Jean-Lou Justine (born 1955), French parasitologist and zoologist, is a professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France, and a specialist of fish parasites and invasive land planarians.[1]

Jean-Lou Justine
Jean-Lou Justine, 2004
Born1955 (age 68–69)
CitizenshipFrench
Alma materUniversity of Nice Sophia Antipolis, University of Montpellier
Known forMonogenea, Fish parasites,
Scientific career
Fieldsparasitology, zoology
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History (France), Paris
Doctoral advisorsLouis Euzet, Xavier Mattei
Other academic advisorsClaude Combes, Alain Chabaud
Author abbrev. (zoology)Justine
Websitelink,

Higher education and career edit

Justine was in high school in Saint Raphaël, France, then an undergraduate student at the University of Nice (1972–1976), and at the École Normale Supérieure in Saint-Cloud after which he passed the Agrégation in 1977, and finally a graduate student at the University of Montpellier. He passed his PhD in 1980[2] and his Doctorat d'État (State doctorate) in 1985,[3] both in the University of Montpellier, under the supervision of Professors Xavier Mattei and Louis Euzet.

From 1978 to 1985, Justine was Assistant then Maître-Assistant (assistant professor) at the University of Dakar, Senegal. He entered the National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) in 1985 to join, as Maître-Assistant (Assistant Professor) the laboratory directed at that time by Professor Alain Chabaud. He is a member of the MNHN since, and a full professor since 1995, but spent several years (2003–2011) as visiting scholar in Nouméa, New Caledonia.

Justine is the curator of the parasitic worms in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France,[1] [4] and, since 2013, a deputy-director the Institute of Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity (ISYEB),[1] one of the largest units in the MNHN. [5]

He is also a member of the EASIN (European Alien Species Information Network) Editorial Board since 2015 [6] and the editor-in-chief of the journal Parasite since 2012.[7]

Research edit

 
Drawings of spermatozoa from a paper authored by Justine

Justine has worked on several fields during his career. His early research and his theses were about sperm ultrastructure in parasitic flatworms and its use for phylogeny.[2][3] He then worked on systematics of nematodes, monogeneans and other parasites, especially the species from coral reef fish.[8][9][10][11]

Justine has published more than 250 papers since 1981 [12] [13] and described more than one hundred new species,[14] which are all parasitic animals belonging mainly to the Nematoda and Monogenea, and also Digenea, Cestoda, and Crustacea.

After 2013, Justine undertook a research about invasive land planarians, such as Platydemus manokwari. The papers issued from this research [15][16][17][18] had some impact on the media, including French radios,[19] televisions and newspapers,[20][21][22] and newspapers and media from the USA,[23] UK [24] and other countries.[25]

Editing activities edit

Justine has been the editor-in-chief of the Mémoires du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, from 1992 to 1998, and of Zoosystema, a journal of zoology, from 1998 to 2002;[26] both are journals published by the National Museum of Natural History in Paris. Since 2013, he is the editor-in-chief of the open-access journal Parasite,[7] the official journal of the French Society of Parasitology. Justine is a member of the editorial board of the parasitological journals Helminthologia, [27] Acta Parasitologica, [28] and Folia Parasitologica, [29] and is one of the numerous Academic Editors of the megajournal PeerJ. [30] Justine has also been the editor of a few books, on spermatozoa,[31] ultrastructure of flatworms[32] and deep-sea fauna [33] and of an International Congress Proceeding on flatworms.[34]

Eponymous taxa edit

 
Pseudorhabdosynochus enitsuji, male and female organs

A small number of taxa names have been created to honour his name – most are parasitic worms. The genus Justinema R’kha & Durette-Desset, 1991,[35] is a member of the trichostrongylid nematodes. Species named after him include a nematode, Philometra justinei Moravec, Ternengo & Levron, 2006,[36] two digeneans, Hurleytrematoides justinei McNamara & Cribb, 2009 [37] and Lepotrema justinei Bray, Cutmore & Cribb, 2018,[38] and a parasitic copepod, Anuretes justinei Venmathi Maran, Ohtsuka & Boxshall, 2008.[39] Among the Monogenea, Cichlidogyrus jeanloujustinei Rahmouni, Vanhove & Šimková, 2017 [40] has been named after him, as well as four species of the genus Pseudorhabdosynochus, namely Pseudorhabdosynochus justinei Zeng & Yang, 2007,[41] P. enitsuji Neifar & Euzet, 2007 [42] (an anagram of justinei), P. jeanloui Knoff, Cohen, Cárdenas, Cárdenas-Callirgos & Gomes, 2015,[43] and P. justinella Kritsky, Bakenhaster & Adams, 2015.[44] Solenofilomorpha justinei Nilsson, Wallberg & Jondelius 2011,[45] an Acoela, is not a parasite.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Jean-Lou Justine". Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b Justine, Jean-Lou (1980). Étude ultrastructurale de la gamètogenèse chez Schistosoma bovis Sonsino, 1876 (Trematoda: Schistosomatidae) (PhD). doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.154985. Retrieved 26 September 2018.  
  3. ^ a b Justine, Jean-Lou (1985). Étude ultrastructurale comparée de la spermiogenèse des Digènes et des Monogènes (Plathelminthes). Relations entre la morphologie du spermatozoïde, la biologie de la fécondation et la phylogénie (Dr. Sc.). doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.154987.v1. Retrieved 26 September 2018.  
  4. ^ "Collection – Vers Parasites (Helminthes)". Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  5. ^ "L'Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité". Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. ^ EASIN Editorial Board. "EASIN Editorial Board". European Alien Species Information Network. European Commission. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  7. ^ a b "Editorial Board". Parasite. EDP Sciences. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  8. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Beveridge, Ian; Boxshall, Geoffrey A.; Bray, Rod A.; Moravec, Frantisek; Trilles, Jean-Paul; Whittington, Ian D. (2010). "An annotated list of parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected in groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae) in New Caledonia emphasizes parasite biodiversity in coral reef fish". Folia Parasitologica. 57 (4): 237–262. doi:10.14411/fp.2010.032. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 21344838.  
  9. ^ Justine, J.-L.; Beveridge, I.; Boxshall, G. A.; Bray, R. A.; Moravec, F.; Whittington, I. D. (2010). "An annotated list of fish parasites (Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda and Nematoda) collected from Emperors and Emperor Bream (Lethrinidae) in New Caledonia further highlights parasite biodiversity estimates on coral reef fish". Zootaxa. 2691: 1–40. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2691.1.1.
  10. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Beveridge, Ian; Boxshall, Geoffrey A; Bray, Rodney A; Miller, Terrence L; Moravec, František; Trilles, Jean-Paul; Whittington, Ian D (2012). "An annotated list of fish parasites (Isopoda, Copepoda, Monogenea, Digenea, Cestoda, Nematoda) collected from Snappers and Bream (Lutjanidae, Nemipteridae, Caesionidae) in New Caledonia confirms high parasite biodiversity on coral reef fish". Aquatic Biosystems. 8 (1): 22. doi:10.1186/2046-9063-8-22. ISSN 2046-9063. PMC 3507714. PMID 22947621.  
  11. ^ Boré, Jean-Michel; Vilayleck, Mina (2007). "Biodiversité des parasites de poissons (film court)" [Biodiversity of fish parasites (short movie)]. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (in French). Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Jean-Lou Justine". ResearcherId. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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  14. ^ "Justine, Jean-Lou – Author page". ZooBank. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  15. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2014). "The invasive New Guinea flatworm Platydemus manokwari in France, the first record for Europe: time for action is now". PeerJ. 2: e297. doi:10.7717/peerj.297. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 3961122. PMID 24688873.  
  16. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Barrière, Patrick; Fanai, Crispus; Gey, Delphine; Han, Andrew Wee Kien; La Quay-Velázquez, Giomara; Lee, Benjamin Paul Yi-Hann; Lefevre, Jean-Marc; Meyer, Jean-Yves; Philippart, David; Robinson, David G.; Thévenot, Jessica; Tsatsia, Francis (2015). "The invasive land planarian Platydemus manokwari(Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae): records from six new localities, including the first in the USA". PeerJ. 3: e1037. doi:10.7717/peerj.1037. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 4485254. PMID 26131377.  
  17. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2018). "Giant worms chez moi! Hammerhead flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae, Bipalium spp., Diversibipalium spp.) in metropolitan France and overseas French territories". PeerJ. 6: e4672. doi:10.7717/peerj.4672. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 5969052. PMID 29844951.  
  18. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou; Winsor, Leigh; Gey, Delphine; Gros, Pierre; Thévenot, Jessica (2020). "Obama chez moi! The invasion of metropolitan France by the land planarian Obama nungara (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae)". PeerJ. 8: e8385. doi:10.7717/peerj.8385. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7007977. PMID 32071801.  
  19. ^ Vidard, Mathieu (2018-05-29). "La menace des vers géants". France Inter (National French Radio) (in French). Paris, France. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  20. ^ Patriarca, Eliane (27 March 2014). "Un envahisseur pas piqué des vers" [(unstranslatable)]. Libération (in French). Paris, France.
  21. ^ Nothias, Jean-Luc. "Des vers carnivores invasifs s'invitent en France" [Carnivorous invasive worms invite themselves into France]. Le Figaro (in French). Paris, France. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  22. ^ Anonymous (4 March 2014). "Ce ver tueur menace d'exterminer les escargots en Europe". France Info (National French Radio) (in French). Paris, France. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  23. ^ Guarino, Ben (22 May 2018). "Giant predatory worms invaded France, but scientists just noticed them". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  24. ^ Gabbatiss, Josh (22 May 2018). "Giant predatory worms invading France and threatening local wildlife". The Independent. London, UK. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  25. ^ Confino, Bastien (2018-05-28). "Des vers géants invasifs arrivent dans notre sol". RTS, Radio Télévision Suisse (National Swiss Radio) (in French). Switzerland. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  26. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou (1999). "Éditorial / Editorial" (PDF). Zoosystema. 21 (1): 5. Bibcode:1999AcOc...22..365.. doi:10.1016/S0399-1784(00)88720-4.  
  27. ^ "Editorial Board, Helminthologia". Helminthologia. Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  28. ^ "Editorial Board, Acta Parasitologica". Acta Parasitologica. W.Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  29. ^ "Editorial Board, Folia Parasitologica". Folia Parasitologica. Parazitologický ústav AVČR. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  30. ^ "Jean-Lou Justine, Academic Editor". PeerJ. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  31. ^ Jamieson, Barrie G. M., Justine, Jean-Lou, & Ausió, Juan (Eds)(1995). Advances in Spermatozoal Phylogeny and Taxonomy. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 166, 564 pp. Paris: Éditions du Muséum. ISBN 978-2-85653-225-6 (details)
  32. ^ Justine, Jean-Lou, ed. (1998). Histology of Parasitic Platyhelminthes. Special Volume, Microscopy Research and Technique. Wiley.
  33. ^ Richer de Forges, Bertrand & Justine Jean-Lou (eds) 2006 — Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos volume 24. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 417 p. (Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ; volume 193). ISBN 2856535852 (details)
  34. ^ Schoekaert, Ernest; Watson, Nikki; Justine, Jean-Lou, eds. (1998). Biology of the Turbellaria : proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on the Biology of Turbellaria, held in Brisbane, Australia, Hydrobiologia (ISSN 0018-8158 ; vol. 383). Kluwer.
  35. ^ R'Kha, S., & Durette-Desset, M.-C. (1990). Trois espèces (dont deux nouvelles) de Nématodes Trichostrongyloïdes coparasites de Proechimys semispinosus en Colombie: description de Justinema n. gen. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 4ème série (Zoologie), 12, 555-562.
  36. ^ Moravec, František; Ternengo, Sonia; Levron, Céline (2006). "Three species of Philometra (Nematoda, Philometridae) from marine fishes off Corsica, France". Acta Parasitologica. 51 (2). doi:10.2478/s11686-006-0017-5. ISSN 1896-1851. S2CID 33608567.
  37. ^ McNamara, M.K.A.; Cribb, T.H. (2009). "Hurleytrematoides justinei n. sp. (Digenea: Monorchiidae) from Valentinni's sharpnose puffer, Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker) (Tetraodontiformes: Tetraodontidae) from Heron Island, Queensland, Australia". Zootaxa. 2027: 63–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2027.1.5.
  38. ^ Bray, Rodney A.; Cutmore, Scott C.; Cribb, Thomas H. (2018). "Lepotrema Ozaki, 1932 (Lepocreadiidae: Digenea) from Indo-Pacific fishes, with the description of eight new species, characterised by morphometric and molecular features". Systematic Parasitology. 95 (8–9): 693–741. doi:10.1007/s11230-018-9821-1. ISSN 0165-5752. PMC 6223840. PMID 30324416.  
  39. ^ Venmathi Maran, B. A.; Ohtsuka, Susumu; Boxshall, Geoffrey A. (2008). "A new species of Anuretes Heller, 1865 (Copepoda: Caligidae) from the yellowbanded sweetlips Plectorhinchus lineatus (Haemulidae) off New Caledonia". Systematic Parasitology. 70 (1): 35–40. doi:10.1007/s11230-007-9126-2. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 18373218. S2CID 10731176.
  40. ^ Rahmouni, Chahrazed; Vanhove, Maarten P. M.; Šimková, Andrea (2017). "Underexplored diversity of gill monogeneans in cichlids from Lake Tanganyika: eight new species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) from the northern basin of the lake, with remarks on the vagina and the heel of the male copulatory organ". Parasites & Vectors. 10 (1): 591. doi:10.1186/s13071-017-2460-6. ISSN 1756-3305. PMC 5712084. PMID 29197419.  
  41. ^ Zeng, Bijian; Yang, Tingbao (2006). "Description of Pseudorhabdosynochus justinei n. sp. (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) and redescription of P. vagampullum (Young, 1969) Kritsky & Beverley-Burton, 1986 from the gills of the longfin grouper Epinephelus quoyanus (Valenciennes) (Perciformes: Serranidae) in Dapeng Bay, South China Sea". Systematic Parasitology. 66 (3): 223–235. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9067-1. ISSN 0165-5752. PMID 17143574. S2CID 29694108.
  42. ^ Neifar, Lassad; Euzet, Louis (2007). "Five new species of Pseudorhabdosynochus (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) from the gills of Epinephelus costae (Teleostei: Serranidae)" (PDF). Folia Parasitologica. 54 (2): 117–128. doi:10.14411/fp.2007.017. ISSN 0015-5683. PMID 17886741.  
  43. ^ Knoff, Marcelo; Cohen, Simone Chinicz; Cárdenas, Melissa Querido; Cárdenas-Callirgos, Jorge M.; Gomes, Delir Corrêa (2015). "A new species of diplectanid (Monogenoidea) from Paranthias colonus (Perciformes, Serranidae) off Peru". Parasite. 22: 11. doi:10.1051/parasite/2015011. PMC 4353888. PMID 25754099. 
  44. ^ Kritsky, Delane C.; Bakenhaster, Micah D.; Adams, Douglas H. (2015). "Pseudorhabdosynochus species (Monogenoidea, Diplectanidae) parasitizing groupers (Serranidae, Epinephelinae, Epinephelini) in the western Atlantic Ocean and adjacent waters, with descriptions of 13 new species". Parasite. 22: 24. doi:10.1051/parasite/2015024. ISSN 1776-1042. PMC 4536336. PMID 26272242.  
  45. ^ Nilsson, K. S.; Wallberg, A.; Jondelius, U. (2011). "New species of Acoela from the Mediterranean, the Red Sea, and the South Pacific". Zootaxa. 2867: 1–31. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2867.1.1.

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