As a museum person I am involved in a variety of activities ranging from research and collection management to database development and creation of exhibitions. My main research interests are echinoderms, with a focus on the phylogeny, nomenclature and systematics of echinoids. This has also lead to my involvement with WoRMS.
Being a palaeontologist with a strong interest in bridging the gap between life and earth sciences, I see WoRMS as invaluable resource for biologists and palaeontologists alike. In addition, I strongly believe that our research results should be easily accessible to a broad public and WoRMS is an ideal tool to disseminate a wide range of data on marine organisms in a structured and fully referenced way.
Apart from WoRMS I am also involved with the Echinoid Directory (http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/) created by Andrew B. Smith of the NHM London, the primary purpose of which is to provide a taxonomic resource in which the genera and higher taxa of echinoid can be simply and rapidly identified.
I have been involved in the WoRMS Steering Committee since 2013, being responsible, among else, for reviewing data requests and assisting in the development of MoUs with partners of WoRMS. In addition, I am part of the WoRMS Image Working Group, which tries aims to increase the amount of media available on WoRMS taxon page and to develop cooperations with other initiatives that provide marine species imagery. In 2018 I hosted the physical SC meeting in Vienna.
Vandepitte, L.; Dekeyzer, S.; Decock, W.; Delgat, L.; Boydens, B.; Tyberghein, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Horton, T.; Kroh, A.; Boyko, C.B.; Ahyong, S.T. (2024). The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) through the looking glass: insights from the data management team in light of the crystal anniversary of WoRMS. Hydrobiologia 2024. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05688-y
Gerdes, K.; Kihara, T.C.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Kuhn, T.; Schwarz-Schampera, U.; Mah, C.; Norenburg, J.; Linley, T.D.; Shalaeva, K.; MacPherson, E.; Gordon, D.; Stöhr, S.; Messing, C.; Bober, S.; Guggolz, T.; Christodoulou, M.; Gebruk, A.; Kremenetskaia, A.; Kroh, A.; Sanamyan, K.; Bolstad, K.; Hoffman, L.; Gooday, A.; Molodtsova, T. (2021). Megafauna of the German exploration licence area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e69955. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e69955
Lima, D.; Anker, A.; Hyžný, M.; Kroh, A.; Aguilera, O. (2020). First evidence of fossil snapping shrimps (Alpheidae) in the Neotropical region, with a checklist of the fossil caridean shrimps from the Cenozoic. J. South Am. Earth Sci. 103: 102795. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102795
Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Vranken, S.; Lanssens, T.; Dekeyzer, S.; Verfaille, K.; Horton, T.; Kroh, A.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J. (2018). A decade of the World Register of Marine Species – General insights and experiences from the Data Management Team: Where are we, what have we learned and how can we continue? PLoS One 13(4): e0194599. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194599
Arachchige, G.M.; Jayakody, S.; Mooi, R.; Kroh, A. (2017). A review of previous studies on the Sri Lankan echinoid fauna, with an updated species list. Zootaxa 4231(2): 151. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4231.2.1
Bronstein, O.; Georgopoulou, E.; Kroh, A. (2017). On the distribution of the invasive long-spined echinoid Diadema setosum and its expansion in the Mediterranean Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 583: 163-178. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps12348
Horton, T.; Gofas, S.; Kroh, A.; Poore, G.C.B.; Read, G.; Rosenberg, G.; Stöhr, S.; Bailly, N.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Brandão, S.N.; Costello, M.J.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Paulay, G.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vranken, S. (2017). Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species. Eur. J. Taxon. 389: 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.389
Stara, P.; Borghi, E.; Kroh, A. (2016). Revision of the genus Mariania (Echinoidea) with the description of two new species from the Miocene of Italy. Bull. Geosci. 91(1): 65-88. http://dx.doi.org/10.3140/bull.geosci.1576
Thuy, B.; Kiel, S.; Dulai, A.; Gale, A.S.; Kroh, A.; Lord, A.R.; Numberger-Thuy, L.D.; Stöhr, S.; Wisshak, M. (2014). First glimpse into Lower Jurassic deep-sea biodiversity: in situ diversification and resilience against extinction. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 281(1786): 6 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2624
Ziegler, A.; Mirantsev, G.V.; Jangoux, M.; Kroh, A. (2014). Historical aspects of meetings, publication series, and digital resources dedicated to echinoderms. Zoosyst. Evol. 90(1): 45-56. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.90.7201
Kroh, A.; Jangoux, M.; Mirantsev, G.V.; Ziegler, A. (2013). The Echinoderm Files: a database-facilitated access to a hidden treasure trove. Cah. Biol. Mar. 54(4): 549-557
Kroh, A.; Madeira, P.; Haring, E. (2012). Species distributions: virtual or real - the case of Arbaciella elegans (Echinoidea: Arbaciidae). J. Zoo. Syst. Evol. Research 50(2): 99-105. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2011.00636.x
Gregorová, R.; Schultz, O.; Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A.; Coric, S. (2009). A giant early Miocene sunfish from the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Austria) and its implication for molid phylogeny. J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 29(2): 359-371. https://dx.doi.org/10.1671/039.029.0201
Stevenson, A.; Kroh, A. (2020). Deep-sea sea urchins, in: Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) Sea urchins: Biology and ecology. Developments in aquaculture and fisheries science, 43: pp. 237-254. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819570-3.00014-7
Harzhauser, M.; Kroh, A. (2018). WIEN: “To the Realm of Nature and its Exploration”: The paleontological collections of the Natural History Museum Vienna, in: Beck, L.A. et al.Paleontological collections of Germany, Austria and Switzerland: The history of life of fossil organisms at museums and universities. Natural History Collections, : pp. 513-523. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77401-5_53
Nebelsick, J.H.; Kroh, A.; Roth-Nebelsick, A. (2013). The legacy of ocean climate and chemistry change in the echinoderm fossil record: A review, in: Johnson, C. (Ed.) Echinoderms in a Changing World: Proceedings of the 13th International Echinoderm Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania, Australia, 5-9 2009 January 2009. pp. 11-22
Kroh, A. (2003). Palaeobiology and biogeography of a Danian echinoid fauna of lower Austria, in: Féral, J.-P. et al.Echinoderm Research 2001: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Echinoderm Research, Banyuls-sur-mer, 3-7 September 2001. pp. 69-75
Vandepitte, L.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Vanhoorne, B.; Bouirig, K.; Bakeev, D.; Horton, T.; Kroh, A. (2022). Fifteen years of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): where are we, and what will the next decade bring?, in: 55th European Marine Biology Symposium 19 – 23 September 2022 Gdańsk, Poland: Book of abstracts. pp. 36
Agosti, D.; Bénichou, L.; Addink, W.; Arvanitidis, C.; Catapano, T.; Cochrane, G.; Dillen, M.; Döring, M.; Georgiev, T.; Gérard, I.; Groom, Q.; Kishor, P.; Kroh, A.; Kvacek, J.; Mergen, P.; Mietchen, D.; Pauperio, J.; Sautter, G.; Penev, L. (2022). Recommendations for use of annotations and persistent identifiers in taxonomy and biodiversity publishing. Research Ideas and Outcomes 8: e97374. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/rio.8.e97374
Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Lanssens, T.; Dekeyzer, S.; Verfaille, K.; Horton, T.; Kroh, A. (2018). 10 years of the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS): where do we stand & where are we heading? PeerJ Preprints 6: e26682v1. https://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26682v1
Kroh, A. (2011). Würmern und anderen Meerestieren. Das Naturhistorische (Frühling 2011): 12
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