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Dr Picton, Bernard
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National Museums of Northern Ireland; Ulster Museum, more

Function: Curator of Marine Invertebrates
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MolluscaBase eds., more

Function: Taxonomic editor

WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Taxonomic editor

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Accessed at https://www.molluscabase.org on yyyy-mm-dd, more
Picton, B.E., C.S. Emblow, C.C. Morrow, E.M. Sides, P. Tierney, D. McGrath, G. McGeough, M. McCrea,P. Dinneen, J. Falvey, S. Dempsey, J. Dowse, and M. J. Costello, 1999: Marine sites, habitats and species data collected during the BioMar survey of Ireland. Environmental Sciences Unit, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, more
The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas, more

A1 Publications (37) [show]
Taboada, S.; Whiting, C. U.; Wang, S.; Ríos, P.; Davies, A.J.; Mienis, F.; Kenchington, E.; Cardenas, P.; Cranston, A.; Koutsouveli, V.; Cristobo, J.; Rapp, H.T.; Drewery, J.; Baldo, F.; Morrow, C.C.; Picton, B.; Xavier, J.R.; Arias, M.B.; Leiva, C.; Riesgo, A. (2023). Long distance dispersal and oceanographic fronts shape the connectivity of the keystone sponge Phakellia ventilabrum in the deep northeast Atlantic. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1177106. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1177106, more Ellis-Diamond, D.C.; Picton, B.E.; Tibiriça, Y.; Sigwart, J.D. (2021). A new species of Sakuraeolis from Mozambique, described using 3D reconstruction of anatomy and phylogenetic analysis. J. Moll. Stud. 87(2): eyab010. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyab010, more Korshunova, T.A.; Driessen, F.M.F; Picton, B.E.; Martynov, A.V. (2021). The multilevel organismal diversity approach deciphers difficult to distinguish nudibranch species complex. NPG Scientific Reports 11(1): 18323. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94863-5, more Neuhaus, J.; Rauch, C.; Bakken, T.; Picton, B.; Pola, M.; Malaquias, M.A.E. (2021). The genus Jorunna (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) in Europe: a new species and a possible case of incipient speciation. J. Moll. Stud. 87(4): eyab028. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyab028, more Korshunova, T.; Fletcher, K.; Picton, B.; Lundin, K.; Kashio, S.; Sanamyan, N.; Sanamyan, K.; Padula, V.; Schrödl, M.; Martynov, A. (2020). The Emperor’s Cadlina, hidden diversity and gill cavity evolution: new insights for the taxonomy and phylogeny of dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 189(3): 762-827. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz126, more Martynov, A.; Mehrotra, R.; Chavanich, S.; Nakano, R.; Kashio, S.; Lundin, K.; Picton, B.; Korshunova, T. (2019). The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). ZooKeys 818: 89-116. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.818.30477, more Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa 4324(1): 1-22. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1, more Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Picton, B. (2017). External diversity is restrained by internal conservatism: new nudibranch mollusc contributes to the cryptic species problem. Zoologica Scri. 46(6): 683-692. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12253, more Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, I.W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 717(717): 1-139. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.717.21885, more Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, I.W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Corrigenda: Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.717.21885. ZooKeys 725(725): 139-141. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.725.23022, more Furfaro, G.; Picton, B.; Martynov, A.; Mariottini, P. (2016). Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 is a valid species: molecular and morphological comparison with D. luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa 4193(2): 304-316. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.6, more Furfaro, G.; Picton, B.; Martynov, A.; Mariottini, P. (2016). Erratum: GIULIA FURFARO, BERNARD PICTON, ALEXANDER MARTYNOV & PAOLO MARIOTTINI (2016) Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 is a valid species: molecular and morphological comparison with D. luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa, 4193: 304–316. Zootaxa 4208(6): 600. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4208.6.8, more Goodwin, C.; Rodolfo-Metalpa, R.; Picton, B.; Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2014). Effects of ocean acidification on sponge communities. Mar. Ecol. (Berl.) 35(s1): 41-49. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maec.12093, more Goodwin, C.E.; Strain, E.M.A.; Edwards, H.; Bennett, S.C.; Breen, J.P.; Picton, B.E. (2013). Effects of two decades of rising sea surface temperatures on sublittoral macrobenthos communities in Northern Ireland, UK. Mar. Environ. Res. 85: 34-44. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2012.12.008, more Hill, M.S.; Hill, A.L.; Lopez, J.; Peterson, K.J.; Pomponi, S.; Diaz, M.C.; Thacker, R.W.; Adamska, M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Chaves-Fonnegra, A.; Danka, E.; De Laine, B.-O.; Formica, D.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Klontz, S.; Morrow, C.C.; Patel, J.; Picton, B.; Pisani, D.; Pohlmann, D.; Redmond, N.E.; Reed, J.; Richey, S.; Riesgo, A.; Rubin, E.; Russell, Z.; Rützler, K.; Sperling, E.A.; di Stefano, M.; Tarver, J.E.; Collins, A.G. (2013). Reconstruction of family-level phylogenetic relationships within Demospongiae (Porifera) using nuclear encoded housekeeping genes. PLoS One 8(1): e50437. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050437, more Morrow, C.C.; Redmond, N.E.; Picton, B.E.; Allcock, A.L.; Sigwart, J.D.; Maggs, C.A. (2013). Molecular phylogenies support homoplasy of multiple morphological characters used in the taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae). Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(Supplement 1): E149, more Morrow, C.C.; Redmond, N.E.; Picton, B.E.; Thacker, R.W.; Collins, A.G.; Maggs, C.A.; Sigwart, J.D.; Allcock, A.L. (2013). Molecular phylogenies support homoplasy of multiple morphological characters used in the taxonomy of Heteroscleromorpha (Porifera: Demospongiae). Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(3): 428-446. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/ict065, more Redmond, N.E.; Morrow, C.C.; Thacker, R.W.; Diaz, M.C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Hajdu, E.; Lobo-Hajdu, G.; Picton, B.E.; Collins, A.G. (2013). New 18S rDNA sequence data suggest exciting new hypotheses for internal relationships of Demospongiae (Phylum Porifera). Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(Supplement 1): E176, more Redmond, N.E.; Morrow, C.C.; Thacker, R.W.; Diaz, M.C.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Hajdu, E.; Lobo-Hajdu, G.; Picton, B.E.; Pomponi, S.A.; Kayal, E.; Collins, A.G. (2013). Phylogeny and systematics of Demospongiae in light of new small-subunit ribosomal DNA (18S) sequences. Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(3): 388-415. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/ict078, more Daly, M.; Picton, B. (2012). Description of the sea anemone Anthopleura thallia (Gosse 1854). Biol. Environ. (Dublin) 112B(2): 235-240. https://dx.doi.org/10.3318/bioe.2012.10, more Morrow, C.C.; Picton, B.E.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.A.; Allcock, A.L. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: a new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 62(1): 174-190. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016, more Strain, E.M.A.; Allcock, A.L.; Goodwin, C.E.; Maggs, C.A.; Picton, B.E.; Roberts, D. (2012). The long-term impacts of fisheries on epifaunal assemblage function and structure, in a Special Area of Conservation. J. Sea Res. 67(1): 58-68. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2011.10.001, more Goodwin, C.E.; Picton, B.E.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2011). Hymedesmia (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Irish and Scottish cold-water coral reefs, with a description of five new species. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 91(5): 979-997. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315411000014, more Reveillaud, J.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Derycke, S.; Picton, B.E.; Rigaux, A.; Vanreusel, A. (2011). Phylogenetic relationships among NE Atlantic Plocamionida Topsent (1927) (Porifera, Poecilosclerida): under-estimated diversity in reef ecosystems. PLoS One 6(2): e16533. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016533, more Perez-Portela, R.; Goodwin, C.E.; Picton, B.E.; Turon, X. (2010). Pycnoclavella stolonialis n. sp. (Tunicata: Ascidiacea), with phylogenetic and distributional remarks on the genus in Europe. Zootaxa 2407(2407): 51-66, more Goodwin, C.E.; Picton, B.E. (2009). Demosponges of the genus Hymedesmia (Poecilosclerida: Hymedesmidae) from Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland, with a description of six new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 156(4): 896-912. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00498.x, more Goodwin, C.E.; Picton, B.E. (2007). The red blenny Parablennius ruber in the British Isles, with notes on field identification characteristics and ecology. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(5): 1309-1313. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540705744X, more Heim, I.; Nickel, M.; Picton, B.; Brümmer, F. (2007). Description and molecular phylogeny of Tethya hibernica sp. nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Northern Ireland with remarks on the European species of the genus Tethya. Zootaxa 1595(1): 1-15, more Picton, B.E.; Goodwin, C.E. (2007). Sponge biodiversity of Rathlin Island, Northern Ireland. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(6): 1441-1458. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407058122, more Costello, M.J.; Emblow, C.S.; Picton, B.E. (1996). Long term trends in the discovery of marine species new to science which occur in Britain and Ireland. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 76(1): 255-257, more Morrow, C.C.; Thorpe, J.P.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Genetic divergence and cryptic speciation in two morphs of the common subtidal nudibranch Doto coronata (Opisthobranchia: Dendronotacea: Dotoidae) from the northern Irish Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 84(1): 53-61. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps084053, more Picton, B.E. (1991). Cumanotus beaumonti (Eliot, 1906), a nudibranch adapted for life in a shallow sandy habitat. Malacologia 32(2): 219-221, more Picton, B.E.; Manuel, R.L. (1985). Arachnanthus sarsi Carlgren, 1912: a redescription of a cerianthid anemone new to the British Isles. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 83(4): 343-349. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb01180.x, more McKenzie, J.D.; Picton, B.E. (1984). A note on feeding in Leptopentacta (=Cucumaria) elongata. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 64(3): 727. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400030423, more Picton, B.E.; Wilson, K. (1984). Cuthona genovae (O'donoghue 1926), and aeolid nudibranch new to the fauna of the British Isles. J. Conch., Lond. 31: 349-352, more Picton, B.E. (1979). Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock) comb. nov. Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia, an interesting rediscovery from S.W. England. J. Moll. Stud. 45(1): 125-130. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065474, more Picton, B.E.; Brown, G.H. (1978). New species of Cuthona (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from British Isles. J. Conch., Lond. 29: 345-348, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
Picton, B.E. (1996). The Species Directory Marine Database: a hierarchical taxonomic database for species-oriented biological recording in the marine environment. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 66(Suppl.): 49-61, more Van Soest, R.W.M.; Schalk, P.H.; Smith, K.; Picton, B.E.; Brugman, M.; Díaz, M.C.; Sanders, M.L.; de Weerdt, W.H.; Rützler, K. (1996). Por-Linnaeus: the application of interactive multimedia software for species data storage and computer assisted identification of Porifera. Bull. Kon. Belg. Inst. Natuurwet. Biologie 66(Suppl.): 63-72, more
Books (9) [show]
Bowen, S.; Goodwin, C.; Kipling, D.; Picton, B. (2022). Sea squirts of Britain and Ireland. Wild Nature Press: Plymouth. ISBN 978-0-9955673-8-2. 200 pp., more Picton, B.; Morrow, C.C. (Ed.) (2017). 10th World Sponge Conference, NUI Galway 23-30 June 2017: Book of Abstracts . National University Ireland: Galway. 292 pp., more Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic [CD-ROM]. World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series. Expert Center for Taxonomic Identification (ETI): Amsterdam. ISBN 3-540-14774-8. 1 cd-rom pp., more Picton, B.E.; Costello, M.J. (Ed.) (1999). The BioMar biotope viewer: a guide to marine habitats, fauna and flora in Britain and Ireland. Environmental Sciences Unit, Trinity College: Dublin. , more Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. VI, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp., more Erwin, D.; Picton, B. (1995). Guide to inshore marine life. IMMEL Publishing: London. ISBN 907151-33-7. 120 pp., more Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C. (1994). A field guide to the nudibranchs of the British Isles. IMMEL Publishing: London. ISBN 1-898162-05-0. 142 pp., more Picton, B.E. (1993). A field guide to the shallow-water echinoderms of the British Isles. IMMEL Publishing: London. ISBN 0-907151-88-4. 96 pp., more Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles - A colour guide and working document. Marine Conservation Society: [s.l.]. 175 pp., more
Book chapters (8) [show]
Goodwin, C.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C.C.; Dyrynda, P.E.J. (2017). Sponges, in: Hayward, P.J. et al. (Ed.) Handbook of the marine fauna of North-West Europe. pp. 35-63, more Nunn, J.D.; Smith, S.M.; Picton, B.E.; McGrath, D. (2005). A checklist, atlas and bibliography for the marine Mollusca of Ireland, in: Wilson, J.G. (Ed.) The intertidal ecosystem: the value of Ireland’s shores. pp. 200-201, more Costello, M.J.; Picton, B.E.; Emblow, C.; Guiry, M.D.; Connor, D. (1998). Electronic dissemination of marine biodiversity information collated in databases, in: Bohle-Carbonell, M. (Ed.) Marine Science and Technology Programme experiences in project data management. pp. 73-84, more Connor, D.W.; Picton, B.E. (1997). Tunicata, in: Howson, C.M. et al. (Ed.) The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276: pp. 301-307, more Cornelius, P.F.S.; Mapstone, G.M.; Picton, B.E.; Williams, R.B. (1997). Cnidaria, in: Howson, C.M. et al. (Ed.) The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276: pp. 23-41, more Heppell, D.; Smith, S.M.; Picton, B.E. (1997). Mollusca, in: Howson, C.M. et al. (Ed.) The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276: pp. 229-268, more Picton, B.E.; Stone, S.M.; Howson, C.M. (1997). Porifera, in: Howson, C.M. et al. (Ed.) The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276: pp. 9-22, more Sides, E.M.; Picton, B.E.; Costello, M.J.; Crean, E.; Emblow, C.S.; Gillmor, J.; Kelly, K.S.; Morrow, C.C. (1995). Identification and mapping of marine biotopes, in: Carroll, M. et al. (Ed.) Coastal zone management: from needs to action. pp. 198-203, more
Other publication [show]
Howson, C.; Connor, D.; Erwin, D.; Picton, B. (1984). A sublittoral survey of northern-Ireland - methods and some preliminary results. Br. Phycol. J. 19(2): 194-195, more

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