Dr. Simon Bober

Akademische Grade:

• Promotion (Universität Hamburg): "Abyssal barriers - Phylogeography, distribution and natural history of Asellota (Crustacea) in the deep sea“ (2018).
• Master of Science Biologie (Universität Hamburg): “3D reconstruction of the macrostylid (Crustacea: Isopoda) statocysts based on a new species from the deep sea” (2014).
• Bachelor of Science Biologie (Universität Hamburg): “Der Hyobranchialapparat von Cryptobranchus alleganiensis“ (2012).

Publikationen:

• Bober S, Riehl T & Brandt A (2018): Does the Mid-Atlantic Ridge affect the distribution of benthic crustaceans across the Atlantic Ocean? Deep-Sea Research Part II 148, pp. 91–104, DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.02.007
• Bober S, Riehl T, Henne S & Brandt A (2018): New Macrostylidae (Isopoda) from the Northwest Pacific Basin described by means of integrative taxonomy with reference to geographic barriers in the abyss. Zoological Journal of Linnean Society 182(3), pp. 549–603, DOI:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx042
• Bober S, Riehl T & Brandt A (2018): An organ of equilibrium in deep-sea isopods revealed. The statocyst of Macrostylidae (Crustacea, Peracarida, Janiroidea). Zoomorphology 137(1), pp. 71–82, DOI:10.1007/s00435-017-0376-5
• Brix S, Bober S, Tschesche C, Kihara TC, Driskell A & Jennings RM (2018): Molecular species delimitation and its implications for species descriptions using desmosomatid and nannoniscid isopods from the VEMA fracture zone as example taxa. Deep-Sea Research Part II 148, pp. 180–207, DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.02.00
• Riehl T, Bober S, Voltski I, Malyutina MV & Brandt A (2018): Caught in the act: an abyssal isopod collected while feeding on Komokiaceae. Marine Biodiversity 48(1), pp. 157–158, DOI:10.1007/s12526-016-0606-y
• Brandt A, Frutos I, Bober S, Brix S, Brenke N, Guggolz T, Heitland N, Malyutina MV, Minzlaff U, Riehl T, Schwabe E, Zinkann A, Linse K (2018): Composition of abyssal macrofauna along the Vema Fracture Zone and the hadal Puerto Rico Trench, northern tropical Atlantic, Deep-Sea Research Part II 148, pp. 35–44, DOI:10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.07.014
• Jennings RM , Brix S, Bober S, Jörundur S & Driskell A (2018): More diverse than expected: distributional patterns of Oecidiobranchus Hessler, 1970 (Isopoda, Asellota) on the Greenland-Iceland-Faeroe Ridge based on molecular markers. Marine Biodiversity 48(2), pp. 845–857, DOI:10.1007/s12526-018-0857-x
• Bober S & Riehl T (2014): Adding depth to line artwork by digital stippling—a step-by-step guide to the method. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 14(3), pp. 327- 337, DOI:10.1007/s13127-014-0173-7
• Lydersen C, Øien N, Mikkelsen B, Bober S, Fisher D & Kovacs KM (2013) A white humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the Atlantic Ocean, Svalbard, Norway, August 2012. Polar Research 32, pp. 1–6, DOI:10.3402/polar.v32i0.19739

Tagungsbeiträge: 

•  Bober S, Brix S, Riehl T, Schwentner M, Brandt A; Barriers in the deep sea: is cosmopolitism possible?; 15th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS15), 09.–15.09.2018 Monterey Bay, CA, USA (Vortrag)
• Bober S, Riehl T, Brandt A; An organ of equilibrium in deep-sea isopods revealed: the statocyst of Macrostylidae (Crustacea, Peracarida, Janiroidea); 9th International Crustacean Congress (ICC-9); 20.–26.05.2018 Washington DC, USA (Vortrag)
• Bober S, Riehl T, Henne S, Brandt A; New Macrostylidae (Isopoda) from the Northwest Pacific Basin described by means of integrative taxonomy with reference to geographical barriers in the abyss; 9th International Crustacean Congress (ICC-9); 20.–26.05.2018 Washington DC, USA (Vortrag)
• Bober S, Brix S, Riehl T, Schwentner M, Brandt A; Does the Mid-Atlantic Ridge affect the distribution of abyssal benthic crustaceans across the Atlantic Ocean?; 9th International Crustacean Congress (ICC-9); 20.–26.05.2018 Washington DC, USA (Poster)
• Bober S, Riehl T, Brix S, Frutos I, Malyutina M, Heitland N, Brandt A; Does the Mid Atlantic Ridge affect the distribution of benthic isopod crustaceans across the Atlantic Ocean?; 17. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GFBS); 21.–24.02.2016 München (Vortrag)
• Bober S, Riehl T; A step-by-step guide to the digital stippling method; 17. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GFBS); 21.–24.02.2016 München (Poster)
• Bober S, Riehl T, Brix S, Frutos I, Malyutina M, Heitland N, Brandt A; Does the Mid Atlantic Ridge affect the distribution of benthic crustaceans across the Atlantic Ocean? A morphological and genetical approach on Macrostylidae (Crustacea, Isopoda); 14th Deep-Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS14); 31.08–04.09.2015 Aveiro, Portugal (Vortrag)
• Bober S, Riehl T; A step-by-step guide to the digital stippling method 17. Crustaceologen-Tagung; 26.–29.03.2015 Bremerhaven (Poster)
• Riehl T und Bober S, Brandt A; Phylogenie und allgemeine Biologie von Tiefseeisopoden – neue morphologische Daten; 7. Graduiertenforum der Fachgruppe Morphologie; 10.–11.10.2014 in Hamburg (Vortrag)
• Bober S, Riehl T; A step-by-step guide to the digital stippling method; 8th International Crustacean Congress (ICC-8); 18.–23.08.2014 in Frankfurt A. M. (Poster) 

Auslandsreisen und Forschungsaufenthalte:

• 2014/15 Dezember – Januar: Vema-TRANSIT Expedition
• 2014 April – Mai: “Ecosystems in Ice Covered Waters” at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS).
• 2011 Juli­ – Dezember: “Arctic Marine Biology” and “Arctic Terrestrial Biology” at UNIS.