The
Maslakova Lab
The focus of research in Maslakova lab is evolution of development in marine invertebrates, in particular, the phylum Nemertea, commonly known as ribbon worms. Historically, nemerteans recieved little attention, despite the fact that these graceful marine predators occur at all depths in all of the world's oceans. About 1500 species are described, and we routinely encounter species new to science. We are interested in the diversity of embryonic and larval development in marine invertebrates, and want to understand how different developmental modes evolve. We combine classical comparative embryology with cell lineage tracing and analysis of gene expression patterns to investigate the mechanisms underlying evolutionary changes in development.
Selected publications
S.A. Maslakova and G. von Dassow. (2012) A lecithotrophic pilidium with apparent prototroch and telotroch. J Exp Zool (Mol Dev Evol). 9999B: 1-5.
Chernyshev A. V. and Maslakova S. A. 2011. Nemertea. In: Illustrated Keys to Free-Living Invertebrates of Eurasian Arctic Seas and Adjacent Deep Waters, Vol. 2. Nemertea, Cephalorhyncha, Oligochaeta, Hirudinida, Pogonophora,Echiura, Sipuncula, Phoronida, and Brachiopoda. Sirenko, B.I., ed. Alaska Sea Grant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks. Pp. 3-34.
S. A. Maslakova. 2010. Development to metamorphosis of the nemertean pilidium larva. Frontiers in Zoology. 7:30. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-7-30
H. Chen, M. Strand, J. L. Norenburg, S. Sun, H. Kajihara, A. V. Chernyshev, S. A. Maslakova, P. Sundberg. 2010. Statistical parsimony networks and species assemblages in cephalotrichid nemerteans (Nemertea). PLoS ONE. 5(9): e12885. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012885
S.A. Maslakova. 2010. The invention of the pilidium larva in an otherwise perfectly good spiralian phylum Nemertea. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 50: 734-743.
L. S. Hiebert, G. S. Gavelis, G. von Dassow and S. A. Maslakova. 2010. Five invaginations and shedding of the larval epidermis during development of the hoplonemertean Pantinonemertes californiensis. Journal of Natural History. 44: 2331 - 2347.
Maslakova S. A. & von Döhren J. D. 2009. Larval development with transitory epidermis in Paranemertes peregrina and other hoplonemerteans. Biol. Bull. 216: 273–292.
Maslakova S. A. & Norenburg J.L. 2008. Revision of the smiling worms, genus Prosorhochmus Keferstein 1862, and description of a new species, Prosorhochmus belizeanus sp. nov. (Prosorhochmidae, Hoplonemertea, Nemertea) from Florida and Belize. J.Nat. Hist. 42: 1219-1260.
Maslakova S. A. & Norenburg J.L. 2008. Revision of the smiling worms, genera Prosadenoporus Bürger, 1890 and Pantinonemertes Moore and Gibson, 1981 and description of a new species Prosadenoporus floridensis sp. nov. (Prosorhochmidae; Hoplonemertea, Nemertea) from Florida and Belize. J.Nat. Hist. 42: 1689-1727.
Oswald, F., Schmitt, F.M., Leutenegger, A., Ivanchenko, S.,D'Angelo, C., Salih, A., Maslakova, S. A., Bulina, M., Schirmbeck, R., Nienhaus, G.U., Matz, M.V. & Wiedenmann, J. 2007. Contributions of host and symbiont pigments to the coloration of reef corals. FEBS Journal 274: 1102–1109.
Roe, P., Norenburg, J. L. & Maslakova, S. A. 2007. Nemertea. In: The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon, 4th Edition. J. Carlton (Ed.). Pp. 182-196 (Plates 86-90).
Bishop C. D., D. F. Erezyilmaz, T. Flatt, C. D. Georgiou, M. G. Hadfield, A. Heyland, J. Hodin, M. W. Jacobs, S. A. Maslakova, A. Pires, A. M. Reitzel, S. Santagata, K. Tanaka, J. H. Youson. 2006. What is metamorphosis? J. Integ. Comp. Biol. 46: 655-661.
Maslakova, S. A., Thiel, M., Vásquez, N. & Norenburg, J. L. 2005. The smile of Amphiporus nelsoni Sanchez, 1973 (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera: Amphiporidae) leads to a redescription and a change in family. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 18(3): 483-498.
Maslakova S. A., Martindale, M. Q. and Norenburg, J. L. 2004. Vestigial prototroch in a basal nemertean Carinoma tremaphoros (Palaeonemertea, Nemertea). Evol. Dev. 6(4): 219-226.
Maslakova S. A., Martindale, M. Q. and Norenburg, J. L. 2004. Fundamental properties of spiralian developmental program are displayed by the basal nemertean Carinoma tremaphoros (Palaeonemertea, Nemertea). Dev. Biol. 267(2): 342-360.
Maslakova, S. A. and Norenburg, J. L. 2001. Phylogenetic study of pelagic nemerteans (Pelagica, Polystilifera). Hydrobiologia. 456: 111-132.
Maslakova, S. A. and Malakhov, V. V. 1999. Hidden larva in the Hoplonemertini order of nemerteans. Proc. Russ. Acad. Sci. Series Biol. (published in Russian and English). 366 (6): 849-852.
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