Amanda "Mandy" Louise Reid is an Australian

taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the science, scientific study of naming, defining (Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxon, taxa (si ...

and

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

. She held the position of collection manager of malacology at the

Australian Museum The Australian Museum, originally known as the Colonial Museum or Sydney Museum. is a heritage-listed museum at 1 William Street, Sydney, William Street, Sydney central business district, Sydney CBD, New South Wales. It is the oldest natural ...

from 2010 to 2023. She is a published researcher and author. Her research has resulted in the description of many species of

velvet worm Onychophora (from , , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, '' Peripatus''), is a phylum of e ...

s and

cephalopod A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan Taxonomic rank, class Cephalopoda (Greek language, Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral symm ...

Career

Reid is an alumna of

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, a

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Sydney, Australia Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 km (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean ...

, where she completed a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. She completed a Master of Science degree in 1990, with a thesis titled ''Taxonomic review of the Australian Rossiinae (

Cephalopoda A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda ( Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, ...

Sepiolidae Sepiolidae is a family of bobtail squid encompassing 15 genera in three or four subfamilies. A gladius is absent in subfamily Heteroteuthidinae Heteroteuthidinae is a subfamily of bobtail squid encompassing six genera and 17 recognized species ...

).'' She completed a PhD in 1996, with a thesis titled ''A systematic review of the

Peripatopsidae Peripatopsidae or the Southern Velvet Worms are one of two extant families of velvet worm. This family includes more than 140 described species distributed among 41 genera, but some authorities deem only 131 of these species to be valid. The Fre ...

(

Onychophora Onychophora (from , , "claws"; and , , "to carry"), commonly known as velvet worms (for their velvety texture and somewhat wormlike appearance) or more ambiguously as peripatus (after the first described genus, ''Peripatus''), is a phylum of el ...

) in Australia''. Reid has an interest in cephalopods, particularly bobtail or bottletail squids (

), cuttlefishes (

Sepiidae Sepiidae is a family of cephalopods in the order Sepiida, comprising the large-bodied species of cuttlefish, including the type genus, '' Sepia''. It includes 116 recognized species according to WoRMS, a number of which need further verification ...

), and pygmy squids ( Idiosepiidae). She has authored two books, and her research has been published in a number of scientific journals, including ''Invertebrate Taxonomy'', ''

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'', ''Australian Natural History'', ''

Zootaxa ''Zootaxa'' is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week ...

'', and others. Reid is member of the Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA), the Cephalopod International Advisory Council, and Sustainable Population Australia.

Books authored

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., Reid A. (2000) A Guide to Squid, Cuttlefish and Octopuses of Australasia (''The Gould League of Australia and CSIRO Publishing'': Melbourne). * Reid A. (2016) Cephalopods of Australia and Sub-Antarctic Territories (''CSIRO Publishing'': Melbourne).

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