Research area:

comparative morphology and systematics of marine invertebrates;

marine biological biodiversity monitoring.

 

Membership in editorial boards, scientific communities, and other organizations:

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Pacific Medical Journal;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Russian Journal of Marine Biology;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Vestnik of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences;

member of the editorial board – scientific journal Vestnik of the Russian Academy of Sciences;

vice president – Russian Hydrobiological Society;

chairman – Expert Council of RAS.

 

Major papers over the past five years:

Adrianov A. V., Maiorova A. S. The first mud dragons (Kinorhyncha) from the Emperor Seamount Chain (Northwestern Pacific) with notes on their biogeography and distribution patterns in the Pacific deep-sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2024, vol. 218, art. no. 105430 (13 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2024.105430

 

Adrianov A. V., Maiorova A. S. Sphenoderes japonicus sp. nov. – the first deep water representative of the family Semnoderidae (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) in the Sea of Japan. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2024, vol. 313, pp. 161–174. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.10.003

 

Maiorova A. S., Morozov T. B., Adrianov A. V. Phascolion kamchatikus sp. nov., the first interstitial sipunculan (Sipuncula, Phascolionidae) from the Pacific Ocean. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2024, vol. 312, pp. 124–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2024.08.001

 

Rybakova E., Krylova E., Mordukhovich V., Galkin S., Alalykina I., Sanamyan N., Nekhaev I., Vinogradov G., Shilov V., Pakhnevich A., Gebruk A., Adrianov A. Mega- and macrofauna of the hydrothermally active submarine Piip Volcano (the southwestern Bering Sea). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2023, vol. 208, art. no. 105268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105268

 

González-Casarrubios A., Cepeda D., Pardos F., Neuhaus B., Yamasaki H., Herranz M., Grzelak K., Maiorova A., Adrianov A., Dal Zotto M., Di Domenico M., Landers S. C., Sánchez N. Towards a standardisation of morphological measurements in the phylum Kinorhyncha. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 2023, vol. 302, pp. 217–223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.11.015

 

Mordukhovich V. V., Adrianov A. V. Biodiversity study of the deep-sea ecosystems in the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. Trudy VNIRO, 2023, vol. 193, pp. 9–31. https://doi.org/10.36038/2307-3497-2023-193-9-31

 

Orlova T. Y., Aleksanin A. I., Lepskaya E. V., Efimova K. V., Selina M. S., Morozova T. V., Stonik I. V., Kachur V. A., Karpenko A. A., Vinnikov K. A., Adrianov A. V., Iwataki M. A massive bloom of Karenia species (Dinophyceae) off the Kamchatka coast, Russia, in the fall of 2020. Harmful Algae, 2022, vol. 120, art. no. 102337 (20 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2022.102337

 

Adrianov A., Maiorova A. Kinorhynchs (Kinorhyncha) from methane cold seeps in the Bering Sea, with biogeographical discussion and ecological notes. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 2022, vol. 202, art. no. 105132 (20 p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105132

 

Reunov A., Lutaenko K., Vekhova E., Zhang J., Zakharov E., Sharina S., Alexandrova Ya., Reunova Yu., Akhmadieva A., Adrianov A. In the Asia-Pacific region, the COI DNA test revealed the divergence of the bivalve mollusc Mactra chinensis into three species; can these species be distinguished using shell coloration and sperm structure? Helgoland Marine Research, 2021, vol. 75, art. no. 7 (19 p). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10152-021-00553-0

 

Adrianov A. V., Maiorova A. S. Echinoderes xiphophorus sp. nov. – The first deep-water representative of Echinoderidae in the Sea of Japan (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida). European Journal of Taxonomy, 2021, vol. 773, pp. 169–186. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.773.1523