Staff Profile Katie Mortimer-Jones
Senior Curator: Invertebrate Biodiversity (Marine Invertebrates)
Contact Details
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NP
Phone: +44 (0)29 2057 3153
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Qualifications, memberships and relevant positions
BSc (Hons) Marine Biology (Swansea University), MSc Environmental Biology (Swansea University), Member of the Porcupine Marine Natural History Society, Member of the Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA).
Research Interests
Primary research area is centred on the taxonomy of marine polychaete annelids, in particular shovel-head worms (Annelida: Magelonidae). Current projects include reviews of West African Magelona species and the production of a world-wide identification key. Other key interests are centred on outreach and dissemination, running the departmental social media, and a keen interest in exhibitions.
Keywords
Taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny, Annelida, Polychaeta, collections, curation, benthos, diversity, distributions, mapping, benthic sampling, marine outreach.Links
Selected Publications
Mortimer, K., & Clarke, D. T. (2024). Untangling the Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) of southern Africa, including the description of a new species. African Zoology, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2024.2311085
Martín-Zamora, F.M., Liang, Y., Guynes, K. et al. Annelid functional genomics reveal the origins of bilaterian life cycles. Nature 615, 105–110 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05636-7
Kate Mortimer, Jon Anders Kongsrud, Endre Willassen, Integrative taxonomy of West African Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae): species with thoracic pigmentation, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 194, Issue 4, April 2022, Pages 1134–1176, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab070
Mortimer K, Fitzhugh K, dos Brasil AC, Lana P. 2021. Who’s who in Magelona: phylogenetic hypotheses under Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888 (Annelida: Polychaeta) PeerJ 9:e11993 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11993
Parapar, J.; Mortimer, K.; Capa, M.; Moreira, J. On the Systematics and Biodiversity of the Palaeoannelida. Diversity 2021, 13, 41. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13020041
Mills, K. & Mortimer, K. 2018. Observations on the tubicolous annelid Magelona alleni (Magelonidae), with discussions on the relationship between morphology and behaviour of European magelonids. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
Mills, K. & Mortimer, K. (2018) Redescription of Magelona minuta Eliason, 1962 (Annelida), with discussions on the validity of Magelona filiformis minuta. Zootaxa. 4527 (4): 541-559.
Holmes, A.M., Darbyshire, T., Mortimer, K. & Mackie, A.S.Y. (2017) Proceedings of the 12th International Polychaete Conference, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK, 1-5 August 2016. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 97(5):829-1209
Mortimer, K. 2017. Magelonidae Cunningham & Ramage, 1888. In Purschke G and Westheide W (eds), Handbook of Zoology (Online). Berlin: De Gruyter.
Mortimer, K. & Wood, H. & Gallichan, J. (2016). A departmental face to social media: lessons learnt from promoting natural history collections at National Museum Cardiff. Journal of Natural Science Collections 3, 18-28.
Mortimer, K. & Mackie, A.S.Y. 2014. Morphology, feeding and behaviour of British Magelona (Annelida: Magelonidae), with discussions on the form and function of abdominal lateral pouches [PDF]. Proceedings of the 11th International Polychaete Conference, Australian Museum, Sydney, 2013. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, 71, 177–201.
Zhou, J. & Mortimer, K. 2013. A new species of Magelona (Polychaeta: Magelonidae) from Chinese coastal waters [PDF]. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, U.K. 93 (6) 1503-1510.
Mortimer, K., Rowson, R., Mackie, A.S.Y., Clark, P.F., Maslen, C., Smith, A. S. & Harrower, C. 2012. Steep Holm Island, Bristol Channel, UK: evidence of Larus fuscus Linnaeus, 1758 (lesser black-backed gull) feeding on the invasive signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852. BioInvasions Records, 1 (3) 201-208.
Mortimer, K., Cassà, S., Martin, D. & Gil, J. 2012. New records and new species of Magelonidae (Polychaeta) from the Arabian Peninsula, with a re–description of Magelona pacifica and a discussion on the magelonid buccal region. Zootaxa, 3331, 1–43.
Mortimer, K., Gil, J. & Fiege, D. 2011. Portuguese Magelona (Polychaeta: Magelonidae) with a re-description of Magelona wilsoni Glémarec, 1966. Proceedings of the 10th International Polychaete Conference, Lecce, Italy 2010. Italian Journal of Zoology,78 (S1) 124-139.
Mortimer, K. 2010. Magelonidae (Polychaeta) from the Arabian Peninsula: a review of known species, with notes on Magelona tinae from Thailand. Zootaxa, 2628, 1–26.
Mortimer, K. & Mackie, A.S.Y. 2009. Magelonidae (Polychaeta) from Hong Kong, China, with discussions on related species and redescriptions of three species [PDF]. Proceedings of the 9th International Polychaete Conference, Portland, Maine 2007 (Eds N.J. Maciolek & J.A. Blake). Zoosymposia,2, 179–199.
Mortimer, K. & Wilson, H. 2009. HABMAP: Habitat mapping for conservation and management of the southern Irish Sea — Searchable Data Facility and Resources. Research DVD-ROM. National Museum Wales, Cardiff & Countryside Council for Wales, Bangor.
Mortimer, K., Turner, J. & Wilson, H. 2007. Outer Bristol Channel Marine Habitat Study (
Mackie, A.S.Y., James, J.W.C., Rees, E.I.S., Darbyshire, T., Philpott, S.L. Mortimer, K., Jenkins, G.O. & Morando, A., 2006. The Outer Bristol Channel Marine Habitat Study. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports, 4, 1-249 & A1-A227, + DVD-ROM (2007).
Mortimer, K. & Mackie, A.S.Y. 2006. The Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Seychelles. 2. Description of four additional species, three new to science [PDF]. In R. Sardá, G. San Martín, E. López, D. Martin and D. George (eds), Scientific Advances in Polychaete Research. Scientia Marina, 70 (s3) 125-137.
Poulton, C., Mortimer, K. & Murphy, L. 2006. Communicating sea-bed science [PDF]. Earthwise, 23, 16.
Mackie, A.S.Y., Oliver, P. G., Darbyshire, T. & Mortimer, K. 2005. Shallow marine benthic invertebrates of the Seychelles Plateau: high diversity in a tropical oligotrophic environment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A,363, 203–228.
Mortimer, K. & Mackie, A.S.Y. 2003. The Magelonidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from the Seychelles, with the description of three new species. Proceedings of the Seventh International Polychaete Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2001. Hydrobiologia,496(1-3) 163-173.
Mackie, A., Oliver, P.G., Darbyshire, T. & Mortimer, K. 2001. Benthic faunal studies in the Seychelles. In J.C. Burnett, J.S. Kavanagh & T. Spencer (eds), Shoals of Capricorn Field Report 1998-2001: Marine Science, training and education in the western Indian Ocean. Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), p. 37.