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Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Mary Rice

Research Zoologist, Emeritus
Department / Division
Invertebrate Zoology
Education
  • Drew University, B.A. 1947
  • Oberlin College, M.A. 1949 
  • University of Washington, Ph.D. 1966 
Affiliations
  • Member and past president (1979) of the American Society of Zoologists/Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology
  • Member and past president (1999) of The American Microscopical Society
  • Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Research Interests

Systematics and development of marine sipunculan worms, development and larval biology of marine invertebrates

Publications
Journal Article
Book Chapter
  • Boyle, Michael J. and Rice, Mary E. 2018. "Comparative Development and the Evolution of Life History Diversity in Sipuncula." In Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula. Boyle, Michael J. and Kawauchi, Gisele Y., editors. 11–34. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 42. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943-667X.42.
  • Rice, Mary E., Piraino, Julianne, Reichardt, Hugh F., and Boyle, Michael J. 2018. "Observations on Oceanic Pelagosphera Larvae (Sipuncula): Morphology, Behavior, and Metamorphosis." In Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula. Boyle, Michael J. and Kawauchi, Gisele Y., editors. 41–81. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 42. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.1943-667X.42.
  • Rice, Mary E. 2009. "Sipuncula of the Gulf of Mexico." In Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters and Biota Vol. 1, Biodiversity. Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., editors. 803–808. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press.
  • Schulze, Anya and Rice, Mary E. 2009. "Nephasoma pellucidum: A Model Species for Sipunculan Development?" In Proceedings of the Smithsonian Marine Science Symposium. Lang, Michael A., Macintyre, Ian G., and Rützler, Klaus, editors. 209–217. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences, 38.
  • Rice, Mary E. 2007. "Sipuncula and Echiura." In The Light and Smith manual: intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon.. Carlton, James T., editor. 288–292. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Jaeckle, William B. and Rice, Mary E. 2002. "Phylum Sipuncula." In Atlas of marine invertebrate larvae. Young, Craig M., Sewell, Mary A., and Rice, Mary E., editors. 375–396. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1993. "Chapter 7. Sipuncula." In Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Vol. 12: Onychophora, Chilopoda, and Lesser Protostomata. 237–325.
  • Rice, Mary E. and Pilger, John F. 1992. "Sipuncula." In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Vol. V, Sexual Differentiation and Behavior. Adiyodi, K. G. and Adiyodi, Rita G., editors. 187–191. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Pub..
  • Rice, Mary E. 1989. "Sipuncula." In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. Vol. 14, Part A: Fertilization, Development, and Parental Care. Adiyodi, K. G. and Adiyodi, Rita G., editors. 263–280. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Pub..
  • Rice, Mary E. 1989. "Chapter 14. Sipuncula." In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates, Vol. IV. Part A Fertilization, Development, and Parental Care. 263–280.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1989. "Comparative observations gametes, fertilization, and maturation in sipunculans." In 23rd European Marine Biology Symposium. 167–183.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1988. "Chapter 32. Sipuncula." In Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna. 355–356.
  • Rice, Mary E. and Pilger, John F. 1988. "Sipuncula." In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. 297–310. Wiley.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1987. "Sipuncula." In Reproduction and Development of Marine Invertebrates of the Northern Pacific Coast. 196–204.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1986. "Phylum Sipuncula (Peanut Worms)." In Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda. 224–228.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1985. "Sipuncula: Developmental evidence for phylogenetic inference." In Proceedings of the Symposium on Relations and Origins of Lower Invertebrates. 274–296.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1983. "13. Sipuncula." In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. 283–296. Wiley. In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1983. "Chapter 13. Sipuncula." In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. Oogenesis, Oviposition, and Oosorption. Volume 1. 283–296.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1982. "Sipuncula." In Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. 67–69. McGraw-Hill Book Company.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1982. "Sipuncula Oogenesis, Oviposition, and Oosorption." In Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. Adiyodi, K. G. and Adiyodi, Rita G., editors. 283–296. London: John Wiley and Sons.
  • Rice, Mary E. and Macintyre, Ian G. 1982. "Distribution of Sipuncula in the Coral Reef Community, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize." In The Atlantic Barrier Reef Ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 1. Structure and Communities. Rützler, Klaus and Macintyre, Ian G., editors. 311–320. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Science, 12.
  • Rice, Mary E. and Macintyre, Ian G. 1982. "Distribution of Sipuncula in the Coral Reef Community, Carrie Bow Cay, Belize." In The Atlantic Barrier Reef Ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. 311–320. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1980. "Chapter 19. Sipuncula and Echiura." In Intertidal Invertebrates of California. 128–134.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1978. "Morphological and behavioral changes at metamorphosis in the Sipuncula." In Settlement and Metamorphosis of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. 83–102.
  • Rice, Mary E. and Banta, W. C. 1976. "A restudy of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale fossil worm, Ottoia prolifica." In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula and Echiura. 2. 79–90.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1975. "Survey of the Sipuncula of the coral and beachrock communities of the Caribbean Sea." In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of Sipuncula and Echiura. 35–49.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1975. "Observations on the development of six species of Caribbean Sipuncula with a review of development in the phylum." In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula and Echiura. 141–160.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1975. "Chapter 4: Sipuncula." In Reproduction in Marine Invertebrates. Volume II. 67–127.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1975. "Sipuncula." In Reproduction of Marine Invertebrates. 67–127. Academic Press, Inc. 2
  • Rice, Mary E. 1972. "Asexual reproduction in a sipunculan worm." In Spiralian Embryology. 179–183.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1970. "Survey of the Sipuncula of the Coral and Beach Rock Communities of the Caribbean Sea." In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula and Echiura. 35–49. Kotor.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1970. "Observations of the Development of Six Species of Caribbean Sipuncula with a Review of Development in the Phylum." In Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula and Echiura. 18–25. Kotor.
Book Review
  • Rice, Mary E. 1979. [Book review] "The Living Dock at Panacea, by Jack Rudloe." Bioscience, 29, (5), 316.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1974. [Book review] "The Phyla Sipuncula and Echiura." The Quarterly Review of Biology, 49, 160.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1969. [Book review] "Invertebrate Zoology, Second Edition." The Quarterly Review of Biology, 44, 318–319.
Book
  • Chia, F. S. and Rice, Mary E. 1978. Settlement and Metamorphosis of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. Elsevier North Holland.
  • Rice, Mary E. and Todorovic, M. 1976. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula and Echiura. Volume 2. Naucno Delo Press.
  • Rice, Mary E. and Todorovic, M. 1975. Proceedings of the International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula and Echiura. Volume 1. Naucno Delo Press.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1973. Morphology, behavior, and histogenesis of the pelagosphera larva of Phascolosoma agassizii (Sipuncula). In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 132. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.132.
  • Rice, Mary E. 1966. The Reproductive Biology and Development of Sipuncula. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Washington, Seattle.