Author

Abigail Reft

Observed names: A. J. Reft, ABIGAIL J. REFT, Abigail J. Reft, Abigail Julia. Reft, Reft, A J, Reft, Abigail, Reft, Abigail J., Reft, Abigail Julia

Institutions: Smithsonian Institution, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Museum of Natural History, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Science and Technology, NOAA National Systematics Laboratory

Observed institutions: Smithsonian Institution, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, American Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, William & Mary, Heidelberg University, Field Museum of Natural History, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Science and Technology, NOAA National Systematics Laboratory, The Ohio State University

ORCID: 0000-0001-5512-9432

Observed ORCID: 0000-0001-5512-9432

OpenAlex ID: A5034076868

Hidden among Sea Anemones: The First Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of the Order Actiniaria (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia) Reveals a Novel Group of Hexacorals

2014 · Estefanía Rodríguez, Marcos S. Barbeitos, et al. · PLoS ONE · 201

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Cassiosomes are stinging-cell structures in the mucus of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana

2020 · Cheryl L. Ames, Anna M. L. Klompen, et al. · Communications Biology · 67

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Morphology, distribution, and evolution of apical structure of nematocysts in hexacorallia

2011 · Abigail J. Reft, Marymegan Daly · Journal of Morphology · 53

Phylogenetic Signal in Mitochondrial and Nuclear Markers in Sea Anemones (Cnidaria, Actiniaria)

2010 · M. Daly, L. C. Gusmao, et al. · Integrative and Comparative Biology · 52

The Rise and Fall of TRP-N, an Ancient Family of Mechanogated Ion Channels, in Metazoa

2015 · Andreas Schüler, Gregor Schmitz, et al. · Genome Biology and Evolution · 51

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Skimming for barcodes: rapid production of mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal repeat reference markers through shallow shotgun sequencing

2022 · Mykle L. Hoban, Jonathan Whitney, et al. · PeerJ · 46

Cnidarian Origins of the Myxozoa

2015 · Beth Okamura, Alexander Gruhl, et al. · Springer eBooks · 40

Single-cell atavism reveals an ancient mechanism of cell type diversification in a sea anemone

2023 · Leslie S. Babonis, Camille Enjolras, et al. · Nature Communications · 34

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Scientific Gear as a Vector for Non‐Native Species at Deep‐Sea Hydrothermal Vents

2012 · JANET R. VOIGHT, RAYMOND W. LEE, et al. · Conservation Biology · 14

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Crowds Replicate Performance of Scientific Experts Scoring Phylogenetic Matrices of Phenotypes

2017 · Maureen A. O’Leary, Kenzley Alphonse, et al. · Systematic Biology · 10

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Formation of the Apical Flaps in Nematocysts of Sea Anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria)

2009 · Abigail J. Reft, Jane A. Westfall, et al. · Biological Bulletin · 10

Obligate planktotrophy in the Götte’s larva ofStylochus ellipticus(Platyhelminthes)

2017 · J. D. Allen, A. M. L. Klompen, et al. · Invertebrate Reproduction & Development · 8

Learning to Detect Basal Tubules of Nematocysts in SEM Images

2013 · Michael Lam, Janardhan Rao Doppa, et al. · IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision Workshops · 8

The millipede collections of the world

2004 · Petra Sierwald, Abigail Julia. Reft · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 8

Sensory structures on the siphons of wood-boring bivalves (Pholadidae: Xylophagainae: Xylophaga)

2009 · Reft, A J, Voight, Janet R. · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 4

Understanding the Morphology and Distribution of Nematocysts in Sea Anemones and their Relatives

2012 · Reft, Abigail Julia · OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network) · 2

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Report to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Exploration on status and use of biological material collected via NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer

2026 · Reft, Abigail, Auscavitch, Steven, et al. · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 1

Empowering Scientific Discovery: Enhancing Access to Ocean Exploration Samples

2024 · Rosaura J. Chapina, Adam J. Baldinger, et al. · 1

Preassembly of Scomberoides lysan (USNM 442297)

2021 · Collins, Allen, Bemis, Katherine, et al. · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 1

The Curious Case of the Golden Orb – Relict of Relicanthus daphneae (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Hexacorallia), a deep sea anemone

2026 · Steven R. Auscavitch, Abigail Reft, et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Preassembly of Gymnothorax fimbriatus (UNSM 395396)