Dr Jonathan Lawley

Dr Jonathan Lawley

Ecologist and Evolutionary Biologist

Publications

Effector molecules and pathogenicity-associated gene expression in Ascochyta rabiei

Monsur MB, Bar I, Lawley JW, Ford R. 2025. Effector molecules and pathogenicity-associated gene expression in Ascochyta rabiei. Fungal Biology 129:101668. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2025.101668

Molecular signatures reveal intra-species divergence, undetectable by traditional morphology, in the deadly box jellyfish, Chironex yamaguchii (Cubozoa; Chirodropidae) of Western Pacific

Boco SR, Capidos CGG, Fornillos RJ, Sucharitakul P, Lawley JW, Talacay D, Collins AG, Fontanilla IK, Comendador JE, Ladiao FR. 2025. Molecular signatures reveal intra-species divergence, undetectable by traditional morphology, in the deadly box jellyfish, Chironex yamaguchii (Cubozoa; Chirodropidae) of Western Pacific. Regional Studies in Marine Science 82:104033. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2025.104033

Chapter Six - Morphological and molecular data in the study of the evolution, population genetics and taxonomy of Rhizostomeae

Gamero-Mora E, Lawley JW, Maronna MM, Stampar SN, Muhlia-Almazan A, Morandini AC. 2024. Chapter Six - Morphological and molecular data in the study of the evolution, population genetics and taxonomy of Rhizostomeae. Advances in Marine Biology 98: 361-396. doi:10.1016/bs.amb.2024.09.001

Population-level whole-genome sequencing of Ascochyta rabiei identifies genomic loci associated with isolate aggressiveness

Vaghefi N, Bar I, Lawley JW, Sambasivam PT, Christie M, Ford R. 2024. Population-level whole-genome sequencing of Ascochyta rabiei identifies genomic loci associated with isolate aggressiveness. Microbial Genomics 10:001326. doi:10.1099/mgen.0.001326

Assemblages of pelagic thaliaceans in oceanographic features at the tropical-temperate transition zone of a western boundary current

Pitt KA, Lawley JW, Hinchliffe C, Matis PA, Olguín-Jacobson C, Arafeh-Dalmau N, Lindholm P, Arnold J, Suthers IM. 2023. Assemblages of pelagic thaliaceans in oceanographic features at the tropical-temperate transition zone of a western boundary current. Journal of Plankton Research 45:fbad024. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbad024

Morphology is not always useful for diagnosis, and that’s ok: Species hypotheses should not be bound to a class of data. Reply to Brown and Gibbons (2022)

Lawley JW, Gamero-Mora E, Maronna MM, Chiaverano LM, Stampar SN, Hopcroft RR, Collins AG, Morandini AC. 2022. Morphology is not always useful for diagnosis, and that’s ok: Species hypotheses should not be bound to a class of data. Reply to Brown and Gibbons (S Afr J Sci. 2022;118(9/10), Art. #12590). South African Journal of Science 118(9/10): 1-3. doi:10.17159/sajs.2022/14495

The Next Generation Is Here: A Review of Transcriptomic Approaches in Marine Ecology

Page TM, Lawley JW*. 2022. The Next Generation Is Here: A Review of Transcriptomic Approaches in Marine Ecology. Frontiers in Marine Science 9:757921. doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.757921

Rhizostomins: A Novel Pigment Family From Rhizostome Jellyfish (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa)

Lawley JW, Carroll AR, McDougall C. 2021. Rhizostomins: A Novel Pigment Family From Rhizostome Jellyfish (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Frontiers in Marine Science 8:752949. doi:10.3389/fmars.2021.752949

The importance of molecular characters when morphological variability hinders diagnosability: systematics of the moon jellyfish genus Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa)

Lawley JW, Gamero-Mora E, Maronna MM, Chiaverano LM, Stampar SN, Hopcroft RR, Collins AG, Morandini AC. 2021. The importance of molecular characters when morphological variability hinders diagnosability: systematics of the moon jellyfish genus Aurelia (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa). PeerJ 9:e11954. doi:10.7717/peerj.11954

An integrative identification guide to the Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Bocas del Toro, Panama

Miglietta MP, Piraino S, Pruski S, Alpizar Gonzalez M, Castellanos-Iglesias S, Jeronimo-Aguilar S, Lawley JW, Maggioni D, Martell L, Matsumoto Y, Moncada A, Nagale P, Phongphattarawat S, Sheridan C, Soto Angel JJ, Sukhoputova A, Collin R. 2018. An integrative identification guide to the Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) of Bocas del Toro, Panama. Neotropical Biodiversity 4(1): 102–112. doi:10.1080/23766808.2018.1488656

Occurrence of the non-indigenous brittle star Ophiothela cf. mirabilis Verrill, 1867 (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) in natural and anthropogenic habitats off Santa Catarina, Brazil

Lawley JW, Fonseca AC, Faria Júnior E, Lindner A. 2018. Occurrence of the non-indigenous brittle star Ophiothela cf. mirabilis Verrill, 1867 (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) in natural and anthropogenic habitats off Santa Catarina, Brazil. Check List 14(2): 453-459. doi:10.15560/14.2.453

First record of association between Tamoya haplonema (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) and stromateid fish, with a review on interactions between fish and cubozoan jellyfishes

Lawley JW, Faria Júnior E. 2018. First record of association between Tamoya haplonema (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) and stromateid fish, with a review on interactions between fish and cubozoan jellyfishes. Plankton and Benthos Research 13: 32–38. doi:10.3800/pbr.13.32

Box jellyfish Alatina alata has a circumtropical distribution

Lawley JW, Ames CL, Bentlage B, Yanagihara A, Goodwill R, Kayal E, Hurwitz K, Collins AG. 2016. Box jellyfish Alatina alata has a circumtropical distribution. Biological Bulletin 231(2):152-169. doi:10.1086/690095

Vida Marinha de Santa Catarina (Marine Life of Santa Catarina)

Lindner A (ed.), Oliveira AFS, Freire AS, Batista AA, Gregoletto BF, Girardis BW, Faria Júnior E, Longo GO, Lawley JW, Fontoura L, Santos MEA, et al.. 2014. Vida Marinha de Santa Catarina. Editora da UFSC 1st ed. 128 p. (2nd ed., 2016). ISBN:978-85-328-0780-9

* Equal authorship