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-lsb- http://www.nhm.ku.edu/inverts/sam_james/ personal page -rsb- june 2015 sw james , samuel james united states biology , zoology , evolutionary biology university of iowa , kansas university earthworms , phylogenetics , ecology , taxonomy united states samuel wooster james
 samuel wooster james
samuel wooster james

samuel james is an american scientist , a researcher specializing in evolutionary biology , focusing on earthworm taxonomy .
james , with fellow researchers , has discovered numerous new species of annelids , including `` diplocardia californiana '' , `` diplocardia woodi '' , `` diplocardia montana '' , and a new species related to the giant palouse earthworm .
since january 2011 , james has been working on phylogenomic investigation of the evolutionary history of annelida , as part of the wormnet ii : assembling the tree of life for annelida project , prior to the university of iowa , james was a research associate at the university of kansas , biodiversity institute , from 2003 until 2009 .
