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Issue: Vol. 5555 No. 3: 19 Dec. 2024
Type: Biography
Published: 2024-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.3.1
Page range: 301-319
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Legacy of excellence: The life and contributions of Dale Ralph Calder, eminent cnidarian taxonomist (1941–2022)

Department of Zoology; Institute of Biosciences; University of São Paulo; Rua Matão; Trav. 14; 101; 05508-090 São Paulo; Brazil; National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution; Department of Invertebrate Zoology; 10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW; Washington; D.C.; 20560; U.S.A.
Invertebrate Zoology Department; Royal BC Museum; 675 Belleville Street; Victoria; BC; Canada V8W 9W2
Coastal & Ocean Studies Program; Williams College and Mystic Seaport Museum; 75 Greenmanville Avenue; Mystic; Connecticut; 06355-0990; U.S.A.
National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution; Department of Invertebrate Zoology; 10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW; Washington; D.C.; 20560; U.S.A.; NOAA Fisheries; Office of Science & Technology; National Systematics Laboratory; Washington D.C. 20012-9012; U.S.A.
Coelenterata Biography Dale Calder

References

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  2. Bouillon, J. Medel, D. & Peña Cantero, A.L. (1997) The taxonomic status of the genus Stylactaria Stechow, 1921 (Hydroidomedusae, Anthomedusae, Hydractiniidae), with the description of a new species. Scientia Marina, 61 (4), 471–486.
  3. Calder, D.R. (1966) Ecology of marine invertebrate fouling organisms in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects. William & Mary, Paper 1539617394. https://doi.org/10.25773/v5-4p98-6a56
  4. Calder, D.R. (1968) Hydrozoa of Southern Chesapeake Bay. Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects, William & Mary, Paper 1550154024. https://doi.org/10.25773/r8f9-eg95
  5. Calder, D.R. (1971) Nematocysts of polyps of Aurelia, Chrysaora, and Cyanea, and their utility in identification. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 90 (3), 269–274. https://doi.org/10.25773/r8f9-eg95
  6. Calder, D.R. (1972a) Nematocysts of the medusa stage of Rhopilema verrilli (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 91 (2), 213–216. https://doi.org/10.2307/3225411
  7. Calder, D.R. (1972b) Development of the sea nettle Chrysaora quinquecirrha (Scyphozoa, Semaeostomeae). Chesapeake Science, 13, 40–44. https://doi.org/10.2307/1350549
  8. Calder, D.R. (1973) Laboratory observations on the life history of Rhopilema verrilli (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae). Marine Biology, 21, 109–114. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354606
  9. Calder, D.R. (1974a) Strobilation of the sea nettle, Chrysaora quinquecirrha, under field conditions. Biological Bulletin, 146 (3), 326–334. https://doi.org/10.2307/1540408
  10. Calder, D.R. (1974b) Nematocysts of the coronate scyphomedusa, Linuche unguiculata, with a brief reexamination of scyphozoan nematocyst classification. Chesapeake Science, 15, 170–173. https://doi.org/10.2307/1351039
  11. Calder, D.R. (1975) Biotic census of Cape Cod Bay: hydroids. The Biological Bulletin, 149 (2), 287–315. https://doi.org/10.2307/1540528
  12. Calder, D.R. (1976) The zonation of hydroids along salinity gradients in South Carolina estuaries. In: Mackie, G.O. (Ed.), Coelenterate Ecology and Behavior. Springer, Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 165–174. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9724-4_18
  13. Calder, D.R. (1977) Nematocysts of the ephyra stages of Aurelia, Chrysaora, Cyanea, and Rhopilema (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 96 (1), 13–19. https://doi.org/10.2307/3225958
  14. Calder, D.R. (1982) Life history of the cannonball jellyfish, Stomolophus meleagris L. Agassiz, 1860 (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomida). The Biological Bulletin, 162 (2), 149–162. https://doi.org/10.2307/1540810
  15. Calder, D.R. (1983) Nematocysts of stages in the life cycle of Stomolophus meleagris, with keys to scyphistomae and ephyrae of some western Atlantic Scyphozoa. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 61 (6), 1185–1192. https://doi.org/10.1139/z83-161
  16. Calder, D.R. (1988) Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: The Athecatae. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contributions, 148, 1–107. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.52225
  17. Calder, D.R. (1990) Seasonal cycles of activity and inactivity in some hydroids from Virginia and South Carolina, USA. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 68 (3), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.1139/z90-065
  18. Calder, D.R. (1991a) Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: The Thecatae, exclusive of Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contributions, 154, 1–140.
  19. Calder, D.R. (1991b) Associations between hydroid species assemblages and substrate types in the mangal at Twin Cays, Belize. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 69 (8), 2067–2074. https://doi.org/10.1139/z91-288
  20. Calder, D.R. (1992) Similarity analysis of hydroid assemblages along a latitudinal gradient in the western North Atlantic. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70 (6), 1078–1085. https://doi.org/10.1139/z92-151
  21. Calder, D.R. (1993) Local distribution and biogeography of the hydroids (Cnidaria) of Bermuda. Caribbean Journal of Science, 29 (1–2), 61–74.
  22. Calder, D.R. (1997) Shallow-water hydroids of Bermuda: Superfamily Plumularioidea. Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Contributions, 161, 1–85.
  23. Calder, D.R. (1998) Hydroid diversity and species composition along a gradient from shallow waters to deep sea around Bermuda. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 45 (11), 1843–1860. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0637(98)00044-2
  24. Calder, D.R. (2004) From birds to hydroids: Charles Cleveland Nutting (1858–1927) of the University of Iowa, USA. Hydrobiologia, 530, 13–25. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2762-8_2
  25. Calder, D.R. (2009a) Cubozoan and scyphozoan jellyfishes of the Carolinian Biogeographic Province, southeastern USA. Royal Ontario Museum Contributions in Science, 3, 1–58.
  26. Calder, D.R. (2009b) The Reverend Thomas Hincks FRS (1818–1899): taxonomist of Bryozoa and Hydrozoa. Archives of Natural History, 36 (2), 189–217. https://doi.org/10.3366/E0260954109000941
  27. Calder, D.R. (2009c) Charles Wesley Hargitt (1852–1927): American educator and cnidarian biologist. Archives of Natural History, 36 (2), 244–261. https://doi.org/10.3366/E0260954109000977
  28. Calder, D.R. (2010) Some anthoathecate hydroids and limnopolyps (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Hawaiian archipelago. Zootaxa, 2590 (1), 1–91. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2590.1.1
  29. Calder, D.R. (2013) Harry Beal Torrey (1873–1970) of California, USA, and his research on hydroids and other coelenterates. Zootaxa, 3599 (6), 549–563. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3599.6.4
  30. Calder, D.R. (2014) Axel Elof Jäderholm (1868–1927) of Sweden: educator, hydrozoan zoologist and botanist. Archives of Natural History, 41 (2), 240–250. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2014.0245
  31. Calder, D.R. (2015) George James Allman (1812–1898): pioneer in research on Cnidaria and freshwater Bryozoa. Zootaxa, 4020 (2), 201–243. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4020.2.1
  32. Calder, D.R. (2017) Additions to the hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) of the Bay of Fundy, northeastern North America, with a checklist of species reported from the region. Zootaxa, 4256 (1), 1–86. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4256.1.1
  33. Calder, D.R. (2019) On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the southwest coast of Florida, USA. Zootaxa, 4689 (1), 1–141. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4689.1.1
  34. Calder, D.R. (2020) Some leptothecate hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from Hawaii, mostly from inshore and nearshore waters. Zootaxa, 4830 (2), 201–246. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4830.2.1
  35. Calder, D.R. (2021) British naturalist Laura Roscoe Thornely (1860–1951), taxonomist of hydroids and bryozoans. Taxonomy, 1 (3), 234–242. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy1030017
  36. Calder, D.R. & Bleakney, J.S. (1965) Microarthropod ecology of a porcupine-inhabited cave in Nova Scotia. Ecology, 46, 895–899. https://doi.org/10.2307/1934031
  37. Calder, D.R. & Bleakney, J.S. (1967) Observations on Frenchman’s Cave, Nova Scotia, and its fauna. National Speleological Society Bulletin, 29, 23–25.
  38. Calder, D.R. & Brinckmann-Voss, A. (2011) Gustav Heinrich Kirchenpauer (1808–1887) of the City of Hamburg, and his research on hydroids and bryozoans. Zootaxa, 2742 (1), 49–59. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2742.1.3
  39. Calder, D. & Burrell, V. (1969) Brackish water hydromedusa Maeotias inexpectata in North America. Nature, 222, 694–695. https://doi.org/10.1038/222694a0
  40. Calder, D.R. & Choong, H.H.C. (2018) Name of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) established by Charles McLean Fraser (1872–1946), excluding those from Allan Hancock Expeditions. Zootaxa, 4487 (1), 1–83. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4487.1.1
  41. Calder, D.R. & Drew, D.J. (2020) The hydrozoan taxa (Cnidaria) of Addison Emery Verrill (1839–1926), with a checklist of his records of hydroids and hydromedusae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 61 (1), 41–79. https://doi.org/10.3374/014.061.0103
  42. Calder, D.R. & Faucci, A. (2021) Shallow water hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the 2002 NOWRAMP cruise to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa, 5085 (1), 1–73. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5085.1.1
  43. Calder, D.R. & Peters, E.C. (1975) Nematocysts of Chiropsalmus quadrumanus with comments on the systematic status of the Cubomedusae. Helgoländer wissenschaftliche Meeresuntersuchungen, 27, 364–369. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01611701
  44. Calder, D.R. & Stephens, L.D. (1997) The hydroid research of American naturalist Samuel F. Clarke, 1851–1928. Archives of Natural History, 24 (1), 19–36. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.1997.24.1.19
  45. Calder, D.R. & Vervoort, W. (1998) Some hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 319 (1), 1–65.
  46. Daborn, G.R. (2021) An ever-inquiring mind: a tribute to Dr. J. Sherman Bleakney (1928–2019). Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 51 (2), 257–270. https://doi.org/10.15273/pnsis.v51i2.11160
  47. Van Dolah, R.F., Knott, D.M. & Calder, D.R. (1984) Ecological effects of rubble weir jetty construction at Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Volume I. Colonization and community development on new jetties. United States Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Technical Report EL‑84‑4. U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 69 pp. [April 1984] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48315
  48. Galea, H.R. (2010) Additional shallow-water thecate hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Guadeloupe and Les Saintes, French Lesser Antilles. Zootaxa, 2570 (1), 1–40. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2570.1.1
  49. Galea, H.R. (2013) New additions to the shallow-water hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the French Lesser Antilles: Martinique. Zootaxa, 3686 (1), 1–50. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3686.1.1
  50. Grohmann, P.A., Quijada, A.L. & Calder, D.R. (2016) Nineteenth and early twentieth century expeditions: their explorations in Brazil, with the first contributions to knowledge of the Hydrozoa. Breviora, 550 (1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.3099/MCZ24.1
  51. Petersen, K.W. (1990) Evolution and taxonomy in capitate hydroids and medusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 100 (2), 101–231. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01862.x
  52. Stephens, L.D. & Calder, D.R. (1992) John McCrady of South Carolina: pioneer student of North American Hydrozoa. Archives of Natural History, 19 (1), 39–54. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.1992.19.1.39
  53. Stephens, L.D. & Calder, D.R. (2006) Seafaring scientist: Alfred Goldsborough Mayor, pioneer in marine biology. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina, 220 pp.
  54. Stephens, L.D. & Calder, D.R. (2010) The zoological career of Jesse Walter Fewkes (1850–1930). Archives of Natural History, 37 (2), 255–273. https://doi.org/10.3366/anh.2010.0008
  55. Werner, B. (1973) Spermatozeugmen und Paarungsverhalten bei Tripedalia cystophora (Cubomedusae). Marine Biology, 18, 212–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367987