Natalia Shunatova

Curriculum Vitae

e-mail: natalia.shunatova@gmail.com

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Natalia-Shunatova

Scientific interests:

• functional and evolutionary morphology;
• Bryozoa: taxonomy, morphology, behavior, colony structure and polymorphism;
• larval structure, settlement and metamorphosis of marine Invertebrates;
• marine fauna, structure and dynamics of benthic communities, biotic interactions.

Courses:

For undergraduate students:

• «Basic Zoology: Lower Metazoa (Porifera, Placozoa, Cnidaria)»;
• «Functional morphology of Invertebrates» (since 2010);
• «Basic Zoology: Phoronida, Bryozoa, Brachiopoda, Kamptozoa» (since 2004);
• «Basic Zoology: Pogonophora» (since 2005);
• Summer field course «Invertebrate Zoology» (‘Gross Practicum in Invertebrate Zooology’ — White Sea Marine Biological Station; 5 weeks; since 2003);
• Summer field course «Zoology of Invertebrates» (for 1st year students; White Sea Marine Biological Station; 2 weeks; since 1998);
• Practical course «Zoology of Invertebrates» (for 1st year students, since 1996);
• Practical course «Protistology» (for 1st year students; since 1996).

For Master students:

• «Comparative anatomy of Invertebrates» (since 2008);
• «General Zoology: Tentaculata» (since 2005).

Professional memberships:

International Bryozoology Association
International Society for Invertebrate Morphology

Recent publications (2019 – 2023)

See CV for full list of publications.

1. Shunatova N, Denisova S, Shchenkov S, Filippov A. 2023. Colonial system of integration and communication pores in a polymorphic bryozoan Dendrobeania fruticosa (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata). Journal of Morphology; 284(7): e21601. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21601
2. Gerasimova, A. V., Filippova, N. A., Lisitsyna, K. N., Shunatova, N. N., Filippov, A. A., Nikishina, D. V., Kiyko O., Timofeeva M. & Maximovich, N. V. 2023. Benthic fauna in the south-eastern part of the Pechora-sea: Current state and analysis of ecological quality. Marine Environmental Research; 106151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.106151
3. Denisova S, Shunatova N, Lebedenkov V, Shchenkov S. 2023. Ultrastructure of the opecoelid daughter sporocyst (Digenea: Opecoelidae): comparative analysis of somatic tissues and new insights on the nervous system organization. Canadian Journal of Zoology. Vol. 101(7), pp. 579–602. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2022-0177
4. Khalturin K, Shunatova N, Shchenkov S, Sasakura Y, Kawamitsu M, Satoh N. 2022. Polyzoa is back: The effect of complete gene sets on the placement of Ectoprocta and Entoprocta. Science Advances; 8(26):eabo4400. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo4400
5. Shunatova N, Serova K, Denisova S, Shchenkov S, Ostrovsky A. 2022. Small, but smart: fine structure of an avicularium in Dendrobeania fruticosa (Bryozoa: Cheilostomata). Journal of Morphology; 283(2):174–206. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21436
6. Serova KM, Belikova EV, Kotenko ON, Vishnyakov AE, Bogdanov EA, Zaitseva OV, Shunatova NN, Ostrovsky AN. 2022. Reduction, rearrangement, fusion, and hypertrophy: evolution of the muscular system in polymorphic zooids of cheilostome Bryozoa. Organisms Diversity & Evolution; 22(4): 925–964. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21436
7. Orr RJ, Di Martino E, Ramsfjell MH, Gordon DP, Berning B, Chowdhury I, Craig S, Cumming RL, Figuerola B, Florence W, Harmelin JG, Hirose M, Huang D, Jain SS, Jenkins HL, Kotenko ON, Kuklinski P, Lee HE, Madurell T, McCann L, Mello HL, Obst M, Ostrovsky AN, Paulay G, Porter JS, Shunatova NN, Smith AM, Souto-Derungs J, Vieira LM, Voje KL, Waeschenbach A, Zagorsek K, Warnock RCM, Liow LS. 2022. Paleozoic origins of cheilostome bryozoans and their parental care inferred by a new genome-skimmed phylogeny. Science advances; 8(13):eabm7452. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm7452
8. Krzeminska M, Piwoni-Piorewicz A, Shunatova N, Duczmal-Czernikiewicz A, Muszynski A, Kubiak M, Kuklinski P. 2022. Bryozoan carbonate skeletal geochemical composition in the White Sea compared with neighbouring seas. Marine environmental research; 173:105542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105542
9. Shunatova N, Denisova S, Shchenkov S. 2021. Ultrastructure of rhizoids in the marine bryozoan Dendrobeania fruticosa (Gymnolaemata: Cheilostomata). Journal of Morphology; 282(6):847–862. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21351
10. Gerasimova AV, Filippova NA, Lisitsyna KN, Nikishina DV, Shunatova NN, Kiyko OA, Denisenko SG, Maximovich NV. 2021. Current state of macrobenthos in the southwestern Kara Sea. Continental Shelf Research; 224:104452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104452
11. Shunatova N, Borisenko I. 2020. Proliferating activity in a bryozoan lophophore. PeerJ; 8:e9179. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9179
12. Shunatova N, Tamberg Y. 2019. Body cavities in bryozoans: functional and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Morphology; 280(9):1332–1358. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21034
13. Alexeeva N, Tamberg Y, Shunatova N. 2019. The (not very) typical protonymphons of Pycnogonum litorale. Journal of Morphology; 280(9):1370–1392. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21038
14. Strelkov P, Stogov I, Krasnova E, Movchan E, Polyakova N, Goldin S, Ivanov M, Ivanova T, Malavenda S, Fedyuk M, Shunatova N. 2019. Rapid unpredicted changes in the stratification of marine lake Mogilnoe (Kildin Island, the Barents Sea) through the early 21st century. Polar Research; 38. https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3394

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