesis, Martin has described nine new species of Diopatra and found four more species previously reported from the area. He also provided phylogenetic analysis of Diopatra and reported few previously overlooked morphological characters that appeared to by synapomorphies of well supported clades within the genus.
Master thesis 2015
Diversity and geographical ranges of Diopatra bristle worms (Onuphidae, Annelida) off the coast of West Africa
Martin M. Hektoen
University of Bergen
Supervisors: Dr. Nataliya Budaeva
Dr. Endre Willassen
