Dr. Belyaev is a Russian zoologist. He is a leading authority on benthic fauna. Dr. Belyaev has researched the distribution of bottom fauna in the Western Pacific and the Antarctic waters beneath New Zealand.

Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Belyaev has published the following:

Pawson, D. L., J. D. Gage, G. M. Belyaev, A. N. Mironov, and A. V. Smirnov. 2003. The deep-sea synaptid Protankyra brychia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) and its near-surface dwelling planktotrophic larva, Auricularia nudibranchiata. Sarsia 88 (3): 159–331.

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