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Claus Nielsen
Professor Emeritus
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
Phone: +45 353-21066
Phone (Reception desk): +45 353-21120
E-mail: CNielsen@snm.ku.dk
Primary research areas
My main interest is the origin and evolution of the animal kingdom. International Society for Invertebrate Morphology, President
More specific interests include larval development of marine invertebrates, structure and function of ciliary bands (especially in larvae but also in adult polychaetes), entoprocts og boring bivalves.
Current projects: Discussion of the origin and early evolution of the Metazoa, discussion of "the origin of larvae", structure and function of myoepithelial pharynges and their phylogenetic significance, discussion of the homology concept.