Slava Ivanenko

Slava Ivanenko
Moscow State University

    Viatcheslav Ivanenko (aka Slava Ivanenko) is a marine biologist from Moscow
    State University, who has been studying diversity, evolution and development
    of shallow and deep water crustacean copepods, a diverse and common group of
    small aquatic crustaceans. During his research trip to Moorea Island Slava
    collected and photographed alive number of shallow water benthic, epibenthic
    and symbiotic copepods representing orders Calanoida, Cyclopoida,
    Harpacticoida, Misophrioida, Monstrilloida, Poecilostomatoida, and
    Siphonostomatoida. These copepods are found as free living as well as
    associated with different algae, invertebrates (sponges, echinoderms,
    cnidarians, mollusks etc.) and dead stony corals collected at distinct
    depths and localities. Number (more than 700 photographs) of colored alive
    copepods (70+ species) has been taken so far. Hosts of collected copepods
    have been preserved and photographed as well. In order to barcode DNA of as
    many species of tiny invertebrates as possible 70 partially sorted bulk
    samples have been preserved in 96% alcohol and stored in freezer. Follow
    study of bulk samples revealed diverse invertebrates. Material collected at
    Moorea Island by Slava represents most taxonomical and ecological groups of
    Copepoda and is the first system approach of DNA barcoding of marine
    copepods often indicated as the most ecologically important taxon of
    crustaceans.