Jane Fromont

Jane Fromont
Born
Phyllis Jane Fromont
Alma materJames Cook University
Scientific career
ThesisA taxonomic study of tropical marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida and Petrosida) using morphological, chemical and reproductive character sets) (1990)
Author abbrev. (zoology)Fromont

Phyllis Jane Fromont is a New Zealand and Australian scientist specialising in sponges.

Early life and education

Fromont was raised in Whanganui, New Zealand, the youngest of six children. She became interested in marine biology after scuba diving in Northland, and completed a Bachelor of Science degree that included some marine biology papers at the University of Auckland. She then undertook her overseas experience for about two years, before arriving in Perth, Western Australia, where she found work with an environmental consultancy firm and was a volunteer at the Western Australian Museum with curator of marine invertebrates, Loisette Marsh. After attending a workshop in Melbourne on sponges led by Patricia Bergquist and Felix Wiedenmayer, she was encouraged by Bergquist to return to Auckland for postgraduate study.[1] She earned a Master of Science degree from the University of Auckland in 1985, with her thesis titled Poecilosclerida of New Zealand,[2] and while there published papers with Bergquist.[3] She followed this with a PhD (A taxonomic study of tropical marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida and Petrosida) using morphological, chemical and reproductive character sets) from James Cook University, completed in 1990, with her supervisor being Patricia Bergquist.[4]

Career

Following her PhD, Fromont worked for the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, continuing to publish on sponges (Porifera).[5][6] By 1994, she was affiliated not only with James Cook University, but also with the Queensland Museum, and continuing to publish work on the sponges of the Great Barrier Reef,[7] and on chemical relationships helping to define the taxonomy of sponges.[8] In 1996, she was awarded a three-year Australian Biological Resources Study scholarship and moved to the Aquatic Zoology department of the Western Australian Museum, also undertaking part-time curatorial work there. Three years later, she was appointed curator.[9] As of 2021, she continues to work there.[10][11]

Her zoological author abbreviation is Fromont.[12][13]

Taxa

See also: Category:Taxa named by Jane Fromont

A search on her name at WoRMS reveals (March 2022) she has authored over 100 sponge taxa.

Taxa named in her honour include the sponges, Anthotethya fromontae,[14] Clathria fromontae,[15] and Erylus fromontae,[16] and the extinct Western Australian brachiopod, Cirpa fromontae.[17][18]

Publications

Scholia has a profile for Jane Fromont (Q27504723).

Fromont has authored over 90 scientific publications, including her most cited article, Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges.[19] In 2021, she, together with Loisette Marsh, received a commendation at the Whitley Awards, for their field guide, Field Guide to the Shallow Water Seastars of Australia.[20][21]

References

  1. ^ "Who am I?". CEO's News. Western Australian Museum. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  2. ^ Fromont, P. J. (1985). Poecilosclerida of New Zealand (MSc). University of Auckland. Archived from the original on 9 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  3. ^ P R Bergquist; P J Fromont (1988). "The marine fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida)" (PDF). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 96: 1–197. ISSN 0083-7903. Wikidata Q66412002.
  4. ^ Jane Fromont (1990), A taxonomic study of tropical marine sponges (Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida and Petrosida) using morphological, chemical and reproductive character sets, Wikidata Q111050301
  5. ^ Jane Fromont (September 1991). "Descriptions of species of the Petrosida (Porifera: Demospongiae) occurring in the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef". The Beagle. 8: 73–95. ISSN 0811-3653. Wikidata Q108329404.
  6. ^ Jane Fromont (1993). "Descriptions of species of the Haplosclerida (Porifera: Demospongiae) occurring in the tropical waters of the Great Barrier Reef". The Beagle. 10: 7–40. ISSN 0811-3653. Wikidata Q108329552.
  7. ^ J. Fromont (May 1994). "Reproductive development and timing of tropical sponges (Order Haplosclerida) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia". Coral Reefs. 13 (2): 127–133. doi:10.1007/BF00300773. ISSN 0722-4028. Wikidata Q111050535.
  8. ^ Jane Fromont; Sutinah Kerr; Russell Kerr; Martin Riddle; Peter Murphy (October 1994). "Chemotaxonomic relationships within, and comparisons between, the orders Haplosclerida and Petrosida (Porifera: Demospongiae) using sterol complements". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 22 (7): 735–752. doi:10.1016/0305-1978(94)90059-0. ISSN 0305-1978. Wikidata Q111050490.
  9. ^ Jane Fromont (1998). "Revision of the marine sponge genus Caulospongia Saville Kent, 1871 (Demospongiae: Hadromerida). Part 1. Morphological and skeletal characters" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 19: 65–89. ISSN 0312-3162. Wikidata Q111049024.
  10. ^ Andrew M. Hosie; Jane Fromont; Kylie Munyard; Diana Jones (27 June 2021). "New Species and New Records of Sponge-Inhabiting Barnacles (Cirripedia, Balanidae, Acastinae) from Australia". Diversity. 13 (7): 290. doi:10.3390/D13070290. ISSN 1424-2818. Wikidata Q110667913.
  11. ^ GUILHERME MURICY; KAREN SARMENTO; ANAÍRA LAGE; ANA CARINA ALMEIDA; JANE FROMONT (3 June 2021). "Taxonomy of some Indian and Pacific oceans Corticium, with the description of three new species from Western Australia (Porifera: Homosclerophorida)". Zootaxa. 4981 (1). doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4981.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q110666293.
  12. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Amphidiscella hosiei". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Amphimedon lamellata". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  14. ^ van Soest, Rob W.M. (2010). "Anthotethya fromontae Sarà & Sarà, 2002". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  15. ^ Hooper, J.N.A. "Clathria (Axosuberites) fromontae Hooper, 1996". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  16. ^ Hooper, J.N.A. (2008). "Erylus fromontae Adams & Hooper, 2001". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  17. ^ "Mindat.org: Cirpa fromontae". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  18. ^ Robert S. Craig (2002). "A new Jurassic Rhynchonellide Brachiopod from the Newmarracarra Limestone, Perth Basin, Western Australia" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 20: 387–392. ISSN 0312-3162. Wikidata Q111097122.
  19. ^ Susanne Schmitt; Peter Tsai; James Bell; et al. (13 October 2011). "Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges" (PDF). The ISME Journal. 6 (3): 564–576. doi:10.1038/ISMEJ.2011.116. ISSN 1751-7362. PMC 3280146. PMID 21993395. Wikidata Q34047356.
  20. ^ "2021 Winners - RZSNSW - Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales". www.rzsnsw.org.au. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  21. ^ Loisette M. Marsh; Jane Fromont (2020). Field guide to shallow water Seastars of Australia. Western Australian Museum. ISBN 978-1-925040-39-5. Wikidata Q111050407.