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Prof. Dr Artois, Tom
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Thesaurus term: Belgium
Taxonomic term: Turbellaria [WoRMS]

Universiteit Hasselt; Centre for Environmental Sciences; Onderzoeksgroep Dierkunde: Biodiversiteit en Toxicologie (CMKDK), more

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VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium, more
WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Taxonomic editor

Belgian Register of Marine & Coastal Species, more

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Diez, Y.L.; Reyes, J.; Hermans, S.; Sweat, L.H.; Monnens, M.; Artois, T. (2026). Phylogenetic relationships of a new schizorhynch genus refute the monophyly of Schizochilus Boaden, 1963 (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela). Mar. Biodiv. 56(2): 26. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-026-01627-3, more Vanstraelen, L.; Cuypers, V.; Artois, T.; Monnens, M. (2026). Cutting the Gordian knot: a taxonomic revision of Gyratrix hermaphroditus Ehrenberg, 1831 (Platyhelminthes), with remarks on taxonomic decision-making. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 206(3): zlag013. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag013, more Artois, T.; Ramos-Sánchez, M. (2025). On the validity of Notocomplana Faubel, 1983 (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida), a widely used name within polyclad taxonomy. Zootaxa 5737(2): 297-300. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5737.2.10, more Bijnens, K.; Monnens, M.; Thijs, S.; Artois, T.; Smeets, K. (2025). Habitat and feeding behaviour influence microbiome composition in Rhabdocoela (‘Turbellaria’). Freshwat. Biol. 70(2): e70003. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.70003, more Jorissen, M.W.P.; Vanschoenwinkel, B.; Pariselle, A.; Artois, T.; Danadu, C.; Huyse, T.; Kapepula Kasembele, G.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Šimková, A.; Snoeks, J.; Van Sever, W.; Vreven, E.J.; Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2025). Do parasite communities differ between invasive and native fish hosts? A case of monogeneans infecting the gills of Nile tilapia. Hydrobiologia 852(15): 3911-3928. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05789-8, more Monnens, M.; Artois, T.; Briscoe, A.; Diez, Y.L.; Fraser, K.P.P.; Leander, B.S.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Santos, M.J.; Smeets, K.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2025). Signatures of endosymbiosis in mitochondrial genomes of rhabdocoel flatworms. Mol. Ecol. 34(21): e70015. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.70015, more Monnens, M.; Schockaert, E.R.; Diez, Y.L.; Revis, N.J.P.; Janssen, T.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Tessens, B.S.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Artois, T.J. (2025). On the genus Lagenopolycystis Artois and Schockaert, 2000 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae). Zootaxa 5659(3): 357-376. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5659.3.3, more Monnissen, J.; Thijs, S.; Artois, T.; Jouk, P.; Van de Reydt, E.; Van Dijck, T.; Monnens, M. (2025). Where Meiofauna? An assessment of interstitial fauna at a Belgian beach. Diversity 17(4): 287. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d17040287, more Sanjuan, C.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Monnens, M.; Diez, Y.L.; Artois, T. (2025). Molecular reassessment of the phylogeny of Coelogynoporidae (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata), with the description of two new genera and three new species from Cuba and the Pacific coast of Panama. Mar. Biodiv. 55(4): 57. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01538-9, more Vanstraelen, L.; Artois, T.; Backeljau, T.; Kmentová, N.; Geraerts, M.; Monnens, M. (2025). A scanning electron microscopy method to visualise the copulatory organ morphology of microturbellarian flatworms: Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 as a case study. J. Morphol. 286(3): e70040. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.70040, more Diez, Y.L.; Monnens, M.; Wuyts, A.; Brendonck, L.; Reygel, P.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Artois, T. (2023). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Dalytyphloplanida Willems et al., 2006 (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela), with the description of a new family, a new genus, and sixteen new species from Cuba and Panama. Org. Divers. Evol. 23(4): 631-681. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-023-00623-w, more Diez, Y.L.; Sanjuan, C.; Monnens, M.; Artois, T. (2023). New species of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes: Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba and the Pacific coast of Panama. Eur. J. Taxon. 856: 67-86. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.856.2029, more Diez, Y.L.; Sanjuan, C.; Bosch, C.; Catalá, A.; Monnens, M.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Artois, T. (2023). Diversity of free-living flatworms (Platyhelminthes) in Cuba. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 140(3): 423-433. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad041, more Monnens, M.; Halajian, A.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Briscoe, A.G.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2023). Can avian flyways reflect dispersal barriers of clinostomid parasites? First evidence from the mitogenome of Clinostomum complanatum. Gene 851: 146952. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2022.146952, more Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Artois, T.; Koblmüller, S.; Pariselle, A.; Smeets, K.; Van Steenberge, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2022). Explosive networking: The role of adaptive host radiations and ecological opportunity in a species‐rich host–parasite assembly. Ecol. Lett. 25(8): 1795-1812. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14059, more Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Pariselle, A.; Jorissen, M.W.P.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Al Assadi, A.; Van Steenberge, M.; Koblmüller, S.; Sturmbauer, C.; Smeets, K.; Huyse, T.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2022). Somewhere I belong: phylogeny and morphological evolution in a species‐rich lineage of ectoparasitic flatworms infecting cichlid fishes. Cladistics (Print) 38(4): 465-512. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cla.12506, more Geraerts, M.; Vangestel, C.; Artois, T.; de Oliveira Fernandes, J.M.; Jorissen, M.W.P.; Chocha Manda, A.; Danadu Mizani, C.; Smeets, K.; Snoeks, J.; Sonet, G.; Tingbao, Y.; Van Steenberge, M.; Vreven, E.; Lunkayilakio Wamuini, S.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Huyse, T. (2022). Population genomics of introduced Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Repeated introductions since colonial times with multiple sources. Mol. Ecol. 31(12): 3304-3322. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16479, more Geraerts, M.; Huyse, T.; Barson, M.; Bassirou, H.; Bilong Bilong, C.F.; Bitja Nyom, A.R.; Chocha Manda, A.; Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Kalombo Kabalika, C.; Kapepula Kasembele, G.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Njom, S.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2022). Mosaic or melting pot: The use of monogeneans as a biological tag and magnifying glass to discriminate introduced populations of Nile tilapia in sub-Saharan Africa. Genomics (S. Diego Calif.) 114(3): 110328. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2022.110328, more Gobert, S.; Armonies, W.; Diez, Y.L.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Monnens, M.; Revis, N.; Reygel, P.; Smith, J.; Van Steenkiste, N.; Artois, T. (2022). Orostylis gen. nov., a new genus of Dalytyphloplanida with seven new species (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela). Zootaxa 5115(1): 29-46. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5115.1.2, more Houben, A.M.; Monnens, M.; Proesmans, W.; Artois, T. (2022). Limnoterrestrial ‘Typhloplanidae’ (Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes), with the description of four new species and a new genus. Eur. J. Taxon. 798: 70–102. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.798.1671, more Jorissen, M.W.P.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Pariselle, A.; Snoeks, J.; Vreven, E.; Simková, A.; Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S.; Manda, A.C.; Kapepula Kasembele, G.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Artois, T.; Huyse, T. (2022). Molecular footprint of parasite co-introduction with Nile tilapia in the Congo Basin. Org. Divers. Evol. 22: 1003-1019. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00563-x, more Bijnens, K.; Jaenen, V.; Wouters, A.; Leynen, N.; Pirotte, N.; Artois, T.; Smeets, K. (2021). A spatiotemporal characterisation of redox molecules in planarians, with a focus on the role of glutathione during regeneration. Biomolecules 11(5): 714. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom11050714, more Bijnens, K.; Thijs, S.; Leynen, N.; Stevens, V.; McAmmond, B.; Van Hamme, J.; Vangronsveld, J.; Artois, T.; Smeets, K. (2021). Differential effect of silver nanoparticles on the microbiome of adult and developing planaria. Aquat. Toxicol. 230: 105672. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105672, more Cruz-Laufer, A.J.; Artois, T.; Smeets, K.; Pariselle, A.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2021). The cichlid–Cichlidogyrus network: a blueprint for a model system of parasite evolution. Hydrobiologia 848(16): 3847-3863. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04426-4, more Gobert, S.; Diez, Y.L.; Monnens, M.; Reygel, P.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Leander, B.S.; Artois, T. (2021). A revision of the genus Cheliplana de Beauchamp, 1927 (Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchia), with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4970(3): 453-494. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.2, more Hermans, R.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Ditrich, O.; Tyml, T.; Gelnar, M.; Artois, T.J.; Kmentová, N. (2021). Parasitic flatworms infecting thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata: infection by the monogeneans Acanthocotyle verrilli and Rajonchocotyle emarginata in Svalbard. Parasitol. Int. 81: 102261. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1016/j.parint.2020.102261, more Jaenen, V.; Fraguas, S.; Bijnens, K.; Heleven, M.; Artois, T.; Romero, R.; Smeets, K.; Cebrià, F. (2021). Reactive oxygen species rescue regeneration after silencing the MAPK–ERK signaling pathway in Schmidtea mediterranea. NPG Scientific Reports 11(1): 881. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79588-1, more Kmentová, N.; Hahn, C.; Koblmüller, S.; Zimmermann, H.; Vorel, J.; Artois, T.; Gelnar, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2021). Contrasting host-parasite population structure: Morphology and mitogenomics of a parasitic flatworm on pelagic deepwater cichlid fishes from Lake Tanganyika. Biology-Basel 10(8): 797. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology10080797, more Tessens, B.; Monnens, M.; Backeljau, T.; Jordaens, K.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Breman, F.C.; Smeets, K.; Artois, T.J.; Breman, F.C. (2021). Is 'everything everywhere'? Unprecedented cryptic diversity in the cosmopolitan flatworm Gyratrix hermaphroditus. Zoologica Scri. 50(6): 837-851. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12507, more Vanhove, M.P.M.; Hermans, R.; Artois, T.; Kmentová, N. (2021). From the Atlantic coast to Lake Tanganyika: Gill-infecting flatworms of freshwater Pellonuline clupeid fishes in West and Central Africa, with description of eleven new species and key to Kapentagyrus (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae). Animals 11(12): 3578. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani11123578, more Wevers, J.; Beenaerts, N.; Casaer, J.; Zimmermann, F.; Artois, T.; Fattebert, J. (2021). Modelling species distribution from camera trap by‐catch using a scale‐optimized occupancy approach. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation 7(3): 534-549. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rse2.207, more Balsamo, M.; Artois, T.; Smith, J.P.S.; Todaro, M.A.; Guidi, L.; Leander, B.S.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.. (2020). The curious and neglected soft-bodied meiofauna: Rouphozoa (Gastrotricha and Platyhelminthes). Hydrobiologia 847(12): 2613-2644. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04287-x, more Curini-Galletti, M.; Artois, T.; Di Domênico, M.; Fontaneto, D.; Jondelius, U.; Jörger, K.M.; Leasi, F.; Martinez, A.; Norenburg, J.L.; Sterrer, W.; Todaro, M.A. (2020). Contribution of soft-bodied meiofaunal taxa to Italian marine biodiversity. The European Zoological Journal 87(1): 369-384. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/24750263.2020.1786607, more Diez, Y.L.; Monnens, M.; Aguirre, R.I.; Yurduseven, R.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Leander, B.S.; Schockaert, E.; Reygel, P.; Smeets, K.; Artois, T.J. (2020). Taxonomy and phylogeny of Koinocystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia), with the description of three new genera and twelve new species. Zootaxa 4948(4): 451-500. https://hdl.handle.net/10.11646/zootaxa.4948.4.1, more Geraerts, M.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Pariselle, A.; Chocha Manda, A.; Vreven, E.; Huyse, T.; Artois, T. (2020). Six new species of Cichlidogyrus Paperna, 1960 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) from the gills of cichlids (Teleostei: Cichliformes) from the Lomami River Basin (DRC: Middle Congo). Parasites & Vectors 13(1): 187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-3927-4, more Gobert, S.; Monnens, M.; Eerdekens, L.; Schockaert, E.; Reygel, P.; Artois, T. (2020). Schizorhynchia Meixner, 1928 (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) of the Iberian Peninsula, with a description of four new species from Portugal. Eur. J. Taxon. 595: 1-17. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.595, more Jorissen, M.W.P.; Huyse, T.; Wamuini Lunkayilakio, S.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Chocha Manda, A.; Kapepula Kasembele, G.; Vreven, E.J.; Snoeks, J.; Decru, E.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2020). Historical museum collections help detect parasite species jumps after tilapia introductions in the Congo Basin. Biological Invasions 22(9): 2825-2844. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02288-4, more Kmentová, N.; Koblmüller, S.; Van Steenberge, M.; Raeymaekers, J.A.M.; Artois, T.; De Keyzer, E.L.S.; Milec, L.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Mulimbwa N'sibula, T.; Masilya Mulungula, P.; Ntakimazi, G.; Volckaert, F.A.M.; Gelnar, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2020). Weak population structure and recent demographic expansion of the monogenean parasite Kapentagyrus spp. infecting clupeid fishes of Lake Tanganyika, East Africa. Int. J. Parasitol. 50(6-7): 471-486. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.02.002, more Kmentová, N.; Koblmüller, S.; Van Steenberge, M.; Artois, T.; Muterezi Bukinga, F.; Mulimbwa N'sibula, T.; Muzumani Risasi, D.; Masilya Mulungula, P.; Gelnar, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2020). Failure to diverge in African Great Lakes: The case of Dolicirroplectanum lacustre gen. nov. comb. nov. (Monogenea, Diplectanidae) infecting latid hosts. J. Great Lakes Res. 46(5): 1113-1130. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2019.09.022, more Martínez, A.; Eckert, E.M.; Artois, T.; Careddu, G.; Casu, M.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Gazale, V.; Gobert, S.; Ivanenko, V.N.; Jondelius, U.; Marzano, M.; Pesole, G.; Zanello, A.; Todaro, M.A.; Fontaneto, D. (2020). Human access impacts biodiversity of microscopic animals in sandy beaches. Communications Biology 3(1): 175. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1038/s42003-020-0912-6, more Monnens, M.; Thijs, S.; Briscoe, A.G.; Clark, M.; Frost, E.J.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Sewell, M.; Smeets, K.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2020). The first mitochondrial genomes of endosymbiotic rhabdocoels illustrate evolutionary relaxation of atp8 and genome plasticity in flatworms. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 162: 454-469. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.06.025, more Wevers, J.; Fattebert, J.; Casaer, J.; Artois, T.; Beenaerts, N. (2020). Trading fear for food in the Anthropocene: How ungulates cope with human disturbance in a multi-use, suburban ecosystem. Sci. Total Environ. 741: 140369. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140369, more Diez, Y.L.; Reygel, P.; Artois, T. (2019). Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from eastern Cuba, with the description of fifteen new species. Zootaxa 4646(1): 1-30. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4646.1.1, more Gobert, S.; Reygel, P.; Artois, T. (2019). Schizorhynchia (Platyhelminthes Rhabdocoela) of Lanzarote (Canary Islands), with the description of eight new species. Mar. Biodiv. 49(5): 2089-2107. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0736-x, more Jouk, P.E.H.; Revis, N.J.P.; Artois, T. (2019). Coelogynopora schockaerti n. sp. (Proseriata: Coelogynoporidae), a remnant of a platyhelminth coldwater fauna in the northwestern Mediterranean? Zootaxa 4686(3): 409-418. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4686.3.6, more Lin, Y.; Reygel, P.; Feng, W.; Chen, J.; Tessens, B.; Van Steenkiste, N.W.L.; Schockaert, E.R.; Artois, T.J.; Wang, A. (2019). Four new species of the genus Paraustrorhynchus (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia: Polycystididae). Zootaxa 4550(3): 357-373. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4550.3.4, more Martínez, A.; Di Domênico, M.; Leasi, F.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Todaro, M.A.; Dal Zotto, M.; Gobert, S.; Artois, T.; Norenburg, J.; Jörger, K.M.; Núñez, J.; Fontaneto, D.; Worsaae, K. (2019). Patterns of diversity and endemism of soft-bodied meiofauna in an oceanic island, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Mar. Biodiv. 49(5): 2033-2055. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-01007-0, more Monnens, M.; Frost, E.J.; Clark, M.; Sewell, M.A.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Artois, T. (2019). Description and ecophysiology of a new species of Syndesmis Silliman, 1881 (Rhabdocoela: Umagillidae) from the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Valenciennes, 1846) Mortensen, 1943 in New Zealand. IJP 10: 71-82. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.07.005, more Schockaert, E.R.; Moons, P.; Janssen, T.; Tessens, B.S.; Reygel, P.C.; Revis, N.; Jouk, P.E.H.; Willems, W.R.; Artois, T.J. (2019). On the genus Typhlopolycystis Karling, 1956 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae), with data on the five known species and the description of eleven new species. Zootaxa 4603(1): 81-104. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4603.1.4, more Diez, Y.L.; Hernandez, C.S.; Reygel, P.; Roosen, P.; Artois, T. (2018). First record of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba, with the description of a new genus and five new species, and remarks and the description of one new species from Panama. Zootaxa 4514(1): 107-125. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.9, more Diez, Y.L.; Reygel, P.; Artois, T. (2018). Parapharyngiella caribbaea n. sp., a new species of Trigonostomidae (Rhabdocoela; Platyhelminthes) from Cuba, with a taxonomical reassessment of the genus. Trop. Zool. 31(1): 34-43. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2017.1395258, more Jorissen, M.W.P.; Pariselle, A.; Huyse, T.; Vreven, E.J.; Snoeks, J.; Decru, E.; Kusters, T.; Lunkayilakio, S.W.; Bukinga, F.M.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2018). Six new dactylogyrid species (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) from the gills of cichlids (Teleostei, Cichliformes) from the Lower Congo Basin. Parasite 25: 64. https://dx.doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2018059, more Leasi, F.; Sevigny, J.L.; Laflamme, E.M.; Artois, T.; Curini-Galletti, M.; de Jesús-Navarrete, A.; Di Domênico, M.; Goetz, F.; Hall, J.A.; Hochberg, R.; Jörger, K.M.; Jondelius, U.; Todaro, M.A.; Wirshing, H.H.; Norenburg, J.L.; Thomas, W.K. (2018). Biodiversity estimates and ecological interpretations of meiofaunal communities are biased by the taxonomic approach. Communications Biology 1(1): 112. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0119-2, more Monnens, M.; Artois, T.; Vanhove, M.P.M. (2017). Syndesmis aethopharynx (Umagillidae, Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes) from the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus: first record from the Eastern Mediterranean, phylogenetic position and intraspecific morphological variation. Parasitol. Int. 66(6): 848-858. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2017.07.006, more Schockaert, E.; Tessens, B.; Gobert, S.; Revis, N.; Artois, T.J. (2017). On the genus Gallorhynchus Schockaert & Brunet, 1971 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae) with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 4227(1): 61-74. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4227.1.3, more Willems, W.R.; Reygel, P.; Van Steenkiste, N.; Tessens, B.; Artois, T.J. (2017). Kalyptorhynchia (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa), with the description of six new species. Zootaxa 4242(3): 441-466. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4242.3.2, more Plusquin, M.; De Mulder, K.; Van Belleghem, F.; DeGheselle, O.; Pirotte, N.; Willems, M.; Cuypers, A.; Salvenmoser, W.; Ladurner, P.; Artois, T.; Smeets, K. (2016). Toxic effects of cadmium on flatworm stem cell dynamics: a transcriptomic and ultrastructural elucidation of underlying mechanisms. Environ. Toxicol. 31(10): 1217-1228. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tox.22129, more Houben, A.M.; Proesmans, W.; Bert, W.; Artois, T.J. (2014). Revision of Acrochordonoposthia Reisinger, 1924 (Rhabditophora, Typhloplanidae, Protoplanellinae) with the description of one new species. Zootaxa 3790(1): 36-50, more Reygel, P.; Schockaert, E.; Janssen, T.; Artois, T. (2014). Two new species of Carcharodorhynchus Meixner, 1938 (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Schizorhynchidae) from Brazil and Lanzarote. Mar. Biodiv. 44(3): 279-285. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0205-8, more Schockaert, E.R.; Martens, P.; Revis, N.; Janssen, T.; Willems, W.; Artois, T.J. (2014). A new genus with six new species of Typhlopolycystidinae Evdonin, 1977 (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae). Zootaxa 3755(3): 259-272. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3755.3.4, more Tessens, B.; Janssen, T.; Artois, T. (2014). Molecular phylogeny of Kalyptorhynchia (Rhabdocoela, Platyhelminthes) inferred from ribosomal sequence data. Zoologica Scri. 43(5): 519-530. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12066, more Artois, T.; Schockaert, E.; Beenaerts, N.; Reygel, P. (2013). Trigonostomum vanmecheleni sp. nov., a new species of Trigonostomidae (Rhabdocoela: Dalytyphloplanida) from the channels of Venice (Italy), with a discussion on the T. lilliei species group. Ital. J. Zoolog. 80(1): 46-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2012.754058, more Artois, T.; Willems, W.; Reygel, P.; Schockaert, E. (2013). Brachyrhynchus n. gen. n. sp., a new genus of Polycystididae Graff, 1905 (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia), with the description of three new species from the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 3635(2): 127-136. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3635.2.3, more Artois, T.; Willems, W.; Reygel, P.; Schockaert, E. (2013). Brachyrhynchoides nom. nov Artois & Schockaert, 2013: a replaced name for Brachyrhynchus Artois & Schockaert, 2013. Zootaxa 3686(1): 94-94, more Van Steenkiste, N.; Tessens, B.; Willems, W.; Backeljau, T.; Jondelius, U.; Artois, T. (2013). A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Dalytyphloplanida (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) reveals multiple escapes from the marine environment and origins of symbiotic relationships. PLoS One 8(3): 1-13. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0059917, more Van Steenkiste, N.; Artois, T. (2013). Paleovarsoviella and Paleovarsoviellinae, new names for the foraminiferal genus Varsoviella Gawor-Biedowa, 1987, and subfamily Varsoviellinae Gawor-Biedowa, 1987. J. Foramin. Res. 43(4): 464-464. https://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.43.4.464, more Vanhove, M.P.M.; Tessens, B.; Schoelinck, C.; Jondelius, U.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Artois, T.; Huyse, T. (2013). Problematic barcoding in flatworms: a case-study on monogeneans and rhabdocoels (Platyhelminthes). ZooKeys 365: 355-379. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.365.5776, more Appeltans, W.; Ahyong, S.T.; Anderson, G.; Angel, M.V.; Artois, T.; Bailly, N.; Bamber, R.N.; Barber, A.; Bartsch, I.; Berta, A.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz , M.; Bock, P.; Boxshall, G.; Boyko, C.B.; Nunes Brandão, S.; Bray, R.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Chan, T.-Y.; Cheng, L.; Collins, A.G.; Cribb, T.H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Davie, P.J.F.; Dawson, M.N.; De Clerck, O.; Decock, W.; De Grave, S.; de Voogd, N.J.; Domning, D.P.; Emig, C.C.; Erséus, Ch.; Eschmeyer, W.; Fauchald, K.; Fautin, D.G.; Feist, S.W.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Furuya, H.; García-Alvarez, O.; Gerken, S.; Gibson, D.; Gittenberger, A.; Gofas, S.; Gómez-Daglio, L.; Gordon, D.P.; Guiry, M.D.; Hernandez, F.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Jaume, D.; Kirk, P.; Koedam, N.; Koenemann, S.; Kolb, J.B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kroh, A.; Lambert, G.; Lazarus, D.B.; Lemaitre, R.; Longshaw, M.; Lowry, J.; MacPherson, E.; Madin, L.P.; Mah, C.; Mapstone, G.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Messing, C.G.; Mills, C.E.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Mooi, R.; Neuhaus, B.; Ng, P.K.L.; Nielsen, C.; Norenburg, J.; Opresko, D.M.; Osawa, M.; Paulay, G.; Perrin, W.; Pilger, J.F.; Poore, G.C.B.; Pugh, Ph.R.; Read, G.B.; Reimer, J.D.; Rius, M.; Rocha, R.M.; Sáiz Salinas, J.I.; Scarabino, V.; Schierwater, B.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Schnabel, K.E.; Schotte, M.; Schuchert, P.; Schwabe, E.; Segers, H.; Self-Sullivan, C.; Shenkar, N.; Siegel, V.; Sterrer, W.; Stöhr, S.; Swalla, B.; Tasker, M.L.; Thuesen, E.V.; Timm, T.; Todaro, M.A.; Turon, X.; Tyler, S.; Uetz, P.; van der Land, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Walker-Smith, G.K.; Walter, T.C.; Warren, A.; Williams, G.C.; Wilson, S.P.; Costello, M.J. (2012). The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22(23): 2189-2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036, more Artois, T.; Willems, W.; Revis, N.; Martens, P.; Schockaert, E. (2012). New species of Limipolycystis Schilke, 1970 (Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia: Polycystididae) from the Western Mediterranean. Zootaxa 3325(3325): 26-36, more Curini-Galletti, M.; Artois, T.; Delogu, V.; De Smet, W.H.; Fontaneto, D.; Jondelius, U.; Leasi, F.; Martínez, A.; Meyer-Wachsmuth, I.; Nilsson, K.S.; Tongiorgi, P.; Worsaae, K.; Todaro, M.A. (2012). Patterns of diversity in soft-bodied meiofauna: dispersal ability and body size matter. PLoS One 7(3): e33801. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033801, more Van Steenkiste, N.; Tessens, B.; Willems, W.; Van Mulken, E.; Artois, T. (2012). The "Falcatae", a new Gondwanan species group of Gieysztoria (Platyhelminthes: Dalyelliidae), with the description of five new species. Zool. Anz. 251(4): 344-356. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2011.12.001, more Boone, M.; Willems, M.; Claeys, M.; Artois, T. (2011). Spermatogenesis and the structure of the testes in Isodiametra pulchra (Isodiametridae, Acoela). Acta Zool. (Stockh.) 92(2): 101-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2010.00481.x, more Boone, M.; Houthoofd, W.; Bert, W.; Artois, T. (2011). First record of Nemertodermatida from Belgian marine waters. Belg. J. Zool. 141(1): 62-64, more Boone, M.; Bert, W.; Claeys, M.; Houthoofd, W.; Artois, T. (2011). Spermatogenesis and the structure of the testes in Nemertodermatida. Zoomorphology 130(4): 273-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00435-011-0137-9, more Reygel, P.C.; Willems, W.R.; Artois, T.J. (2011). Koinocystididae and Gnathorhynchidae (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Galapagos, with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3096: 27-40, more Schockaert, E.R.; Curini-Galletti, M.; De Ridder, W.; Artois, T. (2011). On the Calviriidae Martens and Curini-Galletti, 1993 (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata), with the description of three new species. Zootaxa 3034(3034): 32-46, more Van Steenkiste, N.; Tessens, B.; Krznaric, K.; Artois, T. (2011). Dalytyphloplanida (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from Andalusia, Spain, with the description of four new species. Zootaxa 2791: 1-29, more Curini-Galletti, M.; Webster, B.L.; Huyse, T.; Casu, M.; Schockaert, E.R.; Artois, T.J.; Littlewood, T.J. (2010). New insights on the phylogenetic relationships of the Proseriata (Platyhelminthes), with proposal of a new genus of the family Coelogynoporidae. Zootaxa 2537: 1-18, more Willems, M.; Couvreur, M.; Boone, M.; Houthoofd, W.; Artois, T. (2010). Distribution of proliferating cells and vasa-positive cells in the embryo of Macrostomum lignano (Rhabditophora, Platyhelminthes). Belg. J. Zool. 140(Suppl.): 149-153, more Schockaert, E.R.; Curini-Galletti, M.C.; De Ridder, W; Volonterio, O.; Artois, T. (2009). A new family of lithophoran Proseriata (Platyhelminthes), with the description of seven new species from the Indo-Pacific and South America, and the proposal of three new genera. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 155(4): 759-773. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00463.x, more Willems, M.; Boone, M.; Couvreur, M.; De Mulder, K.; Van Ranst, J.; Artois, T.; Borgonie, G. (2009). Use of freeze-cracking in ontogenetic research in Macrostomum lignano (Macrostomida, Rhabditophora). Dev. Genes Evol. 219(5): 273-279. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00427-009-0284-x, more Willems, M.; Egger, B.; Wolff, C.; Mouton, S.; Houthoofd, W.; Fonderie, P.; Couvreur, M.; Artois, T.; Borgonie, G. (2009). Embryonic origins of hull cells in the flatworm Macrostomum lignano through cell lineage analysis: developmental and phylogenetic implications. Dev. Genes Evol. 219(8): 409-417. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00427-009-0304-x, more Willems, M.; Leroux, F.; Claeys, M.; Boone, M.; Mouton, S.; Artois, T.; Borgonie, G. (2009). Ontogeny of the complex sperm in the macrostomid flatworm Macrostomum lignano (Macrostomorpha, Rhabditophora). J. Morphol. 270(2): 162-174. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10675, more Artois, T.J. (2008). Revision of Rogneda Uljanin, 1870 (Rhabditophora, Eukalyptorhynchia, Polycystididae) with the description of seven new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 153(1): 1-28. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00384.x, more Artois, T.J.; Tessens, B.S. (2008). Polycystididae (Rhabditophora: Rhabdocoela: Kalyptorhynchia) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of twelve new species. Zootaxa 1849(1849): 1-27, more Schockaert, E.R.; Hooge, M.; Sluys, R.; Schilling, S.; Tyler, S.; Artois, T. (2008). Global diversity of free living flatworms (Platyhelminthes, “Turbellaria”) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 41-48. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9002-8, more Van Steenkiste, N.; Volonterio, O.; Schockaert, E.; Artois, T. (2008). Marine Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes, Rhabditophora) from Uruguay, with the description of eight new species and two new genera. Zootaxa 1914(1914): 1-33, more Willems, M.; Leroux, F.; Huysentruyt, F.; Adriaens, D.; Claeys, M.; Artois, T.; Borgonie, G. (2008). From stem cell to complex sperm in the Rhabditophoran Macrostomum lignano. J. Morphol. 269(12): 1481. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10683, more Doignon, G.; Artois, T. (2006). Annotated checklist of the umagillid turbellarians infesting echinoids (Echinodermata). Belg. J. Zool. 136(1): 101-106, more Willems, W.R.; Schockaert, E.R.; Artois, T.J. (2006). Report on the Polycystididae (Rhabdocoela, Kalyptorhynchia) from Australia, with the description of twelve new species and six new genera. Hydrobiologia 563(1): 329-355. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-006-0041-3, more Willems, W.R.; Wallberg, A.; Jondelius, U.; Littlewood, D.T.J.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E.R.; Artois, T. (2006). Filling a gap in the phylogeny of flatworms: relationships within the Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes), inferred from 18S ribosomal DNA sequences. Zoologica Scri. 35(1): 1-17, more Artois, T.J.; Schockaert, E.R. (2005). Primary homology assessment of structures in the female atrial system among species of the Polycystididae (Rhabditophora, Eukalyptorhynchia). Invertebr. Biol. 124(2): 109-118. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2005.00013.x, more De Roeck, E.R.M.; Artois, T.; Brendonck, L. (2005). Consumptive and non-consumptive effects of turbellarian (Mesostoma sp.) predation on anostracans. Hydrobiologia 542(1): 103-111. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-2411-z, more Willems, W.; Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. (2005). “Typhloplanoida” (Platyhelminthes: Rhabdocoela) from the Indian Ocean, with the description of six new taxa. J. Nat. Hist. 39(19): 1561-1582, more Willems, W.R.; Artois, T.J.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E.R. (2005). Typhloplanoida (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from New Caledonia and eastern Australia, with the description of six new taxa. N.Z. J. Zool. 32: 79-98, more Willems, W.; Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Backeljau, T.; Schockaert, E. (2004). Reports on the free-living Platyhelminthes from Australia: Typhloplanoida, with the description of three new taxa. Zool. Sci. 21: 333-341, more Willems, W.R.; Artois, T.J.; Vermin, W.A.; Schockaert, E.R. (2004). Revision of Trigonostomum Schmidt, 1852 (Platyhelminthes, Typhloplanoida, Trigonostomidae) with the description of seven new species. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 141(2): 271-296. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00124.x, more Artois, T.; Schockaert, E.R. (2003). Primary homology assessment in the male atrial system of the Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes: Eukalyptorhynchia). Zool. Anz. 242(2): 179-190, more Doignon, G.; Artois, T.; Deheyn, D. (2003). Discoplana malagasensis sp. nov., a new turbellarian (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida: Leptoplanidae) symbiotic in an ophiuroid (Echinodermata), with a cladistic analysis of the Discoplana/ Euplana species. Zool. Sci. 20: 357-369. https://dx.doi.org/10.2108/zsj.20.357, more Artois, T. (2001). Phylogenetic nomenclatura: the end of binominal nomenclatura? Belg. J. Zool. 131(1): 87-89, more Artois, T.J.; Schockaert, E.R. (2001). Interstitial fauna of the Galapagos: Duplacrorhynchinae, Macrorhynchinae, Polycystidinae, Gyratricinae (Platyhelminthes Polycystididae). Trop. Zool. 14(1): 63-85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2001.10531143, more Artois, T.; Vermin, W.; Schockaert, E. (2000). Rhabdocoela (Platyhelminthes) from the Weddell Sea (Antarctica) with the description of eight new species. Belg. J. Zool. 130(2): 103-110, more Artois, T.J.; Schockaert, E.R. (2000). Interstitial fauna of the Galapagos: Typhlopolycystidinae (Platyhelminthes Polycystididae). Trop. Zool. 13: 141-158, more Artois, T.; Schockaert, E. (1999). Two new species of the genus Duplacrorhynchus Schockaert & Karling, 1970, with remarks on relationships within the genus and on the Duplacrorhynchinae (Platyhelminthes, Polycystididae). Belg. J. Zool. 129(1): 235-244, more Artois, T.J.; Schockaert, E.R. (1999). Interstitial fauna of Galapagos: Porrocystidinae (Plathelminthes Polycystididae). Trop. Zool. 12(2): 309-324. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03946975.1999.10539397, more Artois, T.J.; Schockaert, E.R. (1998). A cladistic re-assessment of the Polycystis species complex (Polycystididae, Eukalyptorhynchia). Hydrobiologia 383: 97-102. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003435727011, more
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Artois, T. (2001). Cladistic analysis of the Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes Kalyptorhynchia), with application of phylogenetic nomenclature = Cladistische analyse van de Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes Kalyptorhynchia), met toepassing van de fylogenetische nomenclatuur. PhD Thesis. Limburgs Universitair Centrum: Diepenbeek. [1: Text, 2: Figures] pp., more Artois, T. (1995). De Polycystididae (Kalyptorhynchia, Plathelminthes) van de Middellandse Zee. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Gent: Gent. 63, figures pp., more
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Monnissen, J.; Thijs, S.; Artois, T.; van de Reydt, E.; Van Dijck, T.; Monnens, M. (2024). Where meiofauna? An assessment of interstitial fauna at a Belgian beach, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day, 6 March 2024, Oostende. VLIZ Special Publication, 91: pp. 93, more Monnens, M.; Vanhove, M.P.M.; Artois, T. (2020). Assembling mitochondrial genomes from small worms: a combined approach, in: Mees, J. et al. Book of abstracts – VLIZ Marine Science Day. Oostende, Belgium, 18 March 2020. VLIZ Special Publication, 84: pp. 9, more Deprez, T.; Artois, T.; Bossier, P.; Cattrijsse, A.; Chiers, K.; De Clerck, O.; Decostere, A.; Deneudt, K.; De Troch, M.; Hernandez, F.; Mascart, T.; Moens, T.; Plovie, A.; tkint, T.; Van Stappen, G.; Verstraeten, T.; Willems, A.; Vanreusel, A. (2016). EMBRC.be – The Belgian node of the European Marine Biological Resource Centre, in: Degraer, S. et al. (Ed.) North Sea Open Science Conference 7-10/11/2016. Abstract Booklet. pp. 129, more Boone, M.; Claeys, M.; Borgonie, G.; Artois, T. (2009). Morphological studies on Nemertodermatida sampled in the Belgian part of the North Sea, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 26, more Plusquin, M.; Smeets, K.; Geerdens, E.; Cuypers, A.; Artois, T. (2009). Stem cell activity and oxidative stress as response to cadmium and hexavalent chromium in M. lignano, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium 6 March 2009: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 41: pp. 58, more Tessens, B.; Artois, T. (2008). First molecular evidence from the existence of cryptic species in the cosmopolitan, euryhaline flatworm Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Rhabdocoela, Kalyptorhynchia), in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) VLIZ Young Scientists' Day, Brugge, Belgium, 29 February 2008: book of abstracts. VLIZ Special Publication, 40: pp. 66, more
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Wevers, J. (2021). Living in the Anthropocene: wild boar and roe deer ecology in a human-dominated landscape. PhD Thesis. UHasselt, Faculty of Sciences: Hasselt. 199 pp., more Degheselle, O. (2007). Het effect van cadmiumtoxiciteit op stamcellen in M. lignano. MSc Thesis. Universiteit Hasselt: Hasselt. 43 pp., more