Publications

Publications

* invited book chapters, ** review papers

2024

Amplatz K, Zieger E, Abed-Navandi D, Weissenbacher A & Wanninger A. 2024. Neuromuscular development in the emerging scyphozoan model system, Cassiopea xamachana: implications for the evolution of cnidarian nervous systems. Front. Neurosci., 11 January 2024, Sec. Neurodevelopment. Volume 17 - 2023 | doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2023.1324980 . Link

2023

Wanninger A, Martinez P & Meyer NP. 2023. Editorial: MorphoEvoDevo: a multilevel approach to elucidate the evolution of metazoan organ systems. Front. Ecol. Evol. 11:1307280. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1307280 . Link. Published online 19 October 2023

*Wollesen T & Wanninger A. 2023. Hox Genes in Mollusca. In: Hox Modules in Evolution and Development. Ferrier, D. E. K. (Hrsg.). 1 Aufl. CRC Press, S. 161-175 15 S. Link. Published 14 April 2023.

**Wanninger A. 2023.Hox, homology, and parsimony: An organismal perspective. Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, Volumes 152–153,2024, Pages 16-23, ISSN 1084-9521, doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2023.01.007 . Link. Published online 18 January 2023

Roithmair Z, Edgecombe GD, Wanninger A & Akkari N. 2023 Sexually dimorphic characters of the ultimate legs in lithobiid centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha): morphology and implications for reproductive behaviour. J. Morphol.. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi.org/10.1002/jmor.21549 . Link. Published online 22 December 2022

Wernström JV, Hembrom AA, Hansen CS, Holovachov O, Brenneis G, Zieger E, Wanninger A & Altenburger A. 2022. HHUMTL22 - The Arctic University Museum of Norway, R/V «Helmer Hanssen» Tromsø–Longyearbyen, August 22–29, 2022. Septentrio Reports 1 (2022), doi.org/10.7557/7.6693, v2 . Link. Published online 21 September 2022

Wanninger A. 2022. In the Spotlight—Established Researcher. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 1– 2. doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.23169. Link. Published online 22 July 2022.

Schulreich SM, Salamanca-Díaz DA, Zieger E, Calcino AD & Wanninger A. 2022. A mosaic of conserved and novel modes of gene expression and morphogenesis in mesoderm and muscle formation of a larval bivalve. Org Divers Evol (2022). doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00569-5. Link. Published online 7 July 2022

Zieger E, Schwaha T, Burger K, Bergheim I, Wanninger A & Calcino AD. 2022. Midbody-Localized Aquaporin Mediates Intercellular Lumen Expansion During Early Cleavage of an Invasive Freshwater Bivalve. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 10:894434. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.894434. Link. Published online 14 June 2022

Salamanca-Díaz DA, Ritschard EA, Schmidbaur H and Wanninger A .2022. Comparative Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals Novel Genes Involved in Bivalve Embryonic Shell Formation and Questions Ontogenetic Homology of Molluscan Shell Types. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 10:883755. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.883755. Link. Published online 9 June 2022

Salamanca-Díaz DA, Schulreich SM, Cole AG & Wanninger A (2022) Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Atlas From a Bivalve Larva Enhances Classical Cell Lineage Studies. Front. Ecol. Evol. 9:783984. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.783984. Link. Published online 26 January 2022

2021

Zieger E, Calcino AD, Robert NS, Baranyi C & Wanninger A (2021), Ecdysis-related neuropeptide expression and metamorphosis in a non-ecdysozoan bilaterian. Evolution. doi.org/10.1111/evo.14308 . Link. Published online 15 July 2021

Bibermair J, Ostrovsky AN, Wanninger A & Schwaha T. 2021. Reproductive biology, embryonic development and matrotrophy in the phylactolaemate bryozoan Plumatella casmiana. Org Divers Evol (2021). doi.org/10.1007/s13127-021-00497-w . Link. Published online 17 June 2021

Salamanca-Díaz DA, Calcino AD, de Oliveira AL & Wanninger A. 2021. Non-collinear Hox gene expression in bivalves and the evolution of morphological novelties in mollusks. Sci Rep 11, 3575. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-82122-6 . Link. Published online 11 Februar 2021.

2020

Zieger E, Robert NSM, Calcino A & Wanninger A. 2020. Ancestral Role of Ecdysis-Related Neuropeptides in Animal Life Cycle Transitions. Current Biology DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.004. Link. Published online 29.10.2020

Decker S, Wanninger A & Schwaha T. 2020. Morphology and life cycle of an epiphytic pherusellid ctenostome bryozoan from the Mediterranean Sea. Org Divers Evol (2020). doi.org/10.1007/s13127-020-00443-2 Link. Published online 11.06.2020

Schwaha TF,  Ostrovsky AN &  Wanninger A 2020. Key novelties in the evolution of the aquatic colonial phylum Bryozoa: evidence from soft body morphology. Biological Reviews 2020. doi: 10.1111/brv.12583. Link. Published online 07.02.2020

2019
* Wanninger A, Wollesen T. 2019. Methods in brain development of molluscs. In: Simon G. Sprecher (ed.), Brain Development: Methods and Protocols, Methods in Molecular Biology, vol. 2047, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9732-9_17

Kocot KA, Wollesen T, Varneya RM, Schwartz ML, Steiner G, Wanninger A. 2019. Complete mitochondrial genomes of two scaphopod molluscs. Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources (in press)

Calcino AD, De Oliveira, AL, Simakov O, Schwaha T, Zieger E, Wollesen T, Wanninger A. 2019. The quagga mussel genome and the evolution of freshwater tolerance. DNA Research (ONLINE FIRST). DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsz019.

Pröts P, Wanninger A, Schwaha T. 2019. Life in a tube: Morphology of the ctenostome bryozoan Hypophorella expansa. Zoological Letters 5: 28 (17 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s40851-019-0142-2.

De Oliveira AL, Calcino AD, Wanninger A. 2019. Ancient origins of arthropod moulting pathway components. e-Life 8: e46113 (15 pages). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.46113. 

De Oliveira AL, Calcino A, Wanninger A. 2019. Extensive conservation of the proneuropeptide and peptide hormone complement in mollusks. Scientific Reports 9: 4846 (17 pages). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40949-0.

**Wanninger A, Wollesen T. 2019. The evolution of mollusks. Biological Reviews 94: 102–115. DOI: 10.1111/brv.12439.

2018
Wollesen T, Rodríguez Monje SV, de Oliveira AL, Wanninger A. 2018. Staggered Hox expression is more widespread among molluscs than previously appreciated. Proceeding of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285: 20181513 (10 pages). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1513.

Saad LA, Schwaha T, Handschuh S, Wanninger A, Marian JEAR. 2018. A mating plug in a squid? Sneaker spermatophores block the female sperm-storage organ in Doryteuthis plei. Zoology 130: 47-56. DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2018.08.002.

Schwaha T, Wanninger A. 2018. Unity in diversity: A survey of muscular systems of ctenostome Gymnolaemata (Lophotrochozoa, Bryozoa). Frontiers in Zoology 15: 24 (18 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12983-018-0269-6

Schwaha T, Handschuh S, Ostrovsky A, Wanninger A. 2018. Morphology of the bryozoan Cinctipora elegans (Cyclostomata, Cinctiporidae) with first data on its sexual reproduction and the cyclostome neuro-muscular system.  BMC Evol Biol. 2018 Jun 14;18(1):92. doi: 10.1186/s12862-018-1206-1.

Merkel J, Wanninger A, Lieb B. 2018. Novel and conserved features of the Hox cluster of Entoprocta (Kamptozoa). Journal of Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Biology 6: 194 (8 pages). DOI: 10.4172/2329-9002.1000194.

Pavlicek A, Schwaha T, Wanninger A. 2018. Towards a ground pattern reconstruction of bivalve nervous systems: Neurogenesis in the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 18: 101-114. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-017-0356-0. 

Kristof A, Maiorova AS, Worsaae K, Wanninger A. 2018. Sipuncula in evolutionary developmental biology. In: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula. pp 35-41. Boyle MJ, Kawauchi GY (eds). Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, 236 pp. DOI: 10.5479/si.1943-667X.42.

Ambros M, Wanninger A, Schwaha T. 2018. Neuroanatomy of the plumatellid bryozoan Hyalinella punctata reveals a common pattern in a small group of freshwater bryozoans. Journal of Morphology 279:242–258. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20768.

2017
Redl E, Scherholz M, Wollesen T, Todt C, Wanninger A. 2017. Expression of six3 and otx in Solenogastres (Mollusca) supports an ancestral role in bilaterian anterior-posterior axis patterning. Evolution and Development 20: 17-28. DOI: 10.1111/ede.12245.

Kaul-Strehlow S, Urata M, Praher D, Wanninger A. 2017. Neuronal patterning of the tubular collar cord is highly conserved among enteropneusts but dissimilar to the chordate neural tube. Scientific Reports 7: 7003 (10 pages). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07052-8.

Gawin N, Wanninger A, Schwaha T. 2017. Reconstructing the muscular ground pattern of phylactolaemate bryozoans: First data from gelatinous representatives. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 225 (19 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1068-y.

Wollesen T, Scherholz M, Rodríguez Monje SV, Redl E, Todt C, Wanninger A. 2017. Brain regionalization genes are co-opted into shell field patterning in Mollusca. Scientific Reports 7: 5486 (11 pages). DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-05605-5.

Scherholz M, Redl E, Wollesen T, de Oliveira AL, Todt C, Wanninger A. 2017. Ancestral and novel roles of Pax family genes in mollusks. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17: 81 (20 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0919-x. 

2016
Redl E, Scherholz M, Wollesen T, Todt C, Wanninger A. 2016. Cell proliferation pattern and twist expression in an aplacophoran mollusk argue against segmented ancestry of Mollusca. Journal of Experimental Zoology B (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 326B: 422–436. (cover image) DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22714.

Schwaha T, Hirose M, Wanninger A. 2016. The life of the freshwater bryozoan Stephanella hina (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata) - a crucial key to elucidate bryozoan evolution. Zoological Letters 2: 25 (10 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s40851-016-0060-5.

De Oliveira AL, Wollesen T, Kristof A, Scherholz M, Redl E, Todt C, Bleidorn C, Wanninger A. 2016. Comparative transcriptomics enlarges the toolkit of known developmental genes in mollusks. BMC Genomics 17: 905 (23 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3080-9

Fritsch M, Wollesen T, Wanninger A. 2016. Hox and ParaHox gene expression in early body plan patterning of polyplacophoran mollusks. Journal of Experimental Zoology B (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 326B: 89-104. (cover image) DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22671

Wanninger A. 2016. Twenty years into the “new animal phylogeny”: Changes and challenges. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 16: 315-318. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-016-0277-3.

Kristof A, de Oliveira AL, Kolbin KG, Wanninger A. 2016. A putative species complex in the Sea of Japan revealed by DNA sequence data: A study on Lottia cf. kogamogai (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 54: 177-181. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12120.

Rimskaya-Korsakova NN, Kristof A, Malakhov VV, Wanninger A. 2016. Neural architecture of Galathowenia oculata Zach, 1923 (Oweniidae, Annelida). Frontiers in Zoology 13: 5 (18 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12983-016-0136-2.

* Richter S, Stach T, Wanninger A. 2016. Neurogenesis in bilaterian larvae – testing the concept of “primary larvae”. In: Structure and Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous Systems. pp 313-324. Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Harzsch S, Purschke G (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 748 pp. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199682201.003.0025.

* Wanninger A. 2016. Bivalvia. In: Structure and Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous Systems. pp 190-195. Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Harzsch S, Purschke G (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 748 pp. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199682201.003.0019.

* Wanninger A. 2016. Kamptozoa (Entoprocta). In: Structure and Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous Systems. pp 166-171. Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Harzsch S, Purschke G (eds). Oxford University Press, Oxford, 748 pp. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199682201.003.0017.

Kristof A, de Oliveira AL, Kolbin KG, Wanninger A. 2016. Neuromuscular development in Patellogastropoda (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and its importance for reconstructing ancestral gastropod bodyplan features. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 54: 22-39. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12112.

2015
Wollesen T, Rodríguez Monje S, McDougall C, Degnan BM, Wanninger A. 2015. The ParaHox gene Gsx patterns the apical organ and central nervous system but not the foregut in scaphopod and cephalopod mollusks. EvoDevo 6: 41 (18 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s13227-015-0037-z.

D'Aniello S, Delroisse J, Valero-Gracia A, Lowe EK, Byrne M, Cannon JT, Halanych KM, Elphick MR, Mallefet J, Kaul-Strehlow S, Lowe CJ, Flammang P, Ullrich Lüter E, Wanninger A, Arnone MI. 2016. Opsin evolution in the Ambulacraria. Marine Genomics 24: 177-183. DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2015.10.001.

Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Kristof A, Wanninger A. 2015. Inferring muscular ground patterns in Bivalvia: Myogenesis in the scallop Nodipecten nodosus. Frontiers in Zoology 12: 34 (12 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12983-015-0125-x.

Schwaha TF, Wanninger A. 2015. The serotonin-lir nervous system of the Bryozoa (Lophotrochozoa): A general pattern in the Gymnolaemata and implications for lophophore evolution of the phylum. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 223 (11 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0508-9.

* Wanninger A, Wollesen T. 2015. Mollusca. In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 2: Lophotrochozoa (Spiralia). pp 103-153. Wanninger A (ed). Springer, Wien, 289 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1871-9_7.

* Wanninger A. 2015. Entoprocta. In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 2: Lophotrochozoa (Spiralia). pp 89-101. Wanninger A (ed). Springer, Wien, 289 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1871-9_6.

* Wanninger A, Neves RC. 2015. Cycliophora. In: Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates 2: Lophotrochozoa (Spiralia). pp 79-87. Wanninger A (ed). Springer, Wien, 289 pp. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-1871-9_5.

Scherholz M, Redl E, Wollesen T, Todt C, Wanninger A. 2015. From complex to simple: Myogenesis in an aplacophoran mollusk reveals key traits in aculiferan evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 201 (16 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0467-1.

Wollesen T, Rodríguez Monje SV, Todt C, Degnan BM, Wanninger A. 2015. Ancestral role of Pax2/5/8 in molluscan brain and multimodal sensory system development. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 231 (19 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0505-z.

Fritsch M, Wollesen T, de Oliveira AL, Wanninger A. 2015. Unexpected collinearity of Hox gene expression in an aculiferan mollusk. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 151 (17 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0414-1.

Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A, Lopes SGBC. 2015. Anatomy of the pallial tentacular organs of the scallop Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 258: 39–46. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2015.06.004.

Merkel J, Lieb B, Wanninger A. 2015. Muscular anatomy of an entoproct creeping-type larva reveals extraordinary high complexity and potential shared characters with mollusks. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 130 (10 pages). DOI:10.1186/s12862-015-0394-1.

Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A, Lopes SGBC. 2015. Mantle margin morphogenesis in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca: Bivalvia): new insights into the development and the roles of bivalve pallial folds. BMC Developmental Biology 15: 22 (22 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12861-015-0074-9.

Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A, Lopes SGBC. 2015. Development of the pallial eye in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca: Bivalvia): insights into early visual performance in scallops. Zoomorphology 134: 403-415. DOI: 10.1007/s00435-015-0265-8.

Kaul-Strehlow S, Stach T, Urata M, Minokawa T, Wanninger A. 2015. Neurogenesis in directly and indirectly developing enteropneusts: Of nets and cords. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 15: 405-422. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0201-2.

** Wanninger A. 2015. Morphology is dead – long live morphology! Integrating MorphoEvoDevo into molecular EvoDevo and phylogenomics. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 3: 54 (9 pages). DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00054.

Schwaha T, Handschuh S, Redl E, Wanninger A. 2015. Insights into the organization of plumatellid “larvae” (Lophotrochozoa, Bryozoa) by means of 3D imaging and confocal microscopy. Journal of Morphology 276: 109–120. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20326. (cover image)

Wollesen T, Rodríguez Monje SV, Todt C, Degnan BM & Wanninger A, 2015. Ancestral role of Pax2/5/8 in molluscan brain and multimodal sensory system development. BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:231, DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0505-z. 

Scherholz M, Redl E, Wollesen T, Todt C & Wanninger A, 2015. From complex to simple: myogenesis in an aplacophoran mollusk reveals key traits in aculiferan evolution. BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:201 doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0467-1, available online

Wanninger A (ed.). Evolutionary Developmental Biology of Invertebrates. Springer Wien Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London, 6 Volumes, 2015.

Fritsch M, Wollesen T, de Oliveira AL & Wanninger A, 2015. Unexpected co-linearity of Hox gene expression in an aculiferan mollusk. BMC Evolutionary Biology (2015) 15:151 DOI 10.1186/s12862-015-0414-1.

Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A, Lopes SGBC. 2015. Anatomy of the pallial tentacular organs of the scallop Nodipecten nodosus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Pectinidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 258: 39–46. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2015.06.004.

Merkel J, Lieb B, Wanninger A. 2015. Muscular anatomy of an entoproct creeping-type larva reveals extraordinary high complexity and potential shared characters with mollusks. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 130 (10 pages). DOI:10.1186/s12862-015-0394-1.

Wanninger A, 2015. Morphology is dead – long live morphology! Integrating MorphoEvoDevo into molecular EvoDevo and phylogenomics. Front. Ecol.Evol.3:54.doi: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00054.

Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A & Lopes SGBC, 2015. Mantle margin morphogenesis in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca: Bivalvia): new insights into the development and the roles of bivalve pallial folds. BMC Developmental Biology (2015) 15:22 DOI 10.1186/s12861-015-0074-9.

Audino JA, Marian JEAR, Wanninger A & Lopes SGBC, 2015. Development of the pallial eye in Nodipecten nodosus (Mollusca: Bivalvia): insights into early visual performance in scallops. Zoomorphology DOI 10.1007/s00435-015-0265-8. 

Kaul-Strehlow S, Urata M , Minokawa T, Stach T & Wanninger A, 2015.  Neurogenesis in directly and indirectly developing enteropneusts: of nets and cords Organisms Diversity & Evolution (2015) 10.1007/s13127-015-0201-2

2014
Redl E, Scherholz M, Todt C, Wollesen T & Wanninger A, 2014.  Development of the nervous system in Solenogastres (Mollusca) reveals putative ancestral spiralian features. EvoDevo 2014, 5:48 doi:10.1186/2041-9139-5-48

Weber AV, Wanninger A & SchwahaTF, 2014. The nervous system of Paludicella articulata - first evidence of a neuroepithelium in a ctenostome ectoproct. Frontiers in Zoology 2014, 11:89, published: 10 December 2014 doi:10.1186/s12983-014-0089-2

Wurzinger-Mayer A, Shipway R , Kristof A, Schwaha T, Cragg S & Wanninger A, 2015. Developmental dynamics of myogenesis in the shipworm Lyrodus pedicellatus (Mollusca: Bivalvia) Frontiers in Zoology 2014, 11:90, published: 10 December 2014 doi:10.1186/s12983-014-0090-9.

Wollesen T, McDougall C, Degnan BM & Wanninger A, 2014. POU genes are expressed during the formation of individual ganglia of the cephalopod central nervous system. EvoDevo 2014, 5:41 doi:10.1186/2041-9139-5-41

Schwaha TF, Handschuh S, Redl F & Wanninger A, 2014. Insights into the organization of plumatellid larvae (lophotrochozoa, bryozoa) by means of 3D-imaging and confocal microscopy. Journal of Morphology Volume 276, Issue 1, pages 109–120. Article first published online: 2 OCT 2014, DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20326

Sonnleitner B, Schwaha T & Wanninger A, 2014. Inter- and intraspecific plasticity in distribution patterns of immunoreactive compounds in actinotroch larvae of Phoronida (Lophotrochozoa). Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 52, Issue 1, pages 1–14, first published online November 12, 2013, doi: 10.1111/jzs.12043 (PDF)

2013
Scherholz M, Redl E, Wollesen T, Todt C and Wanninger A. 2013. Aplacophoran Mollusks Evolved from Ancestors with Polyplacophoran-like Features. Current Biology 23, 1–5.

Altenburger A, Wanninger A, Holmer LE. 2013. Metamorphosis in Craniiformea revisited – Novocrania anomala shows delayed development of the ventral valve. Zoomorphology DOI 10.1007/s00435-013-0194-3. 

* Emschermann P, Wanninger A. 2013. Kamptozoa. In: Spezielle Zoologie Teil 1: Einzeller und wirbellose Tiere. pp 275-282. Westheide W and Rieger G (eds). Elsevier Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany. 892 pp. 

Hindinger S, Schwaha T, Wanninger A. 2013. Immunocytochemical studies reveal novel neural structures in nemertean pilidium larvae and provide evidence for incorporation of larval components into the juvenile nervous system. Frontiers in Zoology 10: 31.

Kerbl A, Handschuh S, Nödl M-T, Metscher B, Walzl M, Wanninger A. 2013. Micro-CT as non-destructive technique to determine ganglionic growth during cephalopod development. Journal for Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (in press).

2012
Dyachuk V, Wanninger A, Voronezhskaya EE. 2012. Innervation of bivalve larval catch muscles by serotonergic and FMRFamidergic neurons. Acta Biologica Hungarica 63 (Suppl. 2): 221-229. 

** Haszprunar G, Wanninger A. 2012. Molluscs. Current Biology 22: R510-514.

* Laforsch C, Imhof HK, Sigl RM, Settles M, Heß M, Wanninger A. 2012. Applications of computational 3D-modeling in organismal biology. In: Modeling and Simulation in Engineering. pp 117-142. Catalin A. (ed). InTech open access publisher, Rijeka, Croatia. 298 pp.

Merkel J, Wollesen T, Lieb B, Wanninger A. 2012. Spiral cleavage and early embryology of a loxosomatid entoproct and the usefullness of spiralian apical cross patterns for phylogenetic inferences. BMC Developmental Biology 12: 11 (11pages).

Schwaha T, Wanninger A. 2012. Myoanatomy and serotonergic nervous system of plumatellid and fredericellid Phylactolaemata (Lophotrochozoa, Ectoprocta). Journal of Morphology 273: 57-67.

Temereva E, Wanninger A. 2012. Development of the nervous system in Phoronopsis harmeri (Lophotrochozoa, Phoronida) reveals both deuterostome- and protostome-like features. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12: 121 (27 pages). 

Wollesen T, Nishiguchi MK, Seixas P, Degnan BM, Wanninger A. 2012. The VD1/RPD2 α1-neuropeptide is highly expressed in the brain of cephalopod mollusks. Cell and Tissue Research 348: 439-452.

Wollesen T, Sukhsangchan C, Seixas P, Nabhitabhata J, Wanninger A. 2012. Comparative analysis of neurotransmitter expression in brain development of benthic and pelagic octopod cephalopods. Journal of Morphology 273: 776-790. 

2011
Altenburger A, Martinez P, Wanninger A. 2011. Homeobox gene expression in Brachiopoda: The role of Not and Cdx in bodyplan patterning, neurogenesis, and germ layer specification. Gene Expression Patterns 11: 427-436

Chiodin M, Achatz JG, Wanninger A, Martinez P. 2011. Molecular architecture of muscles in an acoel and its evolutionary implications. Journal of Experimental Zoology 314B

Kristof A, Wollesen T, Maiorova AS, Wanninger A. 2011. Cellular and muscular growth patterns during sipunculan development. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 316: 227-240

Schwaha T, Wood TS, Wanninger A. 2011. Myoanatomy and serotonergic nervous system of the ctenostome Hislopia malayensis: Evolutionary trends in bodyplan patterning of Ectoprocta. Frontiers in Zoology, 8: 11

2010
Semmler H, Chiodin M, Bailly X, Martinez P, Wanninger A. 2010. Steps towards a centralized nervous system in basal bilaterians: Insights from neurogenesis of the acoel Symsagittifera roscoffensis. Development, Growth and Differentiation 52: 701-713

Wollesen T, Degnan BM, Wanninger A. 2010. Expression of serotonin (5-HT) during CNS development of the cephalopod mollusk, Idiosepius notoides. Cell and Tissue Research 342: 161-178

Neves RC, Cunha MR, Funch P, Wanninger A, Kristensen RM. 2010. External morphology of the cycliophoran dwarf male: a comparative study of Symbion pandora and S. americanus. Helgoland Marine Research: 64: 257-262

Richter S, Loesel R, Purschke G, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, Scholtz G, Stach T, Vogt L, Wanninger A, Brenneis G, Döring C, Faller S, Fritsch M, Grobe P, Hausen H, Heuer CM, Kaul S, Møller OS, Müller CHG, Rieger V, Rothe BH, Stegner MEJ, Harzsch S. 2010. Invertebrate neurophylogeny: suggested terms and definitions for a neuroanatomical glossary. Frontiers in Zoology 7: 29 (49 pages)

Brinkmann N, Wanninger A. 2010. Capitellid connections: contributions from neuromuscular development of the maldanid polychaete Axiothella rubrocincta (Annelida). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 168 (13 pages)

Neves RC, Kristensen RM, Wanninger A. 2010. Serotonin immunoreactivity in the nervous system of the Pandora larva, the Prometheus larva, and the dwarf male of Symbion americanus (Cycliophora). Zoologischer Anzeiger 249: 1-12

Neves RC, Cunha MR, Funch M, Kristensen RMK, Wanninger A. 2010. Comparative myoanatomy of cycliophoran life cycle stages. Journal of Morphology 271: 596-611 [cover image]

Neves RC, Cunha MR, Kristensen RMK, Wanninger A. 2010. Expression of synapsin and co-localization with serotonin and FMRFamide in the central nervous system of the chordoid larva of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora). Invertebrate Biology 129: 17-26 [cover image]

Semmler H, Wanninger A. 2010. Myogenesis in two indirect developing platyhelminths, Pseudoceros canadensis and Stylostomum sanjuania. Evolution and Development 12: 210-221 [cover image]

Wollesen T, Cummins SF, Degnan BM, Wanninger A. 2010. FMRFamide gene and peptide expression during CNS development of the cephalopod mollusk, Idiosepius notoides. Evolution and Development 12: 113-130 [cover image]

Schwaha T, Wood TS, Wanninger A. 2010. Trapper in freshwater: The internal anatomy of the entoproct Loxosomatoides sirindhornae. Frontiers in Zoology, 7:7 (15 pages)

Todt C, Wanninger A. 2010. Of tests, trochs, shells, and spicules: Development of the basal mollusk Wirenia argentea (Solenogastres) and its bearing on the evolution of trochozoan larval key features. Frontiers in Zoology 7:6 (17 pages)

Altenburger A, Wanninger A. 2010. Neuromuscular development in Novocrania anomala: evidence for the presence of serotonin and a spiralian-like apical organ in lecithotrophic brachiopod larvae. Evolution and Development 12: 16-24 [cover image]

Brinkmann N, Wanninger A. 2010. Integrative analysis of polychaete ontogeny: cell proliferation patterns and myogenesis in trochophore larvae of Sabellaria alveolata. Evolution and Development 12: 5-15 [cover image]

** Harzsch S, Wanninger A. 2010. Evolution of invertebrate nervous systems: the Chaetognatha as a case study. Acta Zoologica 91: 35-43

2009
Brinkmann N, Wanninger A. 2009. Neurogenesis suggests independent evolution of opercula in serpulid polychaetes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 270 (13 pages)

Neves RC, Sørensen KJK, Kristensen RM, Wanninger A. 2009. Cycliophoran dwarf males break the rule: high complexity with low cell numbers. Biological Bulletin 217: 2-5

Halberg KA, Persson D, Møbjerg N, Wanninger A, Kristensen RM. 2009. Myoanatomy of the marine tardigrade Halobiotus crispae (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae). Journal of Morphology 270: 996-1013 [cover image]

** Wanninger A. 2009. Shaping the things to come: Ontogeny of lophotrochozoan neuromuscular systems and the Tetraneuralia concept. Invited review for the 4th Biological Bulletin Virtual Symposium Special Issue entitled "Biology of Marine Invertebrate Larvae". Biological Bulletin 216: 293-306

Wollesen T, Loesel R, Wanninger A. 2009. Pygmy squids and giant brains: Mapping the complex cephalopod CNS by phalloidin staining of vibratome sections and whole-mount preparations. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 179: 63-67

Neves RC, Kristensen RM, Wanninger A. 2009. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the musculature of various life cycle stages of the cycliophoran Symbion americanus. Journal of Morphology 270: 257-270 [cover image]

Altenburger A, Wanninger A. 2009. Comparative larval myogenesis and adult myoanatomy in the rhynchonelliform (articulate) brachiopods Argyrotheca cordata, A. cistellula, and Terebratalia transversa. Frontiers in Zoology 6: 3 (14 pages)

** Wanninger A, Kristof A, Brinkmann N. 2009. Sipunculans and segmentation. Communicative and Integrative Biology 2: 56-59

Semmler H, Høeg JT, Scholtz G, Wanninger A. 2009. Three-dimensional reconstruction of the naupliar musculature and a scanning electron microscopy atlas of nauplius development of Balanus improvisus (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thecostraca). Arthropod Structure and Development 38: 135-145

2008
Semmler H, Bailly X, Wanninger A. 2008. Myogenesis in the basal bilaterian Symsagittifera roscoffensis (Acoela). Frontiers in Zoology 5: 14 (15 pages)

Kristof A, Wollesen T, Wanninger A. 2008. Segmental mode of neural patterning in Sipuncula. Current Biology 18: 1129-1132 [cover image]

Brinkmann N, Wanninger A. 2008. Larval neurogenesis in Sabellaria alveolata reveals plasticity in polychaete neural patterning. Evolution and Development 10: 606-618

Fuchs J, Wanninger A. 2008. Reconstruction of the neuromuscular system of the swimming-type larva of Loxosomella atkinsae (Entoprocta) as inferred by fluorescence labelling and confocal microscopy. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 8: 325-335

** Wanninger A. 2008. Comparative lophotrochozoan neurogenesis and larval neuroanatomy: recent advances from previously neglected taxa. Acta Biologica Hungarica 59 (Suppl.): 127-136

Wollesen T, Loesel R, Wanninger A. 2008. FMRFamidergic immunoreactivity in the central nervous system of the cephalopod mollusc Idiosepius notoides. Acta Biologica Hungarica 59 (Suppl.): 111-116

Semmler H, Wanninger A, Høeg JT, Scholtz G. 2008. Immunocytochemical studies on the naupliar nervous system of Balanus improvisus (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thecostraca). Arthropod Structure and Development 37: 383-395

Todt C, Büchinger T, Wanninger A. 2008. Anatomy of the nervous system of the basal mollusk Wirenia argentea (Solenogastres): a study employing immunocytochemical and 3D reconstruction techniques. Marine Biology Research 4: 290-303

Wollesen T, Wanninger A, Klussmann-Kolb, A. 2008. Myogenesis in Aplysia californica (Cooper, 1863) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) with special focus on muscular remodeling during metamorphosis. Journal of Morphology 269: 776-789 [cover image]

Haszprunar G, Wanninger A. 2008. On the fine structure of the creeping larva of Loxosomella murmanica: additional evidence for a clade of Kamptozoa (Entoprocta) and Mollusca. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 89: 137-148 [cover image]

* Wanninger A, Koop D, Moshel-Lynch S, Degnan BM. 2008. Chapter 16: Molluscan Evolutionary Development. In: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca. pp 425-443. Ponder WF, Lindberg DR (eds). University of California Press, Berkeley, USA. 469 pp

2007
Koop D, Richards G, Wanninger A, Gunter HM, Degnan BM. 2007. The role of MAPK signalling in patterning and establishing axial symmetry in the gastropod Haliotis asinina. Developmental Biology 311: 200-212

* Wanninger A. 2007. The application of confocal microscopy and 3D imaging software in Functional, Evolutionary, and Developmental Zoology: reconstructing myo- and neurogenesis in space and time. In: Modern Research and Educational Topics in Microscopy, 3rd edition, Vol.1: Applications in Biology and Medicine. pp. 353-361. Méndez-Vilas A and Diaz J (eds). Formatex, Bardajoz, Spain. 468 pp

Wollesen T, Wanninger A, Klussmann-Kolb, A. 2007. Neurogenesis of the cephalic sensory organs of Aplysia californica. Cell and Tissue Research 330: 361-379

Wanninger A, Fuchs J, Haszprunar G. 2007. The anatomy of the serotonergic nervous system of an entoproct creeping-type larva and its phylogenetic implications. Invertebrate Biology 126: 268-278 [cover image]

Nielsen C, Haszprunar G, Ruthensteiner B, Wanninger A. 2007. Early development of the aplacophoran mollusc Chaetoderma. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 88: 231-247

2006
* Sturm CF, Petit R, Pearce TA, Cummings K, Schwabe E, Wanninger A. 2006. Chapter 9: The molluscan literature: geographic and taxonomic works. In: The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation. pp. 111-146. Sturm CF, Pearce TA, Valdes A (eds). Universal Publishers, Inc., Boca Raton, FL. xii + 445 pp. 101 ill

* Schwabe E, Wanninger A. 2006. Chapter 18: Polyplacophora. In: The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation. pp. 217-228. Sturm CF, Pearce TA, Valdes A (eds). Universal Publishers, Inc., Boca Raton, FL. xii + 445 pp. 101 ill

Fuchs J, Bright M, Funch P, Wanninger A. 2006. Immunocytochemistry of the neuro-muscular systems of Loxosomella vivipara and L. parguerensis (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae). Journal of Morphology 267: 866-883

Semmler H, Høeg JT, Scholtz G, Wanninger A. 2006. Preliminary results on the anatomy of the larval musculature of Balanus improvisus (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thecostraca) using phalloidin staining in combination with confocal laserscanning microscopy. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 49: 207-212

2005
Wanninger A. 2005. Immunocytochemistry of the nervous system and the musculature of the chordoid larva of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora). Journal of Morphology 265: 237-243

Wanninger A, Koop D, Degnan BM. 2005. Immunocytochemistry of the larval nervous system of Triphyllozoon mucronatum (Ectoprocta: Gymnolaemata: Cheilostomata) and its fate during metamorphosis. Zoomorphology 124: 161-170

Wanninger A, Koop D, Bromham L, Noonan E, Degnan BM. 2005. Nervous and muscle system development in Phascolion strombus (Sipuncula). Development, Genes and Evolution 215: 509-518 [cover image]

2004
Wanninger A. 2004. The myo-anatomy of juvenile and adult loxosomatid Entoprocta and the use of muscular body plans for phylogenetic inferences. Journal of Morphology 261: 249-257

2003
Wanninger A, Haszprunar G. 2003. The development of the serotonergic and FMRF-amidergic nervous system in the tusk-shell, Antalis entalis (Mollusca: Scaphopoda). Zoomorphology 122: 77-85

2002
Wanninger A, Haszprunar G. 2002. Muscle development in Antalis entalis (Mollusca, Scaphopoda) and its significance for scaphopod relationships. Journal of Morphology 254: 53-64

Friedrich S, Wanninger A, Brückner M, Haszprunar G. 2002. Neurogenesis in the mossy chiton, Mopalia muscosa (Gould) (Polyplacophora): evidence against molluscan metamerism. Journal of Morphology 253: 109-117 [cover image]

Haszprunar G, Friedrich S, Wanninger A, Ruthensteiner B. 2002. Fine structure and immunocytochemistry of a new chemosensory system in the chiton larva (Mollusca: Polyplacophora). Journal of Morphology 251: 210-218 [cover image]

Wanninger A, Haszprunar G. 2002. Chiton myogenesis: Perspectives for the development and evolution of larval and adult muscle systems in molluscs. Journal of Morphology 251: 103-113

2001
Wanninger A, Haszprunar G. 2001. The expression of an engrailed protein during embryonic shell formation of the tusk-shell, Antalis entalis (Mollusca, Scaphopoda). Evolution and Development 3: 312-321 [cover image]

Ruthensteiner B, Wanninger A, Haszprunar G. 2001. The protonephridial system of the tusk shell, Antalis entalis (Mollusca, Scaphopoda). Zoomorphology 121: 19-26

2000
Haszprunar G, Wanninger A. 2000. Molluscan muscle systems in development and evolution. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 38: 157-163

Wanninger A, Ruthensteiner B, Haszprunar G. 2000. Torsion in Patella caerulea (Mollusca, Patellogastropoda): ontogenetic process, timing, and mechanisms. Invertebrate Biology 119: 177-187

1999
Wanninger A, Ruthensteiner B, Dictus WJAG, Haszprunar G. 1999. The development of the musculature in the limpet Patella with implications on its role in the process of ontogenetic torsion. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 36: 211-215

Wanninger A, Ruthensteiner B, Lobenwein S, Salvenmoser W, Dictus WJAG, Haszprunar G. 1999. Development of the musculature in the limpet Patella (Mollusca, Patellogastropoda). Development Genes and Evolution 209: 226-238