Thomas Orrell

• B.A., University of Richmond
• Ph.D., College of William and Mary

Does an index of global biodiversity allow for information to be connected?  Through my research and collaborative activities, I investigate making biodiversity and research information available and connected. I explore a virtual work space that networks scientists, tools, collections and research information, systems, and workflows in order to efficiently model and understand global biodiversity.

Journal Article

• Astorga, Francisca, Groom, Quentin, Shimabukuro, Paloma Helena Fernandes, Manguin, Sylvie, Noesgaard, Daniel, Sinka, Marianne, Hirsch, Tim, Orrell, Thomas M., and Schigel, Dmitry. 2023. "Biodiversity data supports research on human infectious diseases: Global trends, challenges, and opportunities." One Health, 16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2023.100484.
• Bánki, Olaf, Hobern, Donald, Döring, Markus, Ower, Geoffrey, Roskov, Yuri, Hernandez-Robles, Diana, Plata, Camila, Schalk, Peter, and Orrell, Thomas M. 2023. "Towards a Quality Assurance and Quality Control Mechanism for Species List Building." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 7. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.111665.
• Lien, Aaron M., Banki, Olaf, Barik, Saroj K., Buckeridge, John S., Christidis, Les, Cigliano, María Marta, Conix, Stijn, Costello, Mark John, Hobern, Donald, Kirk, Paul M., Kroh, Andreas, Montgomery, Narelle, Nikolaeva, Svetlana, Orrell, Thomas M., Pyle, Richard L., Raz, Lauren, Thiele, Kevin, Thomson, Scott A., van Dijk, Peter Paul, Wambiji, Nina, Whalen, Anthony, Zachos, Frank E., Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, and Garnett, Stephen T. 2023. "Widespread support for a global species list with a formal governance system." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120, (45). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2306899120.
• Orrell, Thomas. 2023. "Quality Control/Quality Assurance within the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)." Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 7. https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.7.112043.
• DeWalt, R. E., Costello, Mark John, Orrell, Thomas M., and Banki, Olaf. 2022. "Two million species catalogued by 500 experts." Nature, 601, (7892) 191–191. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00010-z.
• Davies, Neil, Deck, John, Kansa, Eric C., Kansa, Sarah Whitcher, Kunze, John, Meyer, Christopher, Orrell, Thomas, Ramdeen, Sarah, Snyder, Rebecca A., Vieglais, Dave, Walls, Ramona L., and Lehnert, Kerstin. 2021. "Internet of Samples (iSamples): Toward an interdisciplinary cyberinfrastructure for material samples." GigaScience, 10, (5). https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giab028.
• Hobern, Donald, Barik, Saroj K., Christidis, Les, Garnett, Stephen T., Kirk, Paul, Orrell, Thomas M., Pape, Thomas, Pyle, Richard L., Thiele, Kevin R., Zachos, Frank E., and Bánki, Olaf. 2021. "Towards a global list of accepted species VI: The Catalogue of Life checklist." Organisms Diversity & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00516-w.
• Pyle, Richard L., Barik, Saroj K., Christidis, Les, Conix, Stijn, Costello, Mark John, van Dijk, Peter Paul, Garnett, Stephen T., Hobern, Donald, Kirk, Paul M., Lien, Aaron M., Orrell, Thomas M., Remsen, David, Thomson, Scott A., Wambiji, Nina, Zachos, Frank E., Zhang, Zhi-Qiang, and Thiele, Kevin R. 2021. "Towards a global list of accepted species V. The devil is in the detail." Organisms Diversity & Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00504-0.
• Vieglais, Dave, Gan, Quan, Zhou, Yuxuan, Richard, Stephen, Cui, Hong, Davies, Neil, Deck, John, Kansa, Eric, Kansa, Sarah, Kunze, John, Mandel, Danny, Meyer, Christopher P., Orrell, Thomas M., Ramdeen, Sarah, Snyder, Rebecca A., Walls, Ramona, and Lehnert, Kerstin. 2021. "Internet of Samples: Creating and Mapping Controlled Vocabularies for Specimen Type, Material Type, and Sampled Feature." Earth and Space Science, 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10509093.1.
• Richard, Stephen M., Vieglais, Dave, Cui, Hong, Davies, Neil, Deck, John, Gan, Quan, Kansa, Eric C., Kansa, Sarah Whitcher, Kunze, John, Mandel, Danny, Meyer, Christopher P., Orrell, Thomas M., Ramdeen, Sarah, Snyder, Rebecca A., Walls, Ramona L., Zhou, Yuxuan, and Lehnert, Kerstin. 2021. "Internet of Samples." Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 58, (1) 813–815. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.572.
• Thomson, Scott A., Pyle, Richard L., Ahyong, Shane T, Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel, Ammirati, Joe, Araya, Juan Francisco, Ascher, John S., Audisio, Tracy Lynn, Azevedo-Santos, Valter, Bailly, Nicolas, Baker, William J., Balke, Michael, Barclay, Maxwell V. L., Barrett, Russell L., Benine, Ricardo C., Bickerstaff, James R. M., Bouchard, Patrice, Bour, Roger, Bourgoin, Thierry, Boyko, Christopher B., Breure, Abraham S. H., Brothers, Denis J., Byng, James W., Campbell, David, Ceríaco, Luis M. P. et al. 2018. "Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation." PLOS Biology, 16, (3) 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075.
• Ruggiero, Michael A., Gordon, Dennis P., Orrell, Thomas M., Bailly, Nicolas, Bourgoin, Thierry, Brusca, Richard C., Cavalier-Smith, Thomas, Guiry, Michael D., and Kirk, Paul M. 2015. "A higher level classification of all living organisms." PloS One, 10, (4) 1–60. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119248.
• Orrell, Thomas M., Collette, Bruce B., and Johnson, G. David. 2006. "Molecular data support separate scombroid and xiphioid clades." Bulletin of Marine Science, 79, (3) 505–519.
• Orrell, Thomas M. and Weigt, Lee A. 2005. "The northern snakehead Channa argus (Anabantomorpha : Channidae), a non-indigenous fish species in the Potomac River, USA." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118, (2) 407–415.
• Orrell, Thomas M. and Carpenter, Kent E. 2004. "A phylogeny of the fish family Sparidae (porgies) inferred from mitochondrial sequence data." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 32, (2) 425–434.
• Springer, Victor G. and Orrell, Thomas M. 2004. "Phylogenetic analysis of 147 families of acanthomorph fishes based primarily on dorsal gill-arch muscles and skeleton." Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 11 236–260.
• Orrell, Thomas M., Carpenter, Kent E., Musick, John A., and Graves, John E. 2002. "Phylogenetic and biogeographic analysis of the Sparidae (Perciformes : Percoidei) from cytochrome b sequences." Copeia, (3) 618–631.

Dataset

• Orrell, Thomas M., Hollowell, Thomas H., and Little, Holly. 2018. [Dataset] NMNH Paleobiology Specimen Records. https://doi.org/10.15468/7m0fvd.
• Orrell, Thomas M. and Hollowell, Thomas H. 2016. [Dataset] NMNH occurrence DwC-A. Compiled by Hollowell, Thomas H. https://doi.org/10.15468/dipjcr.

Other Publication

• Orrell, Thomas M., Hollowell, Thomas H., Tuccinardi, Chris, Reed, Karen, Bird, Jessica, Williams, Jeffrey T., Tighe, Kenneth A., Schmidt, Brian K., and Ludwig, Craig. 2018. "NMNH Extant Specimen Records." https://doi.org/10.15468/hnhrg3.

Presentation/Lecture

• Snyder, Rebecca A. and Orrell, Thomas M. 2018. Biodiversity: Local Implementation [presentation]. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, Biodiversity: Global Outlook - Local Implementation: Joint Meeting of SPNHC/TDWG 2018: https://doi.org/10.3897/biss.2.28153.

Web Page / Electronic Publication

• Roskov, Y., Abucay, L., and Orrell, Thomas M. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS, Species 2000: Naturalis.
• Rosko, Yuri, Kunze, Thomas, Paglinawan, Luvie, Orrell, Thomas, Nicolson, David, Culham, Alastair, Bailly, Nicolas, Kirk, Paul, Bourgoin, Thierry, Baillargeon, Guy, Hernandez, Francisco, and de Wever, Aaike. 2013. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist.
• Bisby, Frank, Roskov, Yuri, Culham, A., Orrell, Thomas M., Nicolson, David, Paglinawan, L., Bailly, Nicolas, Appeltans, W., Kik, P., Bourgoin, T., and Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds. 2012. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2012 Annual Checklist.
• Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell, Thomas M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., and Ouvrard D. 2011. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.

Book Chapter

• Hartel, K. E. and Orrell, Thomas M. 2016. "Opisthoproctidae." In The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, Nicoletta, editors. 1759–1761. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes.
• Hartel, K. E. and Orrell, Thomas M. 2016. "Microstomatidae." In The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, Nicoletta, editors. 1754–1755. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes.
• Hartel, K. E. and Orrell, Thomas M. 2016. "Argentinidae." In The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, Nicoletta, editors. 1751–1753. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes.
• Hartel, K. E. and Orrell, Thomas M. 2016. "Alepocephalidae." In The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, Nicoletta, editors. 1765–1770. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes.
• Orrell, Thomas M. and Hartel, K. E. 2016. "Platytroctidae." In The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, Nicoletta, editors. 1771–1782. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes.
• Orrell, Thomas M. and Hartel, K. E. 2016. "Leptochilichthyidae." In The living marine resources of the Eastern Central Atlantic. Volume 3: Bony fishes part 1 (Elopiformes to Scorpaeniformes). Carpenter, Kent E. and De Angelis, Nicoletta, editors. 1762–1764. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. In FAO Species Identification Guide for Fishery Purposes.

Book

• Roskov, Y., Kunze, T., and Orrell, Thomas M. 2014. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2014 Annual Checklist. Leiden, the Netherlands: Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
• Springer, Victor G. and Orrell, Thomas M. 1996. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 576. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.576.
• Springer, Victor G., Williams, Jeffrey T., and Orrell, Thomas M. 1991. Catalog of type specimens of recent fishes in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 519. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.519.