Stephen D. CairnsResearch Zoologist

• Phone: 202-633-1765
• Fax: 202-633-0182
• E-mail: cairnss@si.edu


• Mailing Address:
  Smithsonian Institution
  PO Box 37012, MRC 163
  Washington, DC 20013-7012
  


• Courier Delivery Address:
  Smithsonian Institution
  National Museum of Natural History
  10th and Constitution Ave, NW
  Washington, DC 20560-0163
  

Responsibilities: Research Zoologist and Curator of Corals

Education:


Louisiana State University in New Orleans (UNO), B.S., 1971.
University of Miami (RSMAS) (Biological Oceanography), M.S., 1973.
University of Miami (RSMAS) (Biological Oceanography), PhD., 1976.

Research Interests: Taxonomy, zoogeography, functional morphology, mineralogy, and evolution of the Stylasteridae, and deep-water Scleractinia and Octocorallia.

Professional Activities: Past-president, current Secretary and Invertebrate editor of the Biological Society of Washington and Associate editor of the Atoll Research Bulletin. Tree of Life web project, Scleractinia, Octocoral research center.

Recent Publications:
Janiszewska, K., Stolarski, J., Benzerara, K., Meibom, A., Mazur, M., Kitahara, M. V. and Cairns, Stephen D. 2011. A unique skeletal microstructure of the deep-sea micrabaciid scleractinian corals. Journal of Morphology, 272: 191-203.

Stolarski, Jaroslaw, Kitahara, Marcelo V., Miller, David J., Cairns, Stephen D., Maciej, Mazur and Meibom, Anders 2011. The ancient evolutionary origins of Scleractinia revealed by azooxanthellate corals. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11(316): 1-10.

Cairns, Stephen D. and Lindner, Alberto 2011. A Revision of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Filifera) from Alaska and adjacent Waters. ZooKeys, 158: 1-88. doi:10.3897/zookeys.158.1910

Cairns, Stephen D. 2011. A Revision of the Primnoidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 634: 1-55. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.634

Cairns, Stephen D. 2011. Global Diversity of the Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Athecatae). PLoS ONE, 6(7): e21670

Kitahara, M. V., Cairns, Stephen D., Stolarski, J., Blair, D. and Miller, D. J. 2010. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) based on mitochondrial CO1 sequence data. PLOS One, 5(7): 1-9.

Sammarco, P. W., Porter, S. A. and Cairns, Stephen D. 2010. A new coral species introduced into the Atlantic Ocean – Tubastraea micranthus (Ehrenberg 1834) (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia): an invasive threat?. Aquatic Invasions, 5(2): 131-140.

Cairns, Stephen D. 2010. Review of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hawai'i and adjacent seamounts. Part 3: Genera Thouarella, Plumarella, Callogorgia, Fanellia, and Parastenella. Pacific Science, 64(3): 413-440.

Kitahara, M. V., Cairns, Stephen D. and Miller, D. J. 2010. Monophyletic origin of Caryophyllia (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae), with descriptions of six new species. Systematics and Biodiversity, 81(1): 91-118.

Watson, J., deCook, S. and Cairns, Stephen D. 2010. Chapter 3: Phylum Cnidaria: Class Hydrozoa. In: deCook, S., New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates, Volume 1. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, pp.177-228.

Roberts, J.M., Wheeler, A., Freiwald, A. and Cairns, S.D. 2009. Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 334 pages.

Cairns, Stephen D. and Bayer, Frederick M. 2009. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 629: 1-79. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.629

Cairns, Stephen D. 2009. Influence of Frederick (Ted) M. Bayer on deep-water octocoral research. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 397: 7-10, 18 supp..

Cairns, S.D., Gerhswin, L.A., Brook, F., Pugh, P.R., Dawson, E.W., Ocaña V, O., Vervoort, W., Williams, G., Watson, J., Opresko, D.M., Schuchert, P., Hine, P.M., Gordon, D.P., Campbell, H.J., Wright, A.J., Sanchez, J. and Fautin, D.G. 2009. Phylum Cnidaria; Corals, Medusae, Hydroids, Myxozoa. In: Gordon, D.P., New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, pp.59-101.

Reyes, Javier, Santodomingo, Nadia and Cairns, Stephen D. 2009. Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) from the Colombian Caribbean. Zootaxa, 2262: 1-39.

Cairns, Stephen D. and Bayer, Frederick M. 2009. Chapter 13. Octocorallia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1. Biodiversity.. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M Press, pp.321-331.

Cairns, Stephen D. 2009. Review of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hawai’i and adjacent seamounts. Part 2. Genera Paracalyptrophora Kinoshita, 1908; Candidella Bayer, 1954; and Calyptrophora Gray, 1866. Pacific Science, 63(3): 413-448.

Cairns, Stephen D. and Fautin, D. G. 2009. Chapter 12. Cnidaria: Introduction. In: Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1. Biodiversity.. College Station, Texas.: Texas A&M Press, pp.315-319.

Cairns, Stephen D., Jaap, W. C. and Lang, J. C. 2009. Chapter 14. Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1. Biodiversity.. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M Press, pp.333-346.

Calder, D. R. and Cairns, Stephen D. 2009. Chapter 19. Hydroids (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Volume 1. Biodiversity.. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M Press, pp.381-394.

Kitahara, M.V. and Cairns, S.D. 2009. A revision of the genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with the description of a new species. Zoosystema, 31(2): 233-248.

Ofwegen, L., Breedy, Odalisca and Cairns, Stephen D. 2009. Octocorallia - Octocorals. In: Haussermann, V. and Forsterra, G., Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia. Santiago, Chile: Nature in Focus, pp.177-214.

Cairns, Stephen D. and Bayer, Frederick M. 2008. A review of the Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from Hawai'i and adjacent seamounts: the genus Narella Gray, 1870. Pacific Science, 62(1): 85-115.

Lindner, A., Cairns, Stephen D. and Cunningham, C. W. 2008. From offshore to onshore: multiple origins of shallow-water corals from deep-sea ancestors. Plos One, 3(6): 1-6.

Kitahara, M. V. and Cairns, Stephen D. 2008. New records of the genus Crispatotrochus (Scleractinia: Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1940: 59-68.

Amaral, F. M. D., Steiner, A. Q., Broadhurst, M. K. and Cairns, Stephen D. 2008. An overview of the shallow-water calcified hydroids from Brazil (Hydrozoa: Cnidaria), including the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1930: 56-68.

Gonzalez-Romero, S., Reyes-Bonilla, H. and Cairns, S.D. 2008. Range extensions of three species of the family Caryophylliidae (Scleractinia) in the eastern Pacific Ocean. JMBA2 - Biodiversity Records, .



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