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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001970b.htm person Marsh Loisette Matilda AM AACR2 1929 20 May 2021 Place of Birth Mill Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Place of Death Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia Marine zoologist Museum curator Loisette Marsh was one of Australia's few echinoderm taxonomists. After graduate studies on the zonation of limestone rock platforms near Perth, and eight years on Norfolk Island and Fiji (during which time she collected echiniderms for Elizabeth Pope at the Australian Museum), she joined the Western Australian Museum with responsibility for the cnidarian and echinoderm collections. She was a central figure in collecting, cataloging and expanding the Western Australian Museum's coral collection. From 1978 Marsh headed the Marine Invertebrate Zoology Department, later part of the Department of Aquatic Zoology. Her research involved survey dives and cruises, and expeditions to reefs, along the Western Australian coast, and the discovery of tropical species being brought down by (then unknown) Leeuwin Current. She played a large role in the protection of Ningaloo Reef. Her publications include Sea-stingers - and other venomous and poisonous marine invertebrates of Western Australia (1986, with Shirley M. Slack-Smith) and, the result of 60 years of research, A field guide to the shallow water seastars of Australia (2020). 1956 1956 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Western Australia 1960 1963 Life event - On Norfolk Island 1963 1968 Life event - In Fiji 1968 1970 Career position - Demonstrator (part-time), University of Western Australia 1969 2009 Career position - Member, Australian Marine Sciences Association 1970 1978 Career position - Museum assistant (molluscs), Western Australian Museum 1978 1988 Career position - Curator, Marine Invertebrate Zoology Department, Western Australian Museum 1988 1993 Career position - Curator of marine invertebrates, Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum 2010 2010 Award - Certificate of Commendation, Whitley Awards, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, for Field guide to sea stingers and other venomous and poisonous marine invertebrates of Western Australia 2010 2021 Award - Honorary Life Member, Australian Marine Sciences Association 2021 2021 Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) (posthumous) - for significant service to marine science and zoology 2021 2021 Award - Certificate of Commendation, Whitley Awards, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, for A field guide to the shallow water seastars of Australia Australian Marine Sciences Association (1962 - )

Honorary Life Member 2010 - 2021

 Western Australian Museum (1891 - )

Curator of marine invertebrates 1988 - 1993

 Edinger, Daphne Joan Choules (1927 - 2020)

Fellow student and colleague

 Marsh, Loisette M

Trove

 'Marsh, Loisette Matilda', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Marsh, Loisette Matilda Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: Hermatypic corals of Western Australia: records and annotated species list Veron, J. E. N.; and Marsh, L. M. Hermatypic corals of Western Australia: records and annotated species list Perth Western Australian Museum 1988 Journal Article: A catalogue of recent echinoderm type specimens in the Western Australian Museum, Perth Marsh, L. M.; Fromont, J. and Salotti, M. A catalogue of recent echinoderm type specimens in the Western Australian Museum, Perth 1999 Records of the Western Australian Museum 19 391-411 Journal Article: Kimberley marine biota: historical data - echinoderms Sampey, Alison; and Marsh, Loisette M. Kimberley marine biota: historical data - echinoderms 2015 Records of the Western Australiam Museum Supp. 84 207-46 Book: Sea-stingers - and other venomous and poisonous marine invertebrates of Western Australia Marsh, Loisette M.; and Slack-Smith, Shirley Sea-stingers - and other venomous and poisonous marine invertebrates of Western Australia Perth Western Australian Museum 1986 Book: Field guide to shallow water seastars of Australia Marsh, Loisette M.; and Fromont, Jane Field guide to shallow water seastars of Australia Welshpool, W.A. Western Australian Museum 2020 Journal Article: 40 year Honorary Membership Marsh, Loisette 40 year Honorary Membership 2009 Australian marine science bulletin 179 4-5 Journal Article: Loisette Marsh AM 1 October 1928 - 21 May 2021 Jones, Diana Loisette Marsh AM 1 October 1928 - 21 May 2021 2021 Western Australian naturalist 32 2 87-100 Journal Article: The remarkable contributions of ten outstanding women to Australian coral reef science Hutchings, Pat; Brown, Barbara E.; Byrne, Maria; Hamylton, Sarah; and Spencer, Tom The remarkable contributions of ten outstanding women to Australian coral reef science 2023 Historical Records of Australian Science 34 1 19-35 Resource Section: 91-year-old Australian seastar expert Loisette Marsh publishes magnum opus and reflects on an intrepid career Heathcote, Angela 91-year-old Australian seastar expert Loisette Marsh publishes magnum opus and reflects on an intrepid career 2020 Loisette M. Marsh - Records Western Australian Museum Loisette M. Marsh - Records 1972 - 1982 Field notebooks Nos 1-16 1972-1982 covering Fremantle area, Kendrew Island Dampier Archipelago Crown of Thorns Survey 1972-74, Abrolhos Island, Guam, Indonesia, Europe, Torres Strait, North-West Cape, New Guinea, Rumphius Expedition and other places [in Library]. 16 volumes