Vitaly Semin

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Research Interests

  • Polychaete taxonomy and ecology with special interest in pelagic polychaetes
  • Non-indigenous polychaete species
  • Spatial organization of benthic communities

Selected Publications

  • Syomin, V. L., Zimina, O. L., Krylov, A. A., Nekhaev, I. O., Bogin, V. A., & Zakharov, V. Y. (2024). Vertical distribution patterns of macrofauna in the sediments of the Arctic cross-shelf trough and adjacent shelf-Similarities and differences from lower latitudes. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 208, 104315.
  • Kolbasova, G., Syomin, V., Mishin, A., Molodtsova, T., Neretin, N., & Neretina, T. (2023). Holopelagic Annelida from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean and adjacent South Atlantic with descriptions of three new species. Marine Biodiversity, 53(6), 75.
  • Syomin, V. L., Kolbasova, G. D., Ostroumova, S. A., Sapozhnikov, P. V., Kalinina, O. Y., & Mishin, A. V. (2023). Vertical distribution of pelagic polychaetes in the Bransfield Strait and northwestern Weddell Sea in austral summer of 2022. Polar Biology, 46(9), 971-992.
  • Syomin, V., Simakova, U., Moskalenko, V., & Kolbasova, G. (2023). Vermiliopsis striaticeps (Grube, 1862)(Annelida: Serpulidae) expands its range to the northeastern coast of the Black Sea. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 63, 103026.
  • Kolbasova, G., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Syomin, V., Bredikhin, D., Morozov, T., & Neretina, T. (2023). Cryptic species complex or an incomplete speciation? Phylogeographic analysis reveals an intricate Pleistocene history of Priapulus caudatus Lamarck, 1816. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 302, 113-130.
  • Kolyuchkina, G. A., Syomin, V. L., Simakova, U. V., Sergeeva, N. G., Ananiev, R. A., Dmitrevsky, N. N., ... & Ostrovskii, A. G. (2022). Benthic community structure near the margin of the oxic zone: A case study on the Black Sea. Journal of marine systems, 227, 103691.
  • Kolyuchkina, G. A., Syomin, V. L., Grigorenko, K. S., Basin, A. B., & Lyubimov, I. V. (2020). The role of abiotic environmental factors in the vertical distribution of macrozoobenthos at the northeastern black sea coast. Biology Bulletin, 47, 1126-1141.
  • Syomin, V., Sikorski, A., Bastrop, R., Koehler, N., Stradomsky, B., Fomina, E., & Matishov, D. (2017). The invasion of the genus Marenzelleria (Polychaeta: Spionidae) into the Don River mouth and the Taganrog Bay: Morphological and genetic study. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 97(5), 975-984.senior researcher in Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Education

  • Ph.D. in Biological Oceanology, Murmansk Marine Biological Institute, Murmansk, Russia (2011)
  • Specialist in Zoology, Rostov State University, Rostov, Russia (2004)

Professional Profile

  • 2023-present: visiting researcher at BEM Lab in KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2019-present: senior researcher in Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (currently on indefinite leave)
  • 2009-2010, 2022-2023 - senior hydrobiologist in the Russian Antarctic Expedition (Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St.-Petersburg, Russia)
  • 2004-2019: hydrobiologist in the Southern Scientific Center, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Non-KAUST Affiliations

  • Senior researcher in Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Research Interests Keywords

Polychaeta Arctic Antarctic Red Sea Synecology Vertical distribution Non-Indigenous Species (NIS)