Robertus Wilhelmus Maria van Soest

Robertus Wilhelmus Maria van Soest

Robertus Wilhelmus Maria van Soest, Dutch spongiologist.

• Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 406 taxon names authored by Robertus Wilhelmus Maria van Soest

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1979

• van Soest, R.W.M. 1979. A catalogue of the Coelenterate type specimens of the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam. IV. Gorgonacea, Actiniaria, Scleractinia. Beaufortia 29(353): 81–126. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

1990

• Van Soest, R.W.M., Díaz, M.C. & Pomponi, S.A. 1990. Phylogenetic classification of the Halichondrids (Porifera, Demospongiae). Beaufortia 40(2): 15–62. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2004

• Helmy, T., El Serehy, H., Mohamed, S.Z. & Van Soest, R.W.M. 2004. Description and classification of dictyoceratid sponges from the northern Red Sea. Beaufortia 54(6): 81–91. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2005

• Helmy, T. & van Soest, R.W.M. 2005. Amphimedon species (Porifera: Niphatidae) from the Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea: Filling the gaps in the distribution of a common pantropical genus. Zootaxa 859: 1–18. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.859.1.1 Reference page. 

2009

• Van Soest, R.W.M. 2009. New sciophilous sponges from the Caribbean (Porifera: Demospongiae). Zootaxa 2107(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2107.1.1 Reference page. 

2010

• Van Soest, R.W.M., Beglinger, E., De Voogd, N.J. 2010. Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho–)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). ZooKeys 68: 1–88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.68.729 Reference page. 

2012

• van Soest, R.W.M., Boury-Esnault, N., Vacelet, J., Dohrmann, M., Erpenbeck, D., de Voogd, N.J., Santodomingo, N., Vanhoorne, B., Kelly, M. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2012. Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera). PLoS One 7(4): e35105.
• Erpenbeck, D., Sutcliffe, P., Cook, S. de C., Dietzel, A., Maldonado, M., Van Soest, R.W., Hooper, J.N. & Wörheide, G. 2012. Horny sponges and their affairs: On the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(3): 809–816. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.024 Reference page. 
• Van Soest, R.W.M., Beglinger, E., de Voogd, N.J. 2012. Sponges of the family Esperiopsidae (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Northwest Africa, with the descriptions of four new species. European Journal of Taxonomy 18: 1–21. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2012.18 Reference page. 

2014

• van Soest, R.W.M., Meesters, E.H.W.G. & Becking, L.E. 2014. Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Zootaxa 3878(5): 401–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.5.1 Reference page. 
• Rützler, K., Piantoni, C., van Soest, R.W.M. & Díaz, M. C. 2014. Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. Zootaxa 3805(1): 1–129. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1 Reference page. 

2015

• Kelly, M., Erpenbeck, D., Morrow, C. & van Soest, R. 2015. First record of a living species of the genus Janulum (Class Demospongiae) in the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3980(2): 255–266. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.6 Reference page. 
• van Soest, R.W.M. & de Voogd, N.J. 2015. Calcareous sponges of Indonesia. Zootaxa 3951(1): 1–105. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3951.1.1 Reference page. 
• Van Soest, R.W.M., Hoeksema, B.W., Reimer, J.D. & De Voogd, N.J. 2015. New records of the rare calcareous sponge Paragrantia waguensis Hôzawa, 1940. ZooKeys 546: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.546.6122 Reference page. 
• Van Syoc, R.J., van Soest, R.W.M., Xavier, J.R. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2015. A phylogenetic overview of sponge-inhabiting barnacles and their host specificity (Crustacea, Cirripedia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser. 4, 62(11): 331–357. PDF Reference page. 

2016

• Alvarez, B., de Voogd, N.J. & van Soest, R.W.M. 2016. Sponges of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in Indonesia. Zootaxa 4137(4): 451–477. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.1 Reference page. 
• Santos, G.G., Pinheiro, U., Hajdu, E. & van Soest, R. 2016. New Genus and species of Heteroxyidae from Brazil (Axinellida: Demospongiae: Porifera), with a revised identification key for the family. Zootaxa 4158(1): 105–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.6 Reference page. 

2017

• Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest, R.W.M. & Pisera, A. 2011. Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp 13–18 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• van Soest, R.W.M. 2017. Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. Zootaxa 4217(1): 1–225. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1 . Reference page. 
• van Soest, R.W.M. 2017. Flagellia, a new subgenus of Haliclona (Porifera, Haplosclerida). European Journal of Taxonomy 351: 1–48. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2018

• van Soest, R.W.M. 2018. Mycale (Oxymycale) klausjanusorum sp. nov. (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida) from Flores Sea deep water, Indonesia. Pp 49–60 In Klautau, M., Pérez, T., Cárdenas, P. & de Voogd, N.J. (eds.). Deep Sea and Cave Sponges. Zootaxa 4466(1): 1–237. Reference page.  Zootaxa 4466(1): 49–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4466.1.6 Reference page. 
• van Soest, R.W.M. & de Voogd, N.J. 2018. Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Zootaxa 4426(1): 1–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1. Reference page. 

2020

• Van Soest, R.W.M., Hooper, J.N.A. & Butler, P.J. 2020. Every sponge its own name: removing Porifera homonyms. Zootaxa 4745(1): 1–93. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4745.1.1 Reference page. 

2021

• Van Soest, R.W.M., Aryasari, R. & de Voogd, N.J. 2021. Mycale species of the tropical Indo-West Pacific (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida). Zootaxa 4912(1): 1-212. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4912.1.1 Reference page. 

2023

• Erpenbeck, D., van Soest, R., Wörheide, G. & Kelly, M. 2023. Genetic data confirms the enigmatic demosponge Janulum as haplosclerid. Zootaxa 5254(1): 147–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5254.1.10 Reference page. 

2024

• van Soest, R. 2024. Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1 Reference page. 

Links

• dr. R.W.M. (Rob) van Soest. [CV.] 2012. Faculteit der Natuurwetenschappen, Wiskunde en Informatica. Universiteit van Amsterdam.