Sebastian Kvist

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Sebastian Kvist is the Royal Ontario Museum's curator of invertebrate zoology.[1] He specializes in leech biology.[2]

Kvist was one of the scientists who classified Websteroprion Armstrongi, a long marine worm, with a toothed jaw that snapped shut on prey.[3]

In June, 2019, he was called upon to classify 5,000 contraband leech seized from a smuggler.[1]

Kvist earned his undergraduate and Master's degrees at the University of Gothenburg.[4] He earned his PhD in 2012 at the Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ontario Man “Leeched” of Money By Court After Trying to Smuggle in Thousands of Leeches". Thunder Bay Newsledger (Toronto). 2019-06-05. http://www.netnewsledger.com/2019/06/05/ontario-man-leeched-of-money-by-court-after-trying-to-smuggle-in-thousands-of-leeches/. Retrieved 2019-10-29. "The leeches were taken into custody and sent to the Royal Ontario Museum where they were identified. According to Sebastian Kvist, curator of invertebrate zoology, the species is identified as Hirudo verbana, one of the only two leeches regulated under wildlife trade. Kvist explains that these leeches have been protected from overharvesting because of their medicinal properties since 1823. However, this species is also considered invasive when brought to new locations." 
  2. James Gorman (2019-10-28). "Meet the Bloodsuckers: Vampires get all the attention at this time of year, but bloodthirsty leeches, insects and birds are just as compelling — and they’re real". The New York Times: p. D1. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/28/science/vampires-blood-leeches.html. Retrieved 2019-10-29. "And if you keep them as pets and you forget to buy leech food — Dr. Kvist buys cattle blood and sausage casing from the butcher, and makes tasty little blood balloons — you can always feed them your own blood. Dr. Kvist does so, on occasion, as do other leechologists." 
  3. Nicole Mortillaro (2017-02-24). "New species of gigantic, toothy worm identified in Canadian fossil collection". CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/400-million-year-old-gigantic-worm-1.3996315. Retrieved 2019-10-29. 
  4. "Sebastian Kvist: Assistant Professor". University of Toronto. http://www.eeb.utoronto.ca/people/d-faculty/skvist.htm. Retrieved 2019-10-29.