Overview and objectives of PEET project

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Overview and objectives of PEET project
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PEET Partnership for the Enhancement of
Expertise in Taxonomy

• train next generation of taxonomists
• revisionary systematics of selected taxa
• create online taxonomic tools
• create phylogenetic hypotheses
• study evolution of group based on phylogenies

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Train next generation of taxonomists in
classical and modern methods

• John Starmer UF PhD
• Kris Netchy UF BS, UOG MS
• François Michonneau UF PhD
• Tim Werner U Boston PhD
• Karim Mezali visiting scholar, U Algiers
  doctorate

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Revisionary systematics of selected taxa
Bohadschia, Actinopyga, Stichopodidae proposed
for training, but determined by student and AWG
interests

• John Starmer - Stichopus
• Kris Netchy Actinopyga?
• François Michonneau Cystipus, then?
• Tim Werner undecided
• Karim Mezali Mediterranean taxa, Holothuria
  s.s.?

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Create online taxonomic tools set tools in place
for revisionary work

• Database to include
• available nomina
• original species descriptions
• literature
• location of type specimens
• track synonymy
• illustrations / photos

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Create phylogenetic hypotheses

• based on sequence and morphological data
• guides taxon delimitations
• generic and familial revisions

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Study evolution of group based on phylogenies

• map characters on phylogeny
• study evolution of morphology, life history,
  ecology, biogeography, etc.

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AWG collaborations

• track aspidochirotid nomina and literature
• track aspidochirotid type material
• develop standardized character matrix
• populate character matrix
• field efforts
• phylogenetic efforts
• revisionary efforts
• training efforts - host and mentor PEET trainees

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Objectives of PEET workshopBelgian 11

• Overview PEET / AWG objectives
• Intellectual exchange
• Review progress
• Set goals
• Define tasks
• Identify who will do what / collaborations

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Character standardization

• define terms
• create extensive list of standardized characters
  and character states
• agree on a minimum set of characters to score for
  each species
• coordinate who will pursue which taxa
• develop interactive keys