Jonathan A. Coddington, Curator of Arachnids & Myriapods
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Research Interests:
My research spans three broad
topics: the systematics and evolution of spiders, especially orbweavers;
issues in systematic theory and method; and, most recently, the theory
and design of biological inventories. Research on spider systematics
has been directed at producing and synthesizing a first estimate of
the higher phylogeny of spiders (e.g. "families"),
especially orb-weaving spiders and their relatives. The resulting cladograms
have been applied to empirical and theoretical studies of adaptation,
behavior, evolution of web architecture, silk glands and spinneret
spigot morphology,male genitalia, sexual size dimorphism, and patterns
of species richness in spiders. I am interested in how adaptational
hypotheses are developed and tested, as well as criteria for cladistic
support. Finally, as a museum scientist, it seems appropriate to focus
on design and evaluation of rapid, efficient, quantitative sampling
protocols to better understand the structure and distribution of biodiversity.
Selected
Publications:
Ramirez, M. J., J. A. Coddington, W. P. Maddison, P. Midford, L. Prendini,
J. Miller, C. E. Griswold, G. Hormiga, P. Sierwald, N. Scharff, S. P.
Benjamin, & W. C. Wheeler. 2007. Linking of digital images to phylogenetic
data matrices using a morphological ontology. Syst. Biology, 56(2): 283-294.
Agnarsson, I., L. Avilés, J. A. Coddington, and W. P. Maddison. 2006.
Sociality in theridiid spiders: repeated origins of an evolutionary dead-end.
Evolution, 60(11): 2342–2351.
Coddington, J. A. & I. Agnarsson. 2006. Subsociality in Helvibis
thorelli Keyserling, 1884 (Araneae, Theridiidae, Theridiinae) from French
Guiana. J. Arachnology, 34: 642–645.
Agnarsson, I. & J. A. Coddington. 2006. Notes on web and web
plasticity and description of the male of Achaearanea hieroglyphica (Mello-Leitão)
(Araneae, Theridiidae). J. Arachnology, 34:638–641.
Lopardo, L. and J. A. Coddington. 2005. Mysmenidae.
pp. 175-177. In D. Ubick, P. E. Cushing, and P. Paquin, eds. Spiders
of North America: an Identification Manual. American Arachnology Society.
Coddington,
J. A. 2005. Theridiosomatidae. pp. 244-245. In D. Ubick, P. E. Cushing,
and P. Paquin, eds. Spiders of North America: an Identification Manual.
American Arachnology Society.
Coddington, J. A. 2005. Phylogeny and Classification
of Spiders. pp. 18-24. In D. Ubick, P. E. Cushing, and P. Paquin, eds.
Spiders of North America: an Identification Manual. American Arachnology
Society.
Coddington, J. A. 2005. Deinopidae. pp. 64-65. In D. Ubick, P.
E. Cushing, and P. Paquin, eds. Spiders of North America: an Identification
Manual. American Arachnology Society.
Coddington, J. A. 2005. Symphytognathidae.
pp. 226-227. In D. Ubick, P. E. Cushing, and P. Paquin, eds. Spiders
of North America: an Identification Manual. American Arachnology Society.
Coddington,
J. A. 2005. Anapidae. pp. 64-65. In D. Ubick, P. E. Cushing, and P.
Paquin , eds. Spiders of North America: an Identification Manual. American
Arachnology Society.
Coddington, J. A., G. Giribet, M. S. Harvey, L.
Prendini, and D. E. Walter. 2004. Arachnida. pp. 296-318. In Cracraft,
J. and M. J. Donoghue , eds. Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University
Press. New York.
Arnedo,
M. A. , J. A. Coddington, I. Agnarsson, and R. G. Gillespie. 2004.
From a Comb to a Tree: Phylogenetic Relationships of the Comb-footed
Spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae) Inferred from Nuclear and Mitochondrial
Genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 31: 225-245.
Scharff,
N., J. A. Coddington, C. E. Griswold, G. Hormiga, and P. de Place Bjorn.
2003. When to Quit? Esitmating Spider Species Richness in a Northern
European Deciduous Forest. Journal of Arachnology. 31: 210-246.
Sorensen,
L. L., J. A. Coddington, C. E. Griswold, G. Hormiga, and P. de Place
Bjorn. 2002. Inventorying and Estimating Sub-Canopy Spider Diversity
using Semi-Quantitative Sampling Methods in an Afromontane Forest.
Environmental Entomology. 31(2): 319-330.
Longino,
J. I., J. A. Coddington, and R. K. Colwell. 2002. The Ant Fauna of
a Tropical Rainforest: Estimating Species Richness Three Different
Ways. Ecology. 83(3): 689-702.
Griswold,
C. E., Coddington, J. C., Hormiga, G. and Scharff, N. 1998. Phylogeny
of the orb-web building spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae: Deinopoidea,
Araneoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 123: 1-99.
Kress,
W. J., W. R. Heyer, P. Acevedo, J. Coddington, D. Cole, T. L. Erwin,
B. J. Meggers, M.G. Pogue, R. W. Thorington, R. P. Vari, M. J. Weitzman
and S. H.
Weitzman. 1998. Amazonian biodiversity: Assessing conservation priorities
with taxonomic data. Biodiversity and Conservation. 7: 1577-1587.
Coddington,
J. A., Hormiga, G. and Scharff, N. 1997. Giant female or dwarf male
spiders. Nature. 385: 687-688.
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