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Wilma M. Blom is a marine scientist. Since 2011 she has been Curator, Marine Invertebrates at Auckland War Memorial Museum. [1] [2]
Wilma M. Blom | |
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Wilma M. Blom is a marine scientist. Since 2011 she has been Curator, Marine Invertebrates at Auckland War Memorial Museum. [1] [2]
Blom studied at the University of Auckland and later University of Sydney in the 1980s, researching the sedimentology of the Raukūmara Range, [3] and Bass Strait in Australia. [4] [5] In 1989, the amoeboid protist Lagena blomae, a species found in the Bass Strait, was named after Blom. [6] [7]
In mid-2011, Blom became the marine invertebrates curator at Auckland War Memorial Museum. [5] [8] [9] Blom's work focuses on identifying marine fauna, such as molluscs. She also works in science communication, through projects such as Auckland Museum's New Zealand Marine Life app. She also organises a 2-yearly BioBlitz programme which places scientists alongside communities to help them document the biodiversity of their surrounding area, and has been involved in research projects involving The Noises. [1] [10] She has contributed to the collections of Auckland Museum and Te Papa. [11]
Blom led a team that dissected a rare Taningia danae octopus, found by a fishing expedition near Whakaari / White Island in 2020. [12]
In 2020, Blom collaborated on a project involving a Pliocene fossil trove, which was uncovered at Māngere when vertical shafts were being excavated for the Central Interceptor at Māngere Wastewater Treatment Plant. [13] 266 fossil species were uncovered at the trove, including at least ten novel species. [14] [15]
Blom first began living in Auckland in 1971. [1] Blom is interested in botanical art, [5] and her illustration of Pteris tremula was selected for the Ngāi Tipu Taketake - Indigenous Flora exhibition held at Auckland Botanic Gardens in 2018. [16] She is a member of the Auckland Shell Club. [17]
Penion sulcatus is a species of medium-to-large predatory marine snail or whelk, commonly called the northern siphon whelk or kākara nui in Māori, belonging to the whelk family Austrosiphonidae.
Eatoniella atervisceralis is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Eatoniella bathamae is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Eatoniella delli is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Eatoniella fossa is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Eatoniella globosa is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Eatoniella fuscosubucula is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Eatoniella latebricola is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Eatoniella notalabia is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. It was first described by Winston F. Ponder in 1965. It is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Eatoniella perforata is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. First described by Winston Ponder in 1965, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand. Compared to most other Eatoniella species of New Zealand, E. perforata is found in relatively deep water.
Eatoniella pullmitra is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. First described by Winston Ponder in 1965, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand. The species has a preference for living on algae found in the sublittoral zone.
Eatoniella rakiura is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. First described by Winston Ponder in 1965, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand. The first specimens of the species were exclusively found around Stewart Island.
Eatoniella stewartiana is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. First described by Winston Ponder in 1965, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Onoba elegans is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Rissoidae. First described by Winston Ponder in 1965, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Tubbreva exaltata is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Anabathridae. First described by Badwn Powell in 1933 as Notosetia exaltata, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand. There are two subspecies, Tubbreva exaltata exaltata and Tubbreva exaltata sorenseni.
Pupatonia gracilispira is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eatoniellidae. First described by Baden Powell in 1933 as Estea gracilispira, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Powellisetia bilirata is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Rissoidae. First described by Winston Ponder in 1965, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Powellisetia comes is an extinct species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Rissoidae. First described by Harold John Finlay in 1926, it is known to have lived in New Zealand during the early Miocene.
Powellisetia unicarinata is a species of marine gastropod mollusc in the family Rissoidae. First described by Powell in 1930 as Notosetia unicarinata, it is endemic to the waters of New Zealand.
Margaret S. Morley, was a New Zealand malacologist, illustrator and museum curator. A self-trained researcher, Morley joined the Auckland Shell Club in 1980 and became one of the leading experts in the identification of New Zealand micromollusc species. A prolific researcher, Morley published over 119 papers, most of which featured her own illustrations, and in 2004 published A Photographic Guide to Seashells of New Zealand.
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