Geoffrey Allan Boxshall FRS (born 13 June 1950[1]) is a British zoologist, and Merit researcher at the Natural History Museum, working primarily on copepods.
He played rugby (open-side flanker) for Hampshire County in both the 1966–1967 and 1967–1968 seasons.
These are ubiquitous in aquatic systems but all radiated from a hyperbenthic origin in shallow marine waters.
The overarching aim of his research is to identify and understand the drivers generating the patterns of copepod biodiversity on the largest scales.
[4] He earned a First Class BSc in Zoology in 1971, and PhD in 1974, from the University of Leeds.