Lisa-ann Gershwin

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Lisa-ann Gershwin

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#17604

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Marine Biology

#285

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#315

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Lisa-ann Gershwin's Degrees

PhD Marine Biology James Cook University
Bachelors Marine Biology University of California, Santa Cruz

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According to Wikipedia, Lisa-ann Gershwin, also known as Lisa Gershwin, is a biologist based in Launceston, Tasmania, who has described over 200 species of jellyfish, and written and co-authored several non-fiction books about Cnidaria including Stung! and Jellyfish – A Natural History . She provides independent advice related to jellyfish worldwide to the media, online and via The Jellyfish App. She was a candidate in the 2021 Tasmanian state election running as an independent in the electorate of Clark.

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Lisa-ann Gershwin's Published Works

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A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters (2011) (128)
Two new species of jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from tropical Western Australia, presumed to cause Irukandji Syndrome (2005) (64)
CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIONS OF THE VENOM FROM THE IRUKANDJI (CARUKIA BARNESI) JELLYFISH: EFFECTS IN HUMAN, RAT AND GUINEA‐PIG TISSUES IN VITRO AND IN PIGS IN VITRO (2005) (62)
Marine Stingers: Review of an Under-Recognized Global Coastal Management Issue (2010) (59)
Nematocysts of the Cubozoa (2006) (57)
Fatal and nonfatal severe jellyfish stings in Thai waters. (2010) (54)
Australian carybdeid jellyfish causing "Irukandji syndrome". (2012) (50)
Malo kingi : A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans, from Queensland, Australia (2007) (50)
Carybdea alata auct. and Manokia stiasnyi, reclassification to a new family with description of a new genus and two new species (2005) (47)
CNIDARIAN-LIKE EMBRYOS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FIRST SHELLY FOSSILS IN SIBERIA (1999) (45)
Toxinological studies on the nematocyst venom of Chrysaora achlyos. (2000) (44)
Deep-scattering layer, gas-bladder density, and size estimates using a two-frequency acoustic and optical probe (2016) (43)
Marivagia stellata gen. et sp. nov. (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), another alien jellyfish from the Mediterranean coast of Israel (2010) (42)
Fatal and severe box jellyfish stings, including Irukandji stings, in Malaysia, 2000-2010. (2011) (40)
Comments on Chiropsalmus (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida): a preliminary revision of the Chiropsalmidae, with descriptions of two new genera and two new species (2006) (40)
A preliminary phylogeny of Pelagiidae (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa), with new observations of Chrysaora colorata comb. nov. (2002) (37)
Stung!: On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean (2013) (36)
Systematics and Biogeography of the Jellyfish Aurelia labiata (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) (2001) (36)
Non-indigenous hydromedusae in California's upper San Francisco Estuary: life cycles, distribution, and potential environmental impacts* (2000) (35)
Taxonomy and phylogeny of Australian cubozoa (2005) (31)
Clonal and population variation in jellyfish symmetry (1999) (29)
Ellobiopsids of the Genus Thalassomyces are Alveolates (2004) (28)
Jellyfish Antivenoms: Past, Present, and Future (2003) (27)
Biology and ecology of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa). (2013) (26)
Dangerous jellyfish blooms are predictable (2014) (26)
Jellyfish responsible for Irukandji syndrome. (2006) (25)
A New Genus and species of Box Jellyfish (Cubozoa: Carybdeidae) from Tropical Australian Waters (2005) (23)
Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans (2009) (22)
Carybdea branchi , sp. nov., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from South Africa (2009) (21)
Morbakka fenneri, a new genus and species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) (2008) (21)
Comparison of Eight Types of Protective Clothing against Irukandji Jellyfish Stings (2009) (16)
The pharmacology of Malo maxima jellyfish venom extract in isolated cardiovascular tissues: A probable cause of the Irukandji syndrome in Western Australia. (2011) (16)
Cotylorhiza erythraea Stiasny, 1920 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), yet another erythraean jellyfish from the Mediterranean coast of Israel (2017) (15)
Role of winds and tides in timing of beach strandings, occurrence, and significance of swarms of the jellyfish Crambione mastigophora Mass 1903 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Catostylidae) in north-western Australia (2016) (14)
Two new jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from tropical Australian waters (2008) (13)
Chrysaora achlyos, a Remarkable New Species of Scyphozoan from the Eastern Pacific. (1997) (13)
Some new and previously unrecorded Scyphomedusae (Cnidaria : Scyphozoa) from southern Australian coastal waters (2008) (12)
A modern description of Crambionella stuhlmanni (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae) from St Lucia Estuary, South Africa (2011) (10)
Scyphozoa and Cubozoa of Guam (2003) (10)
Preliminary Observations on the Response of Chironex fleckeri (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida) to Different Colors of Light (2008) (10)
Two new species of box jellies ( Cnidaria : Cubozoa : Carybdeida ) from the central coast of Western Australia , both presumed to cause Irukandji syndrome (2015) (9)
Husbandry of the black jelly (Chrysaora achlyos), a newly discovered scyphozoan in the eastern North Pacific Ocean (2000) (8)
Chiropsella bart' n. Sp., a new box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida) from the Northern Territory, Australia (2006) (8)
Cladonema timmsii , a new species of hydromedusa (Cnidaria : Hydrozoa) from a salt lake in South Australia (2008) (7)
Jellyfish: A Natural History (2016) (6)
Abundant box jellyfish, Chironex sp. (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropidae), discovered at depths of over 50 m on western Australian coastal reefs (2016) (5)
First record of the Caribbean box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora in Australian waters (2014) (4)
Pelagic Cnidaria and Ctenophora (2008) (4)
A remarkable new jellyfish (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) from coastal Australia, representing a new suborder within the Rhizostomeae (2013) (4)
Jellyfish risk communications: The effect on risk perception, travel intentions and behaviour, and beach tourism destinations (2022) (3)
Jellyfish responsible for Irukandji syndrome. Author's reply (2006) (3)
Comparative Evaluation of Polyclonal Antibodies in the Characterization of Nematocyst Proteins from Australian Irukandji and Chironex fleckeri Species (2018) (2)
Aldersladia magnificus: A new genus and species of hydromedusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Leptomedusae: Aequoreidae) from tropical and subtropical Australia (2006) (2)
Zoology: The joys of spinelessness (2017) (2)
A new species of Australomedusa(Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthomedusae) from a saline lake in south-western Western Australia (2004) (1)
Sightings, strandings and Irukandji Syndrome caused by envenomations of the large, rarely observed jellyfish; Keesingia gigas Gershwin, 2014 (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida: Alatinidae) in north-western Australia (2020) (1)
Csiromedusa medeopolis : a remarkable Tasmanian medusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Narcomedusae) comprising a new family, genus and species (2010) (1)
Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata) (2018) (1)
Role of winds and tides in timing of beach strandings, occurrence, and significance of swarms of the jellyfish Crambione mastigophora Mass 1903 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Catostylidae) in north-western Australia (2015) (0)
Jellyfish antivenom: Past, Present and Future (2003) (0)
Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs: The Unique South, Scoresby Shepherd, Graham Edgar (Eds.). CSIRO Publishing (2013), 520 pp. ISBN: 9781486300099, AU $130.00 (hardcover) (2016) (0)
Early warning systems to minimize the risk of box jellyfish stings by empowering stakeholders (2019) (0)
Figure 3 from: Uribe-Palomino J, Pausina S, Gershwin L-A (2018) (2018) Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). ZooKeys 783: 17-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26862 (2018) (0)
Cotylorhiza erythraea Stiasny, 1920 (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Cepheidae), yet another erythraean jellyfish from the Mediterranean coast of Israel (2016) (0)
Figure 2 from: Uribe-Palomino J, Pausina S, Gershwin L-A (2018) (2018) Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). ZooKeys 783: 17-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26862 (2018) (0)
Figure 5 from: Uribe-Palomino J, Pausina S, Gershwin L-A (2018) (2018) Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). ZooKeys 783: 17-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26862 (2018) (0)
South Atlantic Zooplankton. Demetrio Boltovskoy (2000) (0)
Spectacularia vanoppenae gen. et sp. nov., a new hydromedusa (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Dipleurosomatidae) from the Great Barrier Reef (2005) (0)
Figure 6 from: Uribe-Palomino J, Pausina S, Gershwin L-A (2018) (2018) Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). ZooKeys 783: 17-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26862 (2018) (0)
Figure 4 from: Uribe-Palomino J, Pausina S, Gershwin L-A (2018) (2018) Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). ZooKeys 783: 17-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26862 (2018) (0)
A new pygmy species of box jellyfish (Cubozoa: Chirodropida) from sub-tropical Australia (2015) (0)
Figure 7 from: Uribe-Palomino J, Pausina S, Gershwin L-A (2018) (2018) Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). ZooKeys 783: 17-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26862 (2018) (0)
Figure 1 from: Uribe-Palomino J, Pausina S, Gershwin L-A (2018) (2018) Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). ZooKeys 783: 17-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26862 (2018) (0)
Figure 8 from: Uribe-Palomino J, Pausina S, Gershwin L-A (2018) (2018) Two new species of Hydromedusae from Queensland, Australia (Hydrozoa, Leptothecata). ZooKeys 783: 17-36. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.783.26862 (2018) (0)
Pelagic jellyfishes and comb jellies (2019) (0)

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