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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
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  • 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, edited by Boyle, Michael J. and Kawauchi, Gisele Y., 11–34. Smithsonian Contribution to the Marine Sciences. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 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, edited by Boyle, Michael J. and Kawauchi, Gisele Y., 41–81. Smithsonian Contribution to the Marine Sciences. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. 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, edited by Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., 803–808. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press.
  • Rice, Mary E. 2007. "Sipuncula and Echiura." in The Light and Smith manual: intertidal invertebrates from central California to Oregon., edited by Carlton, James T., 288–292. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Jaeckle, William B. and Rice, Mary E. 2002. "Phylum Sipuncula." in Atlas of marine invertebrate larvae, edited by Young, Craig M., Sewell, Mary A., and Rice, Mary E., 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, edited by Adiyodi, K. G. and Adiyodi, Rita G., 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, edited by Adiyodi, K. G. and Adiyodi, Rita G., 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. Reproductive Biology of Invertebrates. Wiley.
  • 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, edited by Adiyodi, K. G. and Adiyodi, Rita G., 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." 311–320. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Sciences. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press.
  • Rice, Mary E. and Macintyre, Ian G. 1982. "Distribution of Sipuncula in the Coral Reef Community." in The Atlantic Barrier Reef Ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, 1. Structure and Communities, 311–320. Smithsonian Contributions to the Marine Science. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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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. 1966. The Reproductive Biology and Development of Sipuncula. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Washington, Seattle.