Original Papers

• Maiditsch IP; Ladich F; Schulz-Mirbach T; Heß M; Schlepütz C (2022)
  

  Fish hearing structures in 4D: A standing wave tube-like setup designed for high resolution tomography of sound-induced motion patterns.

  
  Journal of Experimental Biology 225, jeb243614. (doi:10.1242/jeb.243614)
• Lastam J; Griesshaber E; Yin X; Rupp U; Sánchez-Almazo I; Heß M; Walter P; Checa A; Schmahl WW (2022)
  

  Patterns of crystal organization and calcite twin formation in planktonic, rotaliid, foraminifera shells and spines.

  
  Journal of Struktural Biology (accepted, preprint: doi:10.21203/rs.3-1688928/v1)
• Haszprunar G; Wendler SYC; Jöst AB; Ruthensteiner B; Heß M (2022)
  

  3D-anatomy and systematics of cocculinidan limpets (Gastropoda): more data but still an enigma.

  
  Zoomorphology 141:151 - 171 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-022-00556-6)
• Bergmeier F S; Ostermair L; Jörger K M (2021)
  

  Specialized predation by deep-sea Solenogastres revealed by sequencing of gut contents

  
  Current Biology, 31(13)
• Prötzel D; Heß M; Schwager M; Glaw F; Scherz MD (2021)
  

  Neon-green fluorescence in the desert gecko Pachydactylus rangei caused b a new mechanism for tetrapods.

  
  Scientific Reports 11:297
• Callan AR; Heß M; Felmy F; Leibold C (2021)
  

  Arrangement of excitatory synaptic inputs on dendrites of the medial superior olive.

  
  Journal of Neuroscience 41(2): 269-283
• Schulz-Mirbach T; Ladich F; Mittone A; Olbinado M; Bravin A; Maiditsch IP; Melzer RR; Krysl P; Heß M (2020)
  

  Auditory chain reaction: Effects of sound pressure and particle motion on auditory structures in fishes.

  
  PLOS ONE 15(3): e0230578
• Kotrba M; Tröster M; Gensler H; Ruthensteiner B; Heß M (2020)
  

  Morphology and ultrastructure of the spermatozoa of Lonchoptera lutea Panzer, 1809 (Diptera: Lonchopteridae).

  
  Arthropod Structure and Development 60: 101004
• Egger C; Neusser TP; Norenburg J; Lease F; Buge B; Vannozzi A; Cunha RL; Cox CJ (2019)
  

  Uncovering the shell game with barcodes: diversity of meiofaunal Caecidae snails (Truncatelloidea, Caenogastropoda) from Central America

  
  ZooKeys 968: 1-42.
• Schulz-Mierbach T; Ladich F; Lychakow DV; Plath M; Heß M (2019)
  

  Enigmatic ear stones: What do we know about the functional role and evolution of fish otoliths?

  
  Biological Reviews 94: 457-482 (doi: 10.1111/brv.12463)
• Schulz-Mirbach T; Plath M; Ladich F; Heß M (2019)
  

  Why did solid otoliths evolve in the ears of modern bony fishes?

  
  Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress on Acoustics: 3387-3394
• Flammensbeck CK; Haszprunar G; Korshunova T; Martynov AV; Neusser TP (2019)
  

  Pseudovermis paradoxus 2.0 – 3D microanatomy and ultrastructure of a vermiform, meiofaunal nudibranch (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia).

  
  Organisms Diversity & Evolution 19: 41-62.
• Melzer R; Heß M; Staggl MA; Makovec T; Mavric B (2019)
  

  Hippolyte prideauxiana Leach, 1817: First record for the northern Adriatic and observations on mimetic colouration.

  
  Annales Ser Hist Nat 29(2): 231-234
• Bergmeier F S; Haszprunar G; Brandt A; Saito H; Kano Y; Jörger K M (2019)
  

  Of basins, plains, and trenches: Systematics and distribution of Solenogastres (Mollusca, Aplacophora) in the Northwest Pacific

  
  Progress in Oceanography, 178.
• Neusser TP; Hanke F; Haszprunar G; Joerger K M (2019)
  

  ‘Dorsal vessels’? 3D-reconstruction and ultrastructure of the renopericardial system of Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804) (Gastropoda: Sacoglossa), with a discussion of function and homology. Journal of Molluscan Studies, Volume 85, Issue 1

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies, Volume 85, Issue 1
• Schulz-Mirbach T; Ladich F; Lychakov DV; Plath M; Heß M (2019)
  

  Enigmatic ear stones: What do we know about the functional role and evolution of fish otoliths?

  
  Biological Reviews 94: 457-482 (doi: 10.1111/brv.12463)
• Baker P; Minzlaff U; Schoenle A; Schwabe E; Hohlfeld M; Jeuck A; Brencke N; Prausse D; Rothenbeck M; Brix S; Frutos I; Neusser TP; Koppelmann R; Devey C; Brandt A; Arndt H (2018)
  

  Potential contribution of surface-dwelling Sargassum algae to deep-sea ecosystems in the southern North Atlantic

  
  Deep Sea Research Part II 148: 21-34
• Smoldlaka Tankovi´c M; Bari´cevi´c A; Stinga Perusco V; Melzer R; Izquierdo Lopez A; Dömel J S; Heß M; Kuzat N; Pfannkuchn D M; Pfannkuchn M (2018)
  

  Experimental evidence for shaping and bloom inducing effects of decapod larvae of Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792) on marine phytoplankton.

  
  JMBA 98(8): 1881-1887
• Ostermair L; Brandt A; Haszprunar G; Bergmeier F S (2018)
  

  First insights into the Solenogaster diversity of the Sea of Okhotsk with the description of a new species of Kruppomenia (Simrothiellidae, Cavibelonia) (accepted)

  
  Deep Sea Research Part II
• Neusser TP (2018)
  

  Tiefsee-Schnecke in Top Ten gewählt (LMU Pressemeldung vom 09.05.2018)

• Neusser TP (2018)
  

  Zwischen Forschung, Lehre und Koordination. (non peer-reviewed)

  
  In: Perspektiven – Berufsbilder von und für Biologen und Biowissenschaftler. Verband für Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin e.V., 10. Auflage: 35
• Prötzel D; Heß M; Scherz MD; Schwager M; Padje A; Glaw F (2018)
  

  Widespread bone-based fluorescence in chameleons.

  
  Scientific Reports 8: 698 (9 pp)
• Neusser TP (2018)
  

  Tiefseemonsterschnecken: Neue Art, neue Gattung, neue Familie!

  
  ZSM Collection Blog 10th February 2017.
• Neusser TP (2018)
  

  Magische Unterwasserwelt – Tiefseeforscher präsentieren ihre Lieblingstiere. (Radiobeitrag)

  
  Bayern2, IQ-Wissenschaft und Forschung vom 02.11.2018.
• Schulz-Mierbach T; Olbinado M; Rack A; Mittone A; Bravin A; Melzer R; Ladich F; Heß M (2018)
  

  In-situ visualization of sound-induced otolith motion using hard X-ray phase contrast imaging.

  
  Scientific Reports 8: 3121 (12 pp) doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21367-0
• Haszprunar G; Waren A; Heß M (2017)
  

  A reconsideration of epipodial appendages in basal gastropods (Mollusca): on homologies, modules, and evolutionary scenarios.

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 83: 363-383
• Fernández-Gago R; Heß M; Gensler H; Rocha F (2017)
  

  3D reconstruction of the digestive system in Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797 embryos and paralarvae until the first month of life.

  
  Frontiers in Physiology 8: article 462 (11 pp.)
• Schulz-Mierbach T; Olbinado M; Rack A; Mittone A; Bravin A; Melzer R; Ladich F; Heß M (2017)
  

  In-situ visualization of sound-induced otolith motion using hard X-ray phase contrast imaging.

  
  Scientific Reports (accepted)
• Wilson N G; Brenzinger B (2017)
  

  Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic worm-like Rhodopemorpha slugs as basal Heterobranchia

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 83(4): 399-408
• Lehmann T; Heß M; Melzer R (2017)
  

  Sense organs in Pycnogonida: A review.

  
  Acta Zoologica 00:1–20
• Wilson N G; Brenzinger B; Schrödl M (2017)
  

  Phylogenetic placement of the enigmatic worm-like Rhodopemorpha slugs as basal Heterobranchia

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 83(4): 399-408
• Dreyer N; Hoeg JT; Sorensen S; Heß M; Spremberg U; Yusa Y (2017)
  

  When dwarf males and hermaphrodites copulate: first record of mating behavior in a dwarf male using androdioecious barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum (Crustacea: Ciripedia: Thoracica)

  
  ODE (online first)
• Cesena F; Geiselbrecht H; Heß M; Landmann S; Lehmann T; Mavric B; Melzer R; Meyer R; Pfannkuchen M; Bursic M (2017)
  

  First record of the snapping shrimp, Automate branchialis Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958 for Croatian waters (Decapoda, Alpheidae).

  
  Spixiana 40(1): 36
• Schwabe E; Heß M; Summer-Rooney LH; Sellanes J (2017)
  

  Anatomy of Zetela alphonsi Vilvens, 2002 (Mollusca: Solariellidae) casts doubt on its placement according to conchiological characters.

  
  Spixiana 40(2): 161-170
• Kubilius RA; Kohnert P C; Brenzinger B (2017)
  

  3D-microanatomy of the straight-shelled pteropod Creseis clava (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Euthecosomata)

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 80(5): 585-603
• Heß M (2017)
  

  Ein Hoch auf unseren Chef zum 60.

  
  Spixiana 40(1): 2-5
• Sinclair JL; Fischl MJ; Alexandrova O; Heß M; Grothe B; Leibold C; Scheinpflug C (2017)
  

  Sound-evoked activity influences myelination of branstem axons.

  
  Journal of Neuroscience 37(34): 8239-8255
• Bergmeier F S; Brandt A; Schwabe E (2017)
  

  Scratching the surface of deep-sea diversity: abyssal Solenogastres (Mollusca, Aplacophora) from the Northwest Pacific.

  
  Frontiers in Marine Science 4(410): 1-22
• Drainas K; Carlson CH; Schrödl M; Neusser TP (2017)
  

  The first helicoid sea slug: 3D microanatomy of Helicohedyle dikiki n. gen., n. sp. (Panpulmonata, Acochlidiida) from Guam

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 84: 1-11
• Melzer R R; Bursic M; Cesena F; Dömel J S; Heß M; Landmann S; Metz M; Pfannkuchen M; Reed I; Meyer R (2016)
  

  High decapod diversity revealed by minimal-invasive, short-term survey of Brijuni marine protected area

  
  Biodiversity and Conservation 25: 1559-1567
• Heß M; Haszprunar G (2016)
  

  3D-interactive microanatomy of Ventsia tricarinata Warén & Bouchet, 1993 (Vetigastropoda: Seguenzioidea) from pacific hydrothermal vents

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 82: 366–377
• Bergmeier F S; Haszprunar G; Todt C; Jörger K M (2016)
  

  Lost in a taxonomic Bermuda Triangle: comparative 3D-microanatomy of cryptic mesopsammic Solenogastres (Mollusca)

  
  Organisms Diversity and Evolution 16:613-639
• Haszprunar G; Brückner M; Heß M (2016)
  

  Towards a sound definition of Skeneidae (Mollusca, Vetigastropoda) 3D-interactive anatomy of the type species Skenea serpuloides (Montagu, 1808), and comments on related taxa

  
  Organisms Diversity and Evolution 16: 577-595
• Matzke-Karasz R; Smith RJ; Heß M (2016)
  

  Removal of extracellular coat from giant sperm in the female’s receptacle induces sperm motility in Mytilocypris mytiloides (Cyprididae, Ostracoda, Crustacea)

  
  Cell and Tissue Research (online first)
• Bergmeier F S; Melzer R R; Haszprunar G (2016)
  

  Getting the most out of minute singletons: molecular data from SEM-samples in Solenogastres (Mollusca)

  
  The Malacologist 66: 23-25 (non-peer reviewed)
• Kano Y; Brenzinger B; Nützel A; Wilson N G; Schrödl M (2016)
  

  Ringiculid bubble snails recovered as the sister group to sea slugs (Nudipleura)

  
  Scientific Reports (Nature Group) 6: 30908
• Heß M; Schönitzer K (2016)
  

  Treehoppers of the ACP Panguana (Peru) (Auchenorrhyncha, Membracidae) with additional faunistic remarks and 3D-SEM illustrations

  
  Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 106: 39-64
• Kotrba M; Heß M; Dallai R (2016)
  

  Giant spermatozoa of Diasemopsis (Diopsidae, Diptera) – Structural, ultrastructural and functional aspects

  
  Arthropod Strucuture & Development 45: 42-56
• Neusser T P; Lodde-Bensch E; Strong E; Schrödl M (2016)
  

  The unique deep sea – land connection: interactive 3D visualization and molecular phylogeny of Bathyhedyle boucheti n. sp. (Bathyhedylidae n. fam.) – the first panpulmonate slug from bathyal zones

  
  PeerJ 4:e2738
• Kano Y; Neusser T P; Fukumori H; Schrödl M (2015)
  

  Sea-slug invasion of the land.

  
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Doi: 10.1111/bij.12578
• Sumner-Rooney L H; Schrödl M; Lodde-Bensch E; Lindberg D R; Heß M; Brennan G P; Sigwart J D (2015)
  

  A neurophylogeny approach provides new insight to the evolution of Scaphopoda

  
  Evolution and Development 17 (6): 337–346
• Wild E; Wollesen T; Heß M (2015)
  

  Comparative 3D-microanatomy and histology of the eyes and central nervous systems in coleoid cephalopod hatchlings

  
  Organisms Diversity and Evolution 15:37-64
• Klink S P; Bergmeier F S; Neusser T P; Jörger K M (2015)
  

  Stranded on a lonely island: Description of Donderisa (?) todtae sp. nov., the first shelf Solenogaster (Molluscs, Aplacophora) from the Azores.

  
  Acoreana 10(4): 603-618
• Anton R; Schories D; Kaligis F; Schrödl M (2015)
  

  Description of four new endoparasitic species of the familiy Splanchnotrophidae (Copepoda, Poecilostomatoida) from nudibranch and sacoglossan gastropod hosts.

  
  Marine Biodiversity, Doi: 10.1007/s12526-015-0350-8
• Neusser T P; Bourke A J; Metcalfe K; Willan R C (2015)
  

  First record of Aitengidae (Mollusca: Panpulmonata: Acochlidia) for Australia

  
  Northern Territory Naturalist 26: 27-31
• Tankovic MS; Baricevic A; Perusco V S; Melzer R; Lopez A I; Dömel J S; Heß M; Kuzat N; Pfannkuchen D M; Pfannkuchen M (2014)
  

  Experimental evidence for shaping and bloom inducing effects of decapod larvae of Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792) on marine phytoplankton.

  
  JMBA 98(8): 1881-1887
• Lehmann T; Heß M; Wanner G; Melzer RR (2014)
  

  Dissecting an ancestral neural network - FIB-SEM based 3D-reconstruction of the visual neuropils in the sea spider Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881) (Pycnogonida)

  
  BMC Biology 12:59
• Haszprunar G; Heß M (2014)
  

  3D-anatomy of the ctenoglossate limpet Kaiparapelta (Vetigastropoda: Lepetelloidea)

  
  J Moll Stud 80: 84-98
• Schrödl M (2014)
  

  How to use CAOS software for taxonomy? A quick guide to extract diagnostic nucleotides or amino acids for species descriptions

  
  Spixiana 37(1): 21-26
• Brandt A; Havermans C; Janussen D; Meyer-Löbbecke A; Schnurr S; Schüller M; Schwabe E; Brandao S; Würzberg L (2014)
  

  Composition and abundance of epibenthic sledge catches in the South Polar Front of the Atlantic

  
  Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 108: 69-75
• Schrödl M; Schwabe E; Würzberg L (2014)
  

  A glimpse into the deep of the Antarctic Polar Front - diversity and abundance of abyssal molluscs

  
  Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography 108: 93-100
• Gensler H; Haszprunar G (2014)
  

  Bacteriocytes in the mantle of Lurifax vitreus Warén & Bouchet 2001 (Orbitestellidae): the frist case among heterobranch Gastropoda.

  
  J Moll Stud, 1-4 DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyu018
• Bohn JM; Heß M (2014)
  

  The Antarctic holothurian genus Echinopsolus Gutt, 1990 (Dendrochirotida, Cucumariidae): brood pouches, spermatozoa, spermatozeugmata and taxonomic implications

  
  Zootaxa 3841(4): 573-591
• Brenzinger B; Wilson N G (2014)
  

  Microanatomy of shelled Koloonella cf. minutissima (Laseron, 1951) (Gastropoda: ‘lower’ Heterobranchia: Murchisonellidae) does not contradict a sister-group relationship with enigmatic Rhodopemorpha slugs

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies, 80(5): 518-540
• Chen CC; Keller M; Heß M; Schiffmann R; Urban N; Wolfgardt A; Schaefer M; Bracher F; Biel M; Wahl-Schott CA; Grimm C (2014)
  

  A small molecule restores function to TRPML1 mutant isoforms responsible for mucolipidosis type IV

  
  Nature Communications 5:4681 (doi: 10.1038/ncomms5681)
• Neusser TP; Brenzinger B; Schrödl M (2014)
  

  Exploring the diversity of mesopsammic gastropods: how to collect, identify, and delimitate small and elusive sea slugs?

  
  American Malacological Bulletin 32(2): 290-307
• Migotto AE; Haszprunar G; Neusser TP (2014)
  

  3D-microanatomy of mesopsammic Pseudovermis salamandrops Marcus, 1953 from Brazil (Nudibranchia, Gastropoda)

  
  Marine Biodiversity 44: 327-341, Doi: 10.1007/s12526-014-0224-5
• Lehmann T; Hess M; Melzer RR (2014)
  

  SEM-atlas of the Pycnogonida of the Mediterranean sea: I: common littoral species.

  
  Zoosystematics and Evolutionn 90(2): 163-224 doi: 10.3897/zse.90.7520
• Zapata F; Wilson NG; Howison M; Andrade SCS; Schrödl M; Goetz FE; Giribet G; Dunn CW (2014)
  

  Phylogenomics analyses of deep gastropod relationships reject Orthogastropoda

  
  Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, Series B 281: 20141739, Doi:10.1101/007039
• Brenzinger B; Neusser T P; Martynov A V; Wilson N G; Schrödl M (2014)
  

  Panpulmonate habitat transitions: tracing the evolution of Acochlidia (Heterobranchia, Gastropoda)

  
  Available form bioRxiv Preprint Server. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/010322
• Sigwart JD; Sumner-Rooney LH; Schwabe E; Heß M; Brennan GP; Schroedl M (2014)
  

  "Schwabeorgan" Description of a new sensory organ in "primitive" molluscs (Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida).

  
  Frontiers in Zoology 11:7
• Matzke-Karasz R; Heß M (2014)
  

  How is a giant sperm ejaculator formed? Development of the 'Zenker organ' after the last moult in Pseudocandona marchica (Crustacea, Ostracoda, Candonidae)

  
  Zoologischer Anzeiger 253(6): 449-460 (doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2014.05.002
• Paroll C; Haszprunar G (2014)
  

  Interactive 3D-anatomical reconstruction and affinities of the hot-vent gastropod Xylodiscula analoga Warén & Bouchet, 2001 (Ectobranchia)

  
  J Moll Stud, 1-11 DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyu017
• Koller K; Brenzinger B; Schrödl M (2014)
  

  A caenogastropod in 3D: microanatomy of the Munich endemic springsnail Sadleriana bavarica Boeters, 1989

  
  Spixiana 37(1): 1-19
• Ladich, F; Plath, M; Metscher, BD; Heß, M (2014)
  

  Do accessory hearing structures affect inner ear morphology? - Insights from 3D orientation patterns of ciliary bundles in three cichlid species.

  
  Frontiers in Zoology 11:25
• Brenzinger B; Neusser TP (2013)
  

  Mega-Expedition zum Zentrum der Biodiversität: Papua Niugini 2012-2013

  
  GfBS News 28: 24-25.
• Griesshaber, E; Götz, A; Plath, M; Schmahl, W W (2013)
  

  The texture and nano-scale internal microstructure of otoliths of the Atlantic molly, Poecilia mexicana: a high-resolution EBSD study

  
  Micron 51, 60-69
• Heß M; Metscher BD (2013)
  

  Sensory epithelia of the fish inner ear in 3D

  
  Frontiers in Zoology 10:63
• Kotrba M; Heß M (2013)
  

  Giant spiral shaped spermatozoa of Diasemopsis comoroensis (Diptera, Diopsidae) with a unique ultrastructural component

  
  Tissue and Cell 45(6): 443-445
• Heß M; Metscher BD; Ladich F (2013)
  

  A unique swim bladder-inner ear connection in a teleost fish revealed by a combined high-resolution microCT and 3D histological study.

  
  BMC Biology 11:75
• Martínez A; Di Domenico M; Norenburg J L; Worsaae K (2013)
  

  Description of three new species of Protodrilius (Protodrillidae, Annelida) from Central America.

  
  Marine Biology Research 9(7): 676-691
• Schwabe E; Würzberg L; Schrödl M (2013)
  

  Biogeography and phylogeny of southern Atlantic deep-sea Mollusca.

  
  112-114 In: Wolf-Gladrow, D. (ed.). The expedition of the Research Vessel “Polarstern” to the Antarctic in 2012 (ANT-XXVIII/3). Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung 661: 1-190. (non-peer reviewed)
• Kano Y; Fukumori H; Brenzinger B; Warén A (2013)
  

  Driftwood as a vector for the oceanic dispersal of estuarine gastropods (Neritidae) and an evolutionary pathway to the sunken-wood community

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies, 79(4): 378-382
• Brandt A; Würzberg L; Brandao S; Schnurr S; Meyer-Löbbecke A; Havermanns C; Zinnkann A-C; Schwabe E; Janussen D; Vortkamp M (2013)
  

  The Epibenthic Sledge (EBS) deployment

  
  87-90 In: Wolf-Gladrow, D. (ed.). The expedition of the Research Vessel “Polarstern” to the Antarctic in 2012 (ANT-XXVIII/3). Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung 661: 1-190. (non-peer reviewed)
• Kohnert P C; Brenzinger B; Jensen K R (2013)
  

  3D-microanatomy of the semiterrestrial slug Gascoignella aprica Jensen, 1985 - a basal plakobranchacean sacoglossan (Gastropoda, Panpulmonata)

  
  Organisms, Diversity and Evolution, 13: 583-603.
• Brenzinger B; Haszprunar G (2013)
  

  At the limits of a successful body plan–3D microanatomy, histology and evolution of Helminthope (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Rhodopemorpha), the most worm-like gastropod

  
  Frontiers in Zoology, 10: doi:10.1186/1742-9994-10-37
• Haszprunar G (2013)
  

  3D-microanatomy and histology of the hydrothermal vent gastropod Lurifax vitreus Warén & Bouchet, 2001 (Heterobranchia: Orbitestellidae) and comparisons with Ectobranchia

  
  Organisms, Diversity and Evolution (submitted)
• Gensler H; Haszprunar G (2013)
  

  True bacteriocytes in the mantle cavity of Lurifax vitreus Warén & Bouchet, 2001 (Orbitestellidae), the first case among heterobranch Gastropoda

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies (submitted)
• Haszprunar G; Judge J (2013)
  

  New types of bacterial endosymbioses in gastropods

  
  Abstract 106. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, München: 393
• Heß M; Haszprunar G (2013)
  

  3D-Reconstruction of the anatomy of the ovoviviparous (?) freshwater gastropod Borysthenia naticina (Menke, 1845) (Ectobranchia: Valvatidae).

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 79: 191-204
• Janussen D; Brandao S; Cedhagen T; Hauquier F; Havermans C; Lejzerowicz F; Meyer-Löbbecke A; Schnurr S; Schwabe E; Vortkamp M; Würzberg L; Zinnkann A-C; Brandt A (2013)
  

  Agassiz Trawl (AGT) deployments.

  
  115-117 In: Wolf-Gladrow, D. (ed.). The expedition of the Research Vessel “Polarstern” to the Antarctic in 2012 (ANT-XXVIII/3). Berichte zur Polar- und Meeresforschung 661: 1-190. (non-peer reviewed)
• Lehmann T; Heß M; Melzer R (2012)
  

  Wiring a periscope - ocelli, retinula axons, visual neuropils and the ancestrality of sea spiders.

  
  PLoS ONE 7(1): e30474 (3D rendering)
• Wilson N G; Norenburg J L; Schrödl M (2012)
  

  Barcoding against a paradox? Combined molecular species delineation reveals multiple cryptic lineages in elusive meiofaunal sea slugs.

  
  BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 245
• Plath, M (2012)
  

  All good things come in threes - species delimination through shape analysis of saccular, lagenar and utricular otoliths.

  
  Marine and Freshwater Research 63(10), 934-940
• Metscher, B D; Ladich, F (2012)
  

  Relationship between swim bladder morphology and hearing abilities. - A case study on Asian and African cichlids.

  
  PLoS ONE 7(8), e42292
• Neusser T P; Schrödl M (2011)
  

  Cryptic species in tropic sands – interactive 3D microanatomy, molecular phylogeny and evolution of meiofaunal Pseudunelidae (Gastropoda, Acochlidia)

  
  PLOS one 6 (8): e23313
• Brenzinger B; Wilson N G; Schrödl M (2011)
  

  3D-microanatomy of a gastropod 'worm', Rhodope rousei n. sp. (Heterobranchia) from Southern Australia

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77(4): 375-387
• Heß M; Haszprunar G (2011)
  

  Anatomy and affinities of Bathysciadiidae (Gastropoda, Cocculinoidea), deep-sea limpets feeding on decaying cephalopod beaks

  
  Journal of Morphology 272: 259-279 (3D interactive)
• Martynov A V; Brenzinger B; Hooker Y; Schrödl M (2011)
  

  3D-anatomy of a new tropical Peruvian nudibranch gastropod species, Corambe mancorensis, and novel hypotheses on dorid gill ontogeny and evolution

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77(2): 129-141
• (2011)
  Dillwynella voightae new species, a new skeneimorph gastropod (Turbinidae) from the western Atlantic and a new record of Dillwynella modesta (Dall, 1889).
  The Nautilus 125: 36-40
• Neusser T P; Fukuda H; Kano Y; Schrödl M (2011)
  

  Sacoglossa or Acochlidia? 3D reconstruction, molecular phylogeny and evolution of Aitengidae (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 332-350
• Haszprunar G; Heß M (2011)
  

  Interaktive 3D-anatomy and affinities of the Hyalogyrinidae, basal Heterobranchia with a rhipidoglossate radula.

  
  Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 11(3): 201-236
• Heß, M; Plath, M (2011)
  

  Inner ear morphology in the Atlantic Molly, Poecilia mexicana - First detailed microanatomical study of the inner ear of a cyprinodontiform species.

  
  PLoS ONE 6(11), e27734
• Eder B; Schrödl M (2011)
  Systematics and redescribtion of the european meiofaunal slug Microhedyle glandulifera (Kowalevsky, 1901) (Heterobranchia, Acochlidia): evidence from molecules and morphology
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 388-400
• Schrödl M; Klussmann-Kolb A; Wilson N G (2011)
  Bye bye Opisthobranchia: a review of the contribution of meiofaunal slugs to euthyneuran systematics
  Thallasas 27 (2): 101-112
• Matzke-Karasz R; Mailänder S; Hauth D (2011)
  

  Ostracods (Crustacea) as palaeoenvironmental indicators in a geoarchaeological study: Landscape development around the Celtic Princely Seat on the Ipf-mountain (Western margin of the Nördlinger Ries Meteorite Crater, Germandy)

  
  Joannea Geol. Paläont. 11: 55-56
• Riesch, R; Garciá de León, F J; Plath, M (2011)
  

  Effects of extreme habitat conditions on otolith morphology - a case study on extremophile livebearing fishes (Poecilia mexicana, P. sulphuraria).

  
  Zoology 114, 321-334
• Heß M (2011)
  

  Topographic mapping of retinal neurons in the European anchovy by nuclear staining and immunocytochemistry.

  
  Journal of Neuroscience Research 89: 1316-1330
• Schrödl M; Wilson N G (2011)
  Crawling through time: Transition of snails to slugs dating back to the Paleozoic based on mitochondrial phylogenomics
  A reply to Medina et al. (2011)
  Marine Genomics 4: 301-303
• Brenzinger B; Neusser T P; Schrödl M (2011)
  

  Integrating 3D microanatomy and molecules: natural history of the Pacific freshwater slug Strubellia Odhner, 1937 (Heterobranchia, Acochlidia), with description of a new species.

  
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 351-374
• Neusser T P; Glaubrecht M; Haszprunar G; Schrödl M; Brenzinger B (2011)
  

  Redescription and three-dimensional reconstruction of the limnic acochlidian gastropod Strubellia paradoxa (Strubell, 1892) (Gastropoda: Euthyneura) from Ambon, Indonesia.

  
  Journal of Natural History 45(3/4): 183-209.
• Kohnert P; Neusser T P; Schrödl M (2011)
  

  Time for sex change! 3D-reconstruction of the copulatory system of the ‘aphallic’ Hedylopsis ballantinei (Gastropoda, Acochlidia)

  
  Thallasas 27 (2): 113-119
• Schrödl M; Neusser T P (2010)
  

  Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia).

  
  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(1): 124-154
• Kristof A; Klussmann-Kolb A; Schrödl M (2010)
  Redescription of the meiofaunal gastropod Parhedyle cryptophthalma (Acochlidia, Panpulmonata), with focus on nervous system and sensory organs.
  Spixiana 33 (2): 161-170
• Koch PC; Seebacher C; Heß M (2010)
  3D-topography of cell nuclei in a vertebrate retina - A confocal and two-photon microscopic study
  Journal of Neuroscience Methods 188: 127-140
• Stöger I; Kano Y; Fukuda H; Knebelsberger T; Schrödl M (2010)
  On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia
  BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 323
• Martin R; Schrödl M; Heß M; Tomaschko KH (2010)
  

  Cnidosac-related structures in Embletonia (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) compared with dendronotacean and aeolidacean species.

  
  The Open Marine Biology Journal 4: 96-100
• Heß M (2009)
  

  Triple cones in the retinae of three anchovy species: Engraulis encrasicolus, Cetengraulis mysticetus and Anchovia macrolepidota (Engraulididae, Teleostei).

  
  Vision Research 49: 1569-1582
• Neusser T P; Heß M; Schrödl M (2009)
  

  Tiny but complex - interactive 3D visualization of the interstitial acochlidian gastropod Pseudunela cornuta (Challis, 1970) 

  
  Frontiers in Zoology 2009, 6:20 (3D interactive)
• Heß M; Neusser T P; Schrödl M (2009)
  

  Sex in the beach: spermatophores, dermal insemination, and 3D sperm ultrastructure of the aphallic, mesopsammic Pontohedyle milaschewitchii (Acochlidia, Opistobranchia, Gastropoda).

  
  Marine Biology 156: 1159-1170
• Neusser TP; Hess M; Schrödl M (2009)
  

  Tiny but complex - interactive 3D visualization of the interstitial acochilidian gastropod Pseudunela cornuta (Challis, 1970)

  
  Frontiers in Zoology 6:20
• Neusser T; Martynov A V; Schrödl M (2009)
  

  Heartless and primitive? 3D reconstruction of the polar acochlidian gastropod Asperspina murmanica.

  
  Acta Zoologica 90(3): 228-245
• Neusser T P; Schrödl M (2009)
  

  Between Vanuatu tides: 3D anatomical reconstruction of a new brackish water acochlidian gastropod from Espiritu Santo.

  
  Zoosystema 31(3): 453-469
• Haszprunar G (2008)
  Larval morphology of the brooding clam Lasaea adansonii (Montagu, 1803) (Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Galeommatidae).
  Journal of Morphology 269(6): 762-774.
• Heß M; Gensler H; Kano Y; Kiel S; Haszprunar G (2008)
  Microanatomy, shell structure, and molecular phylogeny of Leptogyra, Xyleptogyra and Leptogyropsis (Gastropoda, Neomphalida, Melanodrymiidae) from sunken wood.
  Journal of Molluscan Studies 74 (4): 383-401.
• Neusser T P; Haszprunar G; Schrödl M (2008)
  Undersized and underestimated: 3D-visualization of the Mediterranean interstitial acochlidian gastropod Pontohedyle milaschewitchii (Kowalevsky, 1901).
  Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 8: 194-214
• Heß M; Brückner M; Haszprunar G (2008)
  Skeneimorph gastropods in Neomphalina and Vetigastropoda - a preliminary report.
  Zoosymposia 1: 119-131.
• Egea J; Erlacher C; Montanez E; Burtscher I; Yamagashi S; Heß M; Hampel F; Sanchez R; Rodriguez-Manzaneque M T; Boesl M; Fässler R; Lickert H; Klein R (2008)
  A novel morphogenetic function for the anterior visceral endoderm in restricting epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition to the primitive streak.
  Genes & Development 22: 3349-3362
• Haszprunar G; Ruthensteiner B (2008)
  3D interactive microanatomy of Omalogyra atomus (Philippi, 1841) (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Omalogyridae).
  Zoosymposia 1: 101-118 (3D interactive)
• Meyer R; Wehrtmann I S (2008)
  Species composition and vertical distribution of chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) in a rocky, intertidal zone of the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 88 (4): 807-816
• Ruthensteiner B; Heß M (2008)
  Embedding 3D-models of biological specimens in pdf-publications.
  Microscopy Research and Technique 71 (1): 778-786 (3D interactive)
• Martin R; Heß M; Schrödl M; Tomaschenko KH (2008)
  Cnidosac morphology in dendronotacean and aeolidacean nudibranch molluscs: from expulsion of nematocysts to use in defense?.
  Marine Biology 156: 261-268
• Neusser T P; Schrödl M (2007)
  

  Tantulum elegans reloaded: a computer-based 3D-visualization of the anatomy of a Carribean freshwater acochlidian gastropod.

  
  Invertebrate Biology 126(1): 18-39
• Neusser TP; Hess M; Haszprunar G; Schrödl M (2007)
  

  Sperm ultrastructure of Mircohedyle remanei, an interstitial acochlidian gastropod with dermal fertiliziation

  
  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 87(3): 747-754
• Heß M (2007)
  Semi-Automated mapping of cell nuclei in 3D-stacks from optical-sectioning microscopy.
  Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 4826: 156-164
• Neusser T P; Heß M; Haszprunar G; Schrödl M (2007)
  Sperm ultrastructure of Microhedyle remanei an interstitial acochlidian gastropod with dermal fertilization.
  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87: 747-754
• Schrödl M; Ryall P; Gertin T; Neusser T P (2007)
  

  West African Navanax aenigmaticus.

  
  Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19658. Non Peer-reviewed
• Neusser T P; Schrödl M (2007)
  Exploring cerebral features in Acochlidia (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia).
  Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55 (3/4): 301-310
• Bohn JM; Rückert IM; Schwabe E (2007)
  The presumed shelled juvenile of the parasitic gastropod Entocolax schiemenzii Voigt, 1901 and its holothurian host Chiridota pisanii Ludwig, 1866 (Gastropoda, Entoconchidae - Holothuroidea, Chiridotidae). 
  Spixiana 30(2): 187-199
• Neusser T P; Schrödl M (2007)
  Re-description of a female Pontohedyle brasilensis (Rankin, 1979), a junior synonym of the Mediterranean P. milaschewitchii (Kowalevsky, 1901) (Acochlidia, Gastropoda).
  Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55 (3/4): 283-290
• Neusser T P; Heß M; Haszprunar G; Schrödl M (2006)
  

  Computerbased 3-dimensional reconstruction of the anatomy of Microhedyle remanei (Marcus, 1953), an interstitial acochlidian gastropod from Bermuda.

  
  Journal of Morphology 267(2): 231-247
• Schrödl M; Neusser T P (2006)
  

  Phylogeny and evolution of acochlidian opisthobranchs.

  
  Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15744. Non peer-reviewed
• Schneppat U (2006)
  Collecting and transporting living slugs (Pulmonata: Limacidae).
  MalaCo, 3: 107-108.
• Eberhard W G (2006)
  Web construction and modification by Achaearanea tesselata (Araneae, Theridiidae).
  Journal of Arachnology 34(3): 511-523
• Heß M; Melzer R; Smola U (2006)
  The structure of anchovy outer retinae - a comparative light- and electron-microscopic study with museum-stored material.
  Journal of Morphology 267(11): 1356-1380
• Haszprunar G; Heß M (2005)
  A new Rhodope (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia?) from the Roscoff area (Bretagne), with review of Rhodope species.
  Spixiana 28(3): 193-197
• Neusser T P; Heß M; Haszprunar G; Schrödl M (2005)
  Computerbased 3-Dimensional Reconstruction of the Anatomy of Microhedyle remanei (Marcus, 1953), an Interstitial Acochlidian Gastropod from Bermuda. 
  Journal of Morphology 267: 231-247
• Schliewen UK (2004)
  Reticulate sympatric speciation in Cameroonian crater lake cichlids.
  Frontiers in Zoology 2004, 1:5
• Heß M; Melzer RR (2003)
  Anoplodactylus petiolatus (Pycnogonida) and Hydractinia echinata (Hydrozoa) - observations on galls, feeding behaviour and the host's defence.
  Vie et Milieu 53(2/3): 135-138
• Heß M; Melzer RR; Smola U (2002)
  The pattern of cone pedicles and horizontal cells in the retina of the European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus L. (Engraulididae, Clupeiformes). 
  Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology 34(4): 355-365
• Haacke C; Heß M; Melzer RR; Gebhart H; Smola U (2001)
  Fine structure and development of the retina of the grenadier anchovy Coilia nasus (Engraulididae, Clupeiformes). 
  Journal of Morphology 248: 41-55
• Heß M; Melzer RR; Smola U (1998)
  The photoreceptors of Muraena helena (Linnaeus1758) (Teleostei: Muraenidae) and Ariosoma balearicum (Delaroche1809) (Teleostei: Congridae) - a comparison of multiple bank retinae in Anguilliformes. 
  Zoologischer Anzeiger 237: 127-137
• Heß M; Melzer RR; Smola U (1996)
  The eyes of a "nobody", Anoplodactylus petiolatus (Pantopoda; Anoplodactylidae). 
  Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 50: 25-36
• Melzer RR; Heß M; Dunkel C; Smola U (1995)
  Fine structure of the "slit organs" of the pycnogonid Anoplodactylus petiolatus. (Pantopoda; Anoplodactylidae). 
  Acta Zoologica 77(2): 167-171
• Zinkernagel V; Gensler H; Bamberg D (1989)
  Die Virulenzgene von Isolaten von Bremia lactucae Regel in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  Gartenbauwissenschaft 54 (6), pp 244-249.