Greg W. Rouse

Gregory ("Greg") William Rouse, U.S. annelidologist.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California, United States.

Taxon names authored

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• 48 taxon names authored by Greg W. Rouse

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2004

• Rouse, G.W., Goffredi, S.K. & Vrijenhoek, R.C. 2004. Osedax: Bone-Eating Marine Worms with Dwarf Males. Science 305(5684): 668-671. DOI: 10.1126/science.1098650 Reference page. 

2005

• Mackie, A.S.Y., Pleijel, F., Rouse, G.W. 2005. Revision of Aberranta Hartman, 1965 (Aberrantidae: Annelida), with descriptions of new species from the Mediterranean and Hong Kong. Marine Ecology 26(3–4): 197–208. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00064.x . Reference page. 

2006

• Messing, C.G., Meyer, D.L., Siebeck, U.E., Jermiin, L.S., Vaney, D.I., Rouse, G.W. 2006. A modern soft-bottom, shallow-water crinoid fauna (Echinodermata) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs 25(1): 164–168. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-005-0076-3

2007

• Giribet, G., Dunn, C.W., Edgecombe, G.D. & Rouse, G.W. 2007. A modern look at the Animal Tree of Life. Pp. 61–79 in: Zhang, Z.-Q. & Shear, W.A. (eds.) Linnaeus tercentenary: progress in invertebrate taxonomy. Zootaxa 1668: 1–766. Abstract & excerpt (PDF) PDF Reference page. 

2008

• Dunn, C.W., Hejnol, A., Matus, D.Q., Pang, K., Browne, W.E., Smith, S.A., Seaver, E., Rouse, G.W., Obst, M., Edgecombe, G.D., Sørensen, M.V., Haddock, S.H.D., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Okusu, A., Kristensen, R.M., Wheeler, W.C., Martindale, M.Q. & Giribet, G. 2008. Broad phylogenomic sampling improves resolution of the animal tree of life. Nature 452: 745–749. DOI: 10.1038/nature06614 . Reference page. 
• Pleijel, F., Rouse, G.W., Ruta, C., Wiklund, H., Nygren, A. 2008. Vrijenhoekia balaenophila, a new hesionid polychaete from a whale fall off California. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152(4): 625–634. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00360.x . Reference page. 

2009

• Hejnol, A., Obst, M., Stamatakis, A., Ott, M., Rouse, G.W., Edgecombe, G.D., Martinez, P., Baguñà, J., Bailly, X., Jondelius, U., Wiens, M., Müller W.E.G., Seaver, E., Wheer, W.C., Martindale, M.Q., Giribet, G. & Dunn, C.W. 2009. Assessing the root of bilaterian animals with scalable phylogenomic methods. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 276(1677): 4261–4270. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0896 . Reference page. 
• Owen, C.L., Messing, C.G., Rouse, G.W., Shivji, M.S. 2009. Using a combined approach to explain the morphological and ecological diversity in Phanogenia gracilis Hartlaub, 1893 (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) sensu lato: two species or intraspecific variation? Marine Biology 156(8): 1517–1529. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-009-1173-6

2011

• Edgecombe, G.D., Giribet, G., Dunn, C.W., Hejnot, A., Kristensen, R.M., Neves, R.C., Rouse, G.W., Worsaae, K. & Sørensen, M.V. 2011. Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(2): 151–172. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-011-0044-4 . Reference page. 
• Smith, S.A., Wilson, N.G., Goetz, F.E., Feehery, C., Andrade, S.C.S., Rouse, G.W., Giribet, G. & Dunn, C.W. 2011. Resolving the evolutionary relationships of molluscs with phylogenomic tools. Nature 480: 364–367. DOI: 10.1038/nature10526 Reference page. 

2013

• Rouse, G.W., Jermiin, L.S., Wilson, N.G., Eeckhaut, I., Lanterbecq, D., Oji, T., Young, C.M., Browning, T., Cisternas, P.A., Helgen, L.E., Stuckey, M., Messing, C.G. 2013. Fixed, free, and fixed: The fickle phylogeny of extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) and their Permian–Triassic origin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66(1): 161–181. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.018 Reference page. 

2014

• Summers, M.M., Al-Hakim, I.I. & Rouse, G.W. 2014. Turbo-taxonomy: 21 new species of Myzostomida (Annelida). Zootaxa 3873(4): 301–344. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.4.1 Reference page. 
• Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G., Rouse, G.W. 2014. Phylogeny of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida): A new classification and an assessment of morphological characters for crinoid taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 80: 319–339. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.030 Reference page. 

2015

• Capa, M. & Rouse, G.W. 2015. Sphaerodoridae (Annelida) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, including the description of two new species and reproductive notes. IN Hutchings, P.A. & Kupriyanova, E.K. (eds.), 2015: Coral reef-associated fauna of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef: polychaetes and allies. Zootaxa 4019(1): 168–183. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.9. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Kupriyanova, E.K., Sun, Y., ten Hove, H.A., Wong, E. & Rouse, G.W. 2015. Serpulidae (Annelida) of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. IN Hutchings, P.A. & Kupriyanova, E.K. (eds.), 2015: Coral reef-associated fauna of Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef: polychaetes and allies. Zootaxa 4019(1): 275–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4019.1.13. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Zhang, Y-J., Rouse, G.W. & Qiu, J-W. 2015: A new species of Mesochaetopterus (Annelida, Chaetopteridae) from Hong Kong, with comments on the phylogeny of the family. Zootaxa 3974(4): 495–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.4.2. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Stiller, J., Wilson, N.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2015. A spectacular new species of seadragon (Syngnathidae). Royal Society Open Science 2(2): 1–12. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140458. PDF. Reference page. 
• Summers, M.M. & Rouse, G.W. 2015. Erratum: Phylogeny of Myzostomida (Annelida) and their relationships with echinoderm hosts. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15(1): 53. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0305-5 Reference page. 
• Summers, M.M., Pleijel, F., Rouse, G.W. 2015. Whale falls, multiple colonisations of the deep, and the phylogeny of Hesionidae (Annelida). Invertebrate Systematics 29(2): 105–123. DOI: 10.1071/IS14055 . Reference page. 

2016

• Rouse, G.W., Wilson, N.G., Carvajal, J.I. & Vrijenhoek, R.C. 2016. New deep-sea species of Xenoturbella and the position of Xenacoelomorpha. Nature 530(7588): 94–97. DOI: 10.1038/nature16545 Reference page. 

2017

• Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.1. Reference page. 
• Miller, A.K., Kerr, A.M., Paulay, G., Reich, M., Wilson, N.G., Carvajal, J.I. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. Molecular phylogeny of extant Holothuroidea (Echinodermata). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 110–131. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.02.014 Reference page. 
• Zhang, D-S., Zhou, Y-D., Wang, C-S & Rouse, G.W. 2017. A new species of Ophryotrocha (Annelida, Eunicida, Dorvilleidae) from hydrothermal vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge. ZooKeys 687: 1—9. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.687.13046. Reference page. 
• Taylor, K.H., Rouse, G.W., Messing, C.G. 2017. Revising Mariametridae: the genera Dichrometra, Lamprometra, and Liparometra (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Systematics and Biodiversity. 16(2): 142–159. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1375044 Reference page. 
• Taylor, K.H., Rouse, G.W., Messing, C.G. 2017. Systematics of Himerometra (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Himerometridae) based on morphology and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(2): 342–356. DOI: 10.1093/ZOOLINNEAN/ZLX009 Reference page. 
• Linchangco, G.V., Foltz, D.W., Reid, R., Williams, J., Nodzak, C., Kerr, A.M., Miller, A.K., Hunter, R., Wilson, N.G., Mah, C.L., Rouse, G.W., Wray, G.A., Janies, D.A.. The phylogeny of extant starfish (Asteroidea: Echinodermata) including Xyloplax, based on comparative transcriptomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 115: 161–170. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.07.022

2018

• Martin, J.W., Wall, A.R., Shank, T.M., Cha, H., Seid, C. & Rouse, G.W. 2018. A new species of Alvinocaris (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) from Costa Rican methane seeps. Zootaxa 4504(3): 418–430. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.3.7 pdf Reference page. 
• McCowin, M.F. & Rouse, G.W. 2018. Phylogeny of hydrothermal vent Iphionidae, with the description of a new species (Aphroditiformia, Annelida). ZooKeys 779: 89–107. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.779.24781 Reference page. 
• McCowin, M.F., Rouse, G.W. 2018. A new Lamellibrachia species and confirmed range extension for Lamellibrachia barhami (Siboglinidae, Annelida) from Costa Rica methane seeps. Zootaxa. 4504(1): 1-22. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.1.1 pdf Reference page. 
• Rouse, G.W., Goffredi, S.K., Johnson, S. & Vrijenhoek, R.C. 2018. An inordinate fondness for Osedax (Siboglinidae: Annelida): Fourteen new species of bone worms from California. Zootaxa 4377(4): 451–489. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.4.1 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2019

• Breedy, O., Rouse, G.W., Stabbins, A., Cortés, J. & Cordes, E.E. 2019. New records of Swiftia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Octocorallia) from off the Pacific Costa Rican margin, including a new species from methane seeps. Zootaxa 4671(3): 407–419. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.3.6 Reference page. 
• McCowin, M.F., Rowden, A.A., Rouse,G.W.} 2019. A new record of Lamellibrachia columna (Siboglinidae, Annelida) from cold seeps off New Zealand, and an assessment of its presence in the western Pacific Ocean. Marine Biodiversity Records. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.1186/s41200-019-0169-2 Reference page. 
• Drennan, R., Wiklund, H., Rouse, G.W., Georgieva, M.N., Wu, X.-W., Kobayashi, G., Yoshino, K., Glover, A.G. 2019. Taxonomy and phylogeny of mud owls (Annelida: Sternaspidae), including a new synonymy and new records from the Southern Ocean, North East Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean: challenges in morphological delimitation. Marine Biodiversity. 49: 2659–2697. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-00998-0 Reference page. 
• Tilic, E., Feerst, K. & Rouse, G.W. 2019. Two new species of Amphiglena (Sabellidae, Annelida), with an assessment of hidden diversity in the Mediterranean. Zootaxa 4648(2): 337–353. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.8 pdf Reference page. 
• Watson, C., Tilic, E., Rouse, G.W. 2019. Revision of Hyalopale (Chrysopetalidae; Phyllodocida; Annelida): an amphi-Atlantic Hyalopale bispinosa species complex and five new species from reefs of the Caribbean Sea and Indo-Pacific Oceans. Zootaxa. 4671(3): 339–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4671.3.2 Reference page. 

2020

• Atkinson, S.D., Bartholomew, J.L. & Rouse, G,W. 2020. The invertebrate host of salmonid fish parasites Ceratonova shasta and Parvicapsula minibicornis (Cnidaria: Myxozoa), is a novel fabriciid annelid, Manayunkia occidentalis sp. nov. (Sabellida: Fabriciidae). Zootaxa 4751(2): 310–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4751.2.6 pdf Reference page. 
• Hatch, A.S., Liew, H., Hourdez, S. & Rouse, G.W. 2020. Hungry scale worms: Phylogenetics of Peinaleopolynoe (Polynoidae, Annelida), with four new species. ZooKeys, 932: 27–74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.932.48532 Reference page. 

2020

• Gebruk, A.V., Kremenetskaia, A., Rouse, G.W. 2020. A group of species “Psychropotes longicauda” (Psychropotidae, Elasipodida, Holothuroidea) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench area (North-West Pacific). Progress in Oceanography. 180: 102222. DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102222. Reference page. 

2021

• Foo, S.H., Taylor, K.H., Messing, C.G., Rouse, G.W., Tay, T.S., Tan, K.S., Huang, D 2021. Assessing the taxonomy of Heterometra -like feather stars (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Himerometroidea) based on morphology and molecular data. Systematics and Biodiversity. 19(7): 632–647. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1902418 Reference page. 
• Rouse, G.W. & Kupriyanova, E.K. 2021. Laminatubus (Serpulidae, Annelida) from eastern Pacific hydrothermal vents and methane seeps, with description of two new species. Zootaxa 4915(1): 1–27. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.1.1 full article pdf Reference page. 

2023

• Payne, C.Y., Tilic, E., Boschen-Rose, R.E., Gannon, A., Stiller, J., Hiley, A.S., Grupe, B.M., Mah, C.L., Rouse, G.W. 2023. Xyloplax princealberti (Asteroidea, Echinodermata): A New Species That Is Not Always Associated with Wood Falls. Diversity 15(12): 1212. DOI: 10.3390/d15121212 . Reference page. 

2024

• Gularte, T., Sumida, P.Y.G., Bergamo, G. & Rouse, G.W. 2024. Description of a new Osedax (Annelida, Polychaeta, Siboglinidae) species colonizing cow bones in the South Atlantic Ocean. ZooKeys 1219: 215–231. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1219.134005 Reference page. 
• Villalobos-Guerrero, T.F., Huč, S., Tilic, E., Hiley, A.S., Rouse, G.W. 2014. A remarkable new deep-sea nereidid (Annelida: Nereididae) with gills. PLoS ONE. 19(3): 133–146. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297961 . Reference page. 
• Hutchings, P.A., Daffe, G., Flaxman, B., Rouse, G.W., Lavesque, N. 2024. A new species of Loimia (Annelida, Terebellidae) from Papua New Guinea, with comments on other species recorded in the region. Ocean and Coastal Research 72(suppl 1): e24003. DOI: 10.1590/2675-2824072.23057 . Reference page. 
• Shen, Z., Mongiardino Koch, N., Seid, C., Tilic, E., Rouse, G.W. 2024. Three New Species of Deep-Sea Wood-Associated Sea Stars (Asteroidea: Caymanostellidae) from the Eastern Pacific. Zootaxa 5536(3): 351–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5536.3.1 . Reference page. 

2025

• Seid, C.A., Hiley, A.S., McCowin, M.F., Carvajal, J.I., Cha, H., Ahyong, S.T., Ashford, O.S., Breedy, O., Eernisse, D.J., Goffredi, S.K., Hendrickx, M.E., Kocot, K.M., Mah, C.L., Miller, A.K., Mongiardino Koch, N., Mooi, R., O'Hara, T.D., Pleijel, F., Stiller, J., Tilic, E., Valentich-Scott, P., Warén, A., Wicksten, M.K., Wilson, N.G., Cordes, E.E., Levin, L.A., Cortés, J. & Rouse, G.W. 2025. A faunal inventory of methane seeps on the Pacific margin of Costa Rica. ZooKeys 1222: 1–250. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1222.134385 Reference page. 
• Kroesche, R. & Rouse, G.W. 2025. Four New Species of Hesionidae (Annelida, Polychaeta, Phyllodocida) from Eastern Pacific Chemosynthetic Habitats and Reinstatement of Vrijenhoekia. Diversity 17(2): 121. DOI: 10.3390/d17020121 . Reference page.