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Schierwater, Bernd

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Publications (17)
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School of veterinary medicine Hannover; Institute of animal ecology and cell biology; ITZ, Ecology and Evolution, more

Function: Director
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WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Chief taxonomic editor

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ERMS 2.0: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Accessed at http://www.marbef.org/data/erms.php on yyyy-mm-dd, more Schierwater, B.; Eitel, M.; Osigus, H.-J.; DeSalle, R. (2026). World Placozoa Database. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/placozoa on yyyy-mm-dd, more

A1 Publications (13) [show]
Eitel, M.; Osigus, H.-J.; DeSalle, R.; Schierwater, B. (2013). Global diversity of the Placozoa. PLoS One 8(4): e57131. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057131, 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 Eitel, M.; Schierwater, B. (2010). The phylogeography of the Placozoa suggests a taxon-rich phylum in tropical and subtropical waters. Mol. Ecol. 19(11): 2315-2327. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04617.x, more Schierwater, B.; de Jong, D.J.; DeSalle, R. (2009). Placozoa, and the evolution of Metazoa and intrasomatic cell differentiation. Int. J. Biochem. Cell. Biol. 41(2): 370-379. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocel.2008.09.023, more Schierwater, B.; Eitel, M.; Jakob, W.; Osigus, H.J.; Hadrys, H.; Dellaporta, S.; Kolokotronis, S.O.; DeSalle, R. (2009). Concatenated molecular and morphological analysis sheds light on early Metazoan evolution and fuels a Modern "Urmetazoon" hypothesis. PLoS Biology 7(1): 36-44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1000020, more De Salle, R.; Schierwater, B. (2008). An even "newer" animal phylogeny. BioEssays 30(11-12): 1043-1047, more Srivastava, M.; Begovic, E.; Chapman, J.; Putnam, N.; Hellsten, U.; Kawashima, T.; Kuo, A.; Mitros, T.; Carpenter, M.; Signorovich, A.; Moreno, M.; Kamm, K.; Shapiro, H.; Grigoriev, I.V.; Buss, L.; Schierwater, B.; Dellaporta, S.; Rokhsar, D. (2008). The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. Nature (Lond.) 454(7207): 955-960, more Boero, F.; Schierwater, B.; Piraino, S. (2007). Cnidarian milestones in metazoan evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology 47(5): 693-700. dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icm041, more Schierwater, B. (2005). My favorite animal, Trichoplax adhaerens. BioEssays 27(12): 1294-1302. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.20320, more Schroth, W.; Ender, A.; Schierwater, B. (2005). Molecular biomarkers and adaptation to environmental stress in moon jelly (Aurelia spp.). Mar. Biotechnol. 7(5): 449-461. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10126-004-4095-9, more Stoletzki, N.; Schierwater, B. (2005). Genetic and color morph differentiation in the Caribbean sea anemone Condylactis gigantea. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 147(3): 747-754. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-1620-y, more Voigt, O.; Collins, A.G.; Pearse, V.B.; Pearse, J.S.; Hadrys, H.; Ender, A.; Schierwater, B. (2004). Placozoa: no longer a phylum of one. Curr. Biol. 14(22): R1-R3; R944-R945, more Schierwater, B.; Ender, A. (2000). Sarsia marii n. sp. (Hydrozoa, Anthomedusae) and the use of 16S rDNA sequences for unpuzzling systematic relationships in Hydrozoa. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 64(Suppl. 1): 117-122. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2000.64s1117, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Syed, T.; Schierwater, B. (2002). The evolution of the Placozoa: a new morphological model. Senckenb. Lethaea 82(1): 315-324, more
Books (2) [show]
Boutet, A.; Schierwater, B. (2022). Handbook of marine model organisms in experimental biology: established and emerging. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis: Boca Raton, London. ISBN 978-1-032-10883-4; e-ISBN 978-1-003-21750-3. XIII, 471 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003217503, more Schierwater, B.; DeSalle, R. (Ed.) (2021). Invertebrate zoology: a tree of life approach. CRC Press: Boca Raton. ISBN 978-1-4822-3581-4; e-ISBN 978-0-429-15905-3. 644 pp., more
Book chapter [show]
Schierwater, B.; Osigus, H.-J. (2022). Placozoa, in: Boutet, A. et al. Handbook of marine model organisms in experimental biology: established and emerging. pp. 101-106. https://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003217503-6, more