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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
36
Citations
4176
World Ranking
1656
National Ranking
480

Ecology and Evolution

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36
Citations
4206
World Ranking
7205
National Ranking
2428

Terrence M. Gosliner publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Terrence M. Gosliner sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 162 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Terrence M. Gosliner D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Terrence M. Gosliner sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Overview

Terrence M. Gosliner is affiliated with the California Academy of Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on marine biology and ecology, with a significant emphasis on various aspects of marine species and environments.

The main fields of study covered in their work include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Subfields include Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Insect Science.

Key topics in Terrence M. Gosliner's research are:

  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Mollusks and Parasites Studies

Frequent collaboration is evident with several coauthors, including Marta Pola, Sofía Paz-Sedano, Ángel Valdés, Samantha A. Donohoo, and Dimitri Smirnoff.

Their publications often appear in specific scientific venues such as Zootaxa, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Marine Biodiversity, Journal of Molluscan Studies, and Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Terrence M. Gosliner are:

  • A molecular phylogeny of Thuridilla Bergh, 1872 sea slugs (Gastropoda, Sacoglossa) reveals a case of flamboyant and cryptic radiation in the marine realm, 2021, Cladistics
  • The first phylogenetic and species delimitation study of the nudibranch genus Gymnodoris reveals high species diversity (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia), 2022, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Molecular and morphological systematics of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 and Stylocheilus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 reveal cryptic diversity in pantropically distributed taxa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), 2020, Invertebrate Systematics
  • Synthase-selected sorting approach identifies a beta-lactone synthase in a nudibranch symbiotic bacterium, 2023, Microbiome
  • Disentangling species of the genus Limacia O.F. Müller, 1781, from southern Africa and Europe using integrative taxonomical methods, with the description of four new species, 2021, Marine Biodiversity

Best Publications

  • Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific: Animal Life from Africa to Hawaii Exclusive of the Vertebrates

    Terrence M. Gosliner;David W. Behrens;Gary C. Williams

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Nudibranchs of southern Africa : a guide to opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa

    Terrence Gosliner

  • A Tale That Morphology Fails to Tell: A Molecular Phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda)

    Leila Carmona;Marta Pola;Terrence M. Gosliner;Juan Lucas Cervera

  • Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: a molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs.

    Rebecca Fay Johnson;Terrence M. Gosliner

  • The first molecular phylogeny of cladobranchian opisthobranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia).

    Marta Pola;Terrence M. Gosliner

  • Parallel Evolution in Opisthobranch Gastropods and its Implications for Phylogenetic Methodology

    Terrence M. Gosliner;Michael T. Ghiselin

  • A molecular phylogeny of the Cephalaspidea sensu lato (Gastropoda: Euthyneura): Architectibranchia redefined and Runcinacea reinstated

    Manuel António E Malaquias;Jacqueline Mackenzie‐Dodds;Philippe Bouchet;Terrence Gosliner

  • Origins and relationships of primitive members of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

    T. M. Gosliner

  • Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species

    Terrence M. Gosliner;Rebecca F. Johnson

  • Crawling through time: Transition of snails to slugs dating back to the Paleozoic, based on mitochondrial phylogenomics.

    Mónica Medina;Shruti Lal;Yvonne Vallès;Tori L. Takaoka

  • Untangling the Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841) species complex: a review of the genus Spurilla Bergh, 1864 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae)

    Leila Carmona;Bonnie R. Lei;Marta Pola;Terrence M. Gosliner

  • Indo pacific Opisthobranch Gastropod Biogeography: How Do We Know What We Don't Know?

    T M Gosliner;R Draheim

  • Systematics and phylogeny of the caryophyllidia-bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with descriptions of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters

    Ángel Valdés;Terrence M. Gosliner

  • Amphi-Atlantic distributions and cryptic species in Sacoglossan sea slugs

    Leila Carmona;Manuel António E. Malaquias;Terrence M. Gosliner;Marta Pola

  • Systematic review of Anteaeolidiella (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with a description of three new species

    Leila Carmona;Vishal Bhave;Rahul Salunkhe;Marta Pola

  • Systematics and phylogeny of the Aglajidae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca)

    Terrence M. Gosliner

  • Philinidae, Laonidae and Philinorbidae (Gastropoda: Cephalaspidea: Philinoidea) from the northeastern Pacific Ocean and the Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean).

    Ángel Valdés;Donald B. Cadien;Terrence M. Gosliner

  • The Systematics of the Aeolidacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with Descriptions of Two New Species

    Terrence M. Gosliner

  • Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis

    Terrence M. Gosliner;Manuel M. González-Duarte;Juan Lucas Cervera

  • Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae)

    Hannah E Epstein;Joshua M Hallas;Joshua M Hallas;Rebecca Fay Johnson;Alessandra Lopez;Alessandra Lopez

  • Species names and metaphyly: a case study in Discodorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Euthyneura, Nudibranchia, Doridina)

    Benoît Dayrat;Terrence M. Gosliner

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Pearse
John S. Pearse University of California, Santa Cruz
Nerida G. Wilson
Nerida G. Wilson University of Western Australia
Mónica Medina
Mónica Medina Pennsylvania State University
Fabio Crocetta
Fabio Crocetta Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Bruce Collette
Bruce Collette National Museum of Natural History
Jerry A. Coyne
Jerry A. Coyne University of Chicago
Michael W. Nachman
Michael W. Nachman University of California, Berkeley
Jeffrey L. Boore
Jeffrey L. Boore University of California, Berkeley
John E. Randall
John E. Randall Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Ralf Britz
Ralf Britz Natural History Museum

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