Amanda Reid (taxonomist)

Amanda "Mandy" Louise Reid is an Australian taxonomist and malacologist.

She completed a Master of Science degree in 1990, with a thesis titled Taxonomic review of the Australian Rossiinae (Cephalopoda : Sepiolidae).

[2] She completed a PhD in 1996, with a thesis titled A systematic review of the Peripatopsidae (Onychophora) in Australia.

She has authored two books,[4] and her research has been published in a number of scientific journals, including Invertebrate Taxonomy, Bulletin of Marine Science, Australian Natural History, Zootaxa, and others.

[5] Reid is member of the Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA), the Cephalopod International Advisory Council, and Sustainable Population Australia.

Neorossia leptodons , a species of bobtail squid described by Reid in 1992
Euperipatoides rowelli , a species of velvet worm described by Reid in 1996