Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen

Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen (6.XII. 1948), Danish invertebrate biologist.

Section of Biosystematics, Natural History Museum of Denmark (Zoological Museum), University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Taxon names authored

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196 taxon names authored by Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen

Eponyms

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2 eponyms of Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen

Publications

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1977

Kristensen, R.M. 1977. On the marine genus Styraconyx (Tardigrada, Heterotardigrada, Halechiniscidae) with description of a new species from a warm spring on Disco Island. Astarte 10: 87-91. Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Nørrevang, A. 1977. On the fine structure of Rastrognathia macrostoma gen. et sp. n. placed in Rastrognathiidae fam. n. (Gnathostomulida). Zoologica Scripta 6(1): 27–41. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1977.tb00757.x . Reference page.

1978

Kristensen, R.M. 1978. Notes on marine Heterotardigrades. 1. Description of two new Batillipes species, using the electron microscope. Zoologischer Anzeiger 200: 1-17. Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Nørrevang, A. 1978. On the Fine Structure of Valvognathia pogonostoma gen. et sp.n. (Gnathostomulida, Onychognathiidae) with Special Reference to the Jaw Apparatus. Zoologica Scripta 7(1–4): 179–186. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1978.tb00601.x . Reference page.

1980

Kristensen, R.M. & Hallas, T.E. 1980. The Tidal Genus Echiniscoides and Its Variability, with Erection of Echiniscoididae fam.n. (Tardigrada). Zoologica Scripta 9(1–4): 113–127. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1980.tb00657.x . Reference page.

1982

Hallas, T.E. & Kristensen, M.K. 1982. Two new species of the tidal genus Echiniscoides from Rhode Island, U.S.A. (Echiniscoididae, Heterotardigrada). Proceedings of The Third International Symposium on the Tardigrada, August 3-6, 1980, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA: 179–192. Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. 1982. The first record of cyclomorphosis in Tardigrada based on a new genus and species from Arctic meiobenthos. Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 20(4): 249–270. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1983.tb00552.x . Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. 1982. New Aberrant Eutardigrades from Homothermic Springs on Disko Island, West Greenland. Proceedings of The Third International Symposium on the Tardigrada, August 3-6, 1980, Johnson City, Tennessee, USA: 203–220. Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Niilonen, T. 1982. Structural studies on Diurodrilus Remane (Diurodrilidae fam.n.), with description of Diurodrilus westheidei sp.n. from the Arctic interstitial meiobenthos, W. Greenland. Zoologica Scripta 11(1): 1–12. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00514.x . Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Nørrevang, A. 1982. Description of Psammodrilus aedificator sp.n. (Polychaeta), with Notes on the Arctic Interstitial Fauna of Disko Island, W. Greenland. Zoologica Scripta 11(4): 265–279. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00538.x . Reference page.

1983

Crisp & Kristensen, R.M. 1983. A new marine interstitial eutardigrade from East Greenland, with comments on habitat and biology. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 144: 99-114. Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. 1983. Loricifera, a new phylum with Aschelminthes characters from the meiobenthos. Zeitschrift für zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 21(3): 163–180. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1983.tb00285.x . Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Renaud-Mornant, J. 1983. Existence d'Arthrotardigrades semi-benthiques de genres nouveaux de la sousfamille des Styraconyxinae subfam. nov. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 24: 337-353. Reference page.

1984

Kristensen, R.M. 1984. On the biology of Wingstrandarctus corallinus nov. gen. et spec., with notes on the symbiotic bacteria in the subfamily Florarctinae (Arthrotardigrada). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening 145: 201-218. Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Higgins, R.P. 1984. A new family of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) from the Atlantic Coast of Florida, U.S.A. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 103(3): 295–311. [1], Abstract. Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Higgins, R.P. 1984. Revision of Styraconyx (Tardigrada: Halechiniscidae) with description of two new species from Disko Bay, West Greenland. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 391: 1-40. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.391 . Reference page.

1986

Binda, M.G. & Kristensen, R.M. 1986. Notes on the genus Oreella (Oreellidae) and the systematic position of Carphania fluviatilis Binda, 1978 (Carphanidae fam. nov., Heterotardigrada). Animalia (Catania) 13: 9-20. Reference page.
Higgins, R.P. & Kristensen, R.M. 1986. New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 438: 70 pp. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.438 . Reference page.

1987

Kristensen, R.M. in Bertolani, R. (ed.) 1987. Generic revision of the Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada), with a discussion of the origin of the family. Biology of Tardigrades: Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on the Tardigrada, Modena, September 3-5, 1985. Reference page.

1988

Higgins, R.P. & Kristensen, R.M. 1988. Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 458: 1-56. PDF . Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Shirayama, Y. 1988. Pliciloricus hadalis (Pliciloricidae), a new loriciferan species collected from the Izu-Ogasawara Trench, Western Pacific. Zoological Science 5(4): 875–881. BHL. Reference page.

1989

Kristensen, R.M. & Higgins, R.P. 1988. Marine Tardigrada from the southeastern United States coastal waters. I. Paradoxipus orzeliscoides n. gen., n. sp. (Arthrotardigrada: Halechinescidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 108(3): 262-282. DOI: 10.2307/3226344.. Reference page.

1992

Huys, R.; Andersen, P.F. & Kristensen, R.M. 1992. Tantulacus hoegi gen. et sp. nov. (Tantulocarida: Deoterthridae) from the meiobenthos of the Faroe Bank, North Atlantic. Sarsia 76(4): 287–297. DOI: 10.1080/00364827.1992.10413486 Reference page.

1994

Eibye-Jacobsen, D. & Kristensen, R.M. 1994. A new genus and species of Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta) from Bermuda, with a phylogenetic analysis of Dorvilleidae, Iphitimidae and Dinophilidae. Zoologica Scripta 23(2): 107-131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.1994.tb00379.x Reference page.

1995

Dastych, H. & Kristensen, R.M. 1995. Echiniscus ehrenbergi sp. n., a new water bear from the Himalayas (Tardigrada). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg 11(152): 221–230. Reference page.
Funch, P. & Kristensen, R.M. 1995. Cycliophora is a new phylum with affinities to Entoprocta and Ectoprocta. Nature 378: 711–714. DOI: 10.1038/378711a0 Reference page.

1997

Huys, R.; Møbjerg, N. & Kristensen, R.M. 1997. New tantulocarid Polynyapodella ambrosei gen. et sp. nov., (Basipodellidae) from the Northeast Water Polynya (Greenland) with emphasis on the phylogeny of its host genus Cervinia (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 38: 181-199. PDF Reference page.

1998

Todaro, M.A. & Kristensen, R.M. 1998. A new species and first report of the genus Nanaloricus (Loricifera, Nanaloricida, Nanaloricidae) from the Mediterranean Sea. Italian Journal of Zoology 65(2): 219–226. DOI: 10.1080/11250009809386749 . Reference page.

1999

Miller, W.R. & Kristensen, R.M. 1999. Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic: A new species of the marine genus Echiniscoides from Macquarie Island, Subantarctica. Zoologischer Anzeiger 238(3-4): 289-294. Reference page.

2000

Kristensen, R.M. & Funch, P. 2000. Micrognathozoa: A new class with complicated jaws like those of Rotifera and Gnathostomulida. Journal of Morphology 246: 1–49. DOI: 10.1002/1097-4687(200010)246:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-D Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M. & Mackness, B.S. 2000. First record of the marine tardigrade genus Batillipes (Arthrotardigrada: Batillipedidae) from South Australia with a description of a new species. Records of the South Australian Museum 33(2): 73-87 BHL Reference page.
Sørensen, M.V. & Kristensen, R.M. 2000. Marine Rotifera from Ikka Fjord, SW Greenland. With the description of a new species from the rare mineral ikaite. Meddelelser om Grønland, Bioscience 51. DOI: 10.7146/mogbiosci.v51.142614 Reference page.

2001

Jørgensen, A. & Kristensen, R.M. 2001. A New Tanarctid Arthrotardigrade with Buoyant Bodies. Zoologischer Anzeiger 240(3-4): 425-439. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00051 . Reference page.

2003

Worsaae, K. & Kristensen, R.M. 2003. A new species of Paranerilla (Polychaeta: Nerillidae) from Northeast Greenland Waters, Arctic Ocean. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44: 23-39. PDF. Reference page.

2004

Kristensen, R.M. & Gad, G. 2004. Armorloricus, a new genus of Loricifera (Nanaloricidae) from Trezen ar Skoden (Roscoff, France). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 45(2): 121–156. Reference page.

2005

Heiner, I. & Kristensen, R.M. 2005. Two new species of the genus Pliciloricus (Loricifera, Pliciloricidae) from the Faroe Bank, North Atlantic. Zoologischer Anzeiger 243: 121-138. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2004.05.002 . Reference page.
Todaro, M.A., Balsamo, M. & Kristensen, R.M. 2005. A new genus of marine chaetonotids (Gastrotricha), with a description of two new species from Greenland and Denmark. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85(06): 1391–1400. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405012579, ResearchGate Reference page.

2006

Hansen, J.G. & Kristensen, R.M. 2006. The ‘Hyena Female’ of Tardigrades and Descriptions of Two New Species of Megastygarctides (Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from Saudi Arabia. Hydrobiologia 558: 81-101. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-1409-5 Reference page.
Obst, M., Funch, P. & Kristensen, R.M. 2006. A new species of Cycliophora from the mouthparts of the American lobster, Homarus americanus (Nephropidae, Decapoda). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 6: 83–97. DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2005.05.001 Reference page.
Park, J.-K., Rho, H.S., Kristensen, R.M., Kim, W. & Giribet, G. 2006. First Molecular Data on the Phylum Loricifera – An Investigation into the Phylogeny of Ecdysozoa with Emphasis on the Positions of Loricifera and Priapulida. Zoological Science 23(11): 943–954. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.943 . Reference page.

2007

Kristensen, R.M.; Heiner, I. & Higgins, R.P. 2007. Morphology and life cycle of a new loriciferan from the Atlantic coast of Florida with an emended diagnosis and life cycle of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera). Invertebrate Biology 126(2): 120–137. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00083.x 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.
Sørensen, M.V., Hebsgaard, M.B., Heiner, I., Glenner, H., Willerslev, E. & Kristensen, R.M. 2008. New data from an enigmatic phylum: evidence from molecular sequence data supports a sister-group relationship between Loricifera and Nematomorpha. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 46: 231–239. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00478.x . Reference page.

2009

Grilli, P.; Kristensen, R.M. & Balsamo, M. 2009. Heterolepidoderma caudosquamatum (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida), a new species from brackish waters of Denmark. Zootaxa 2173: 49–54. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Heiner, I.; Boesgaard, T.M. & Kristensen, R.M. 2009. First time discovery of Loricifera from Australian waters and marine caves. Marine Biology Research 5(6): 529–546. DOI: 10.1080/17451000902933009. Reference page.
Heiner, I. & Kristensen, R.M. 2009. Urnaloricus gadi nov. gen. et nov. sp. (Loricifera, Urnaloricidae nov. fam.), an aberrant Loricifera with a viviparous pedogenetic life cycle. Journal of Morphology 270(2): 129–153. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10671. Reference page.

2010

Kristensen, R.M.; Michalczyk, Ł. & Kaczmarek, Ł., 2010. The first record of the genus Bryodelphax (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from Easter Island, Rapa Nui (Pacific Ocean, Chile) with the description of a new species, Bryodelphax aaseae. Zootaxa 2343: 45–56. Preview Reference page.

2011

Edgecombe, G.D., Giribet, G., Dunn, C.W., Hejnol, 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.

2013

Kristensen R.M., Neves, R.C. & Gad, G. 2013. First report of Loricifera from the Indian Ocean: a new Rugiloricus-species represented by a hermaphrodite. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 54(1): 161–171. DOI: 10.21411/CBM.A.F423DABD . Reference page.
Neves, R.C. & Kristensen, R.M. 2013 (Online). A new type of loriciferan larva (Shira larva) from the deep sea of Shatsky Rise, Pacific Ocean. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 14: 163–171. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-013-0160-4 . Reference page.
Pardos, F. & Kristensen, R.M. 2013. First record of Loricifera from the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of Rugiloricus manuelae sp. nov., (Loricifera, Pliciloricidae). Helgoland Marine Research 67(4): 623–638. DOI: 10.1007/s10152-013-0349-0 . Reference page.

2014

Just, J., Kristensen, R.M. & Olesen, J. 2014. Dendrogramma, new genus, with two new non-bilaterian species from the marine bathyal of southeastern Australia (Animalia, Metazoa incertae sedis) – with similarities to some medusoids from the Precambrian Ediacara. PLoS ONE 9(9): e102976. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102976 Reference page.
Jørgensen, A.; Boesgaard, T.M.; Møbjerg, N. & Kristensen, R.M. 2014: The tardigrade fauna of Australian marine caves: With descriptions of nine new species of Arthrotardigrada. Zootaxa 3802(4): 401–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.4.1 Reference page.
Neves, R.C., Gambi, C., Danovaro, R. & Kristensen, R.M. 2014. Spinoloricus cinziae (Phylum Loricifera), a new species from a hypersaline anoxic deep basin in the Mediterranean Sea. Systematics and Biodiversity 12(4): 489–502. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2014.943820 . Reference page.

2015

Guidetti, R., Jönsson, K.I. & Kristensen, R.M. 2015. Tardigrades of Sweden; an updated check-list. Zootaxa 3981(4): 491–507. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.2 Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Kristensen, R.M., Sørensen, M.V., Hansen, J.G. & Zeppilli, D. 2015. A new species of Neostygarctus (Arthrotardigrada) from the Condor Seamount in the Azores, Northeast Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity 45: 453–467. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-015-0323-y . Reference page.

2016

Guidetti, R.; Rebecchi, L.; Bertolani, R.; Jönsson, K.I.; Kristensen, R.M. & Cesari, M. 2016. Morphological and molecular analyses on Richtersius (Eutardigrada) diversity reveal its new systematic position and lead to the establishment of a new genus and a new family within Macrobiotoidea. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178(4): 834-845. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12428 Reference page.
Hansen, J.G.; Kristensen, R.M.; Bertolani, R. & Guidetti, R. 2016. Comparative analyses of Bertolanius species (Eohypsibiidae; Eutardigrada) with the description of Bertolanius birnae sp. nov. from northern polar regions. Polar Biology 40: 123–140. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-016-1931-0 Reference page.
Møbjerg, N.; Kristensen, R.M. & Jørgensen, A. 2016. Data from new taxa infer Isoechiniscoides gen. nov. and increase the phylogenetic and evolutionary understanding of echiniscoidid tardigrades (Echiniscoidea: Tardigrada). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178(4): 804–818. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12500 Reference page.
Neves, R.C. & Kristensen, R.M. 2016. Spinoloricus neuhausi (Loricifera, Nanaloricidae), a new deep-sea species from Galápagos Spreading Center. Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 265: 171–177. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2016.01.001 Reference page.

2017

Fontoura, P., Bartels, P.J., Jørgensen, A., Kristensen, R.M. & Hansen, J.G. 2017. A dichotomous key to the genera of the Marine Heterotardigrades (Tardigrada). Zootaxa 4294(1): 1–45. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4294.1.1. Reference page.
Stec, D. & Kristensen, R.M. 2017. An integrative description of Mesobiotus ethiopicus sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Parachela: Macrobiotidae: harmsworthi group) from the northern Afrotropic region. Turkish Journal of Zoology 41: 800-811. Reference page.
Ürkmez, D.; Ostrowska, M.; Roszkowska, M.; Gawlak, M.; Zawierucha, K.; Kristensen, R.M. & Kaczmarek, Ł, 2017. Description of Megastygarctides sezginii sp. nov. (Tardigrada: Arthrotardigrada: Stygarctidae) from the Turkish Black Sea coast and a key to the genus Megastygarctides. Marine Biology Research 14(1): 1-16. DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2017.1342845. Reference page.

2018

Gąsiorek, P. & Kristensen, R.M. 2018. Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) of Tanzania and Uganda. Tropical Zoology 31(3): 131-160. DOI: 10.1080/03946975.2018.1477350 Reference page.
Gąsiorek, P., Stec, D., Zawierucha, K., Kristensen, R.M. & Michalczyk, L. 2018. Revision of Testechiniscus Kristensen, 1987 (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) refutes the polar-temperate distribution of the genus. Zootaxa 4472(2): 261–297. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4472.2.3 Reference page.
Gąsiorek, P.; Suzuki, A.C.; Kristensen, R.M.; Lachowska-Cierlik, D. & Michalczyk, L. 2018. Untangling the Echiniscus Gordian knot: Stellariscus gen. nov. (Heterotardigrada : Echiniscidae) from Far East Asia. Invertebrate Systematics 32(5): 1234-1247. DOI: 10.1071/IS18023. Reference page.
Neves, R.C., Kristensen, R.M., Rohal, M., Thistle, D.E. & Sørensen, M.V. 2018. First report of Loricifera from the North East Pacific Region, with the description of two new species. Marine Biodiversity 49: 1151–1168. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-018-0898-1 . Reference page.
Stec, D., Kristensen, R.M. & Micalczyk, L. 2018. Integrative taxonomy identifies Macrobiotus papei, a new tardigrade species of the Macrobiotus hufelandi complex (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from the Udzungwa Mountains National Park (Tanzania). Zootaxa 4446(2): 273–291. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.2.7 Reference page.

2020

Bochnak, M.; Vončina, K.; Kristensen, R.M. & Gąsiorek, P. 2020. Continued Exploration of Tanzanian Rainforests Reveals a New Echiniscid Species (Heterotardigrada). Zoological Studies 59: e18. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2020.59-18 Reference page.
Fujimoto, S.F., Yamasaki, H., Kimura, T., Ohtsuka, S. & Kristensen, R.M. 2020. A new genus and species of Loricifera (Nanaloricida: Pliciloricidae) from the deep waters of Japan. Marine Biodiversity 50(6): article 103. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01130-3 . Reference page.
Møbjerg, N.; Jørgensen, A. & Kristensen, R.M. 2020. Ongoing revision of Echiniscoididae (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscoidea), with the description of a new interstitial species and genus with unique anal structures. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 188(3): 663–680. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz122 Reference page.
Stec, D.; Kristensen, R.M. & Michalczyk, L. 2020. An integrative description of Minibiotus ioculator sp. nov. from the Republic of South Africa with notes on Minibiotus pentannulatus Londoño et al., 2017 (Tardigrada: Macrobiotidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 286: 117-134. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2020.03.007 . Reference page.
Stec, D.; Tumanov, D.V. & Kristensen, R.M. 2020. Integrative taxonomy identifies two new tardigrade species (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Greenland. European Journal of Taxonomy. 614: 1-40. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.614 Reference page.
Vončina, K., Kristensen, R.M., Gąsiorek, P. 2020 Pseudechiniscus in Japan: re-description of Pseudechiniscus asper Abe et al., 1998 and description of Pseudechiniscus shintai sp. nov. Zoosystematics and Evolution. 96(2): 527-536. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.53324 Reference page.

2021

Gąsiorek, P.; Kristensen, D.M. & Kristensen, R.M. 2021. Extreme secondary sexual dimorphism in the genus Florarctus (Heterotardigrada: Halechiniscidae). Marine Biodiversity. 51(52): 1-16 DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01183-y . Reference page.
Gąsiorek, P.; Oczkowski, A.; Blagden, B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Bartels, P.J.; Nelson, D.R.; Suzuki, A.C. & Michalczyk, L. 2021. New Asian and Nearctic Hypechiniscus species (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) signalize a pseudocryptic horn of plenty. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192(3): 794-852. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa110 Reference page.
Gąsiorek, P.; Vončina, K.; Kristensen, R.M. & Michalczyk, L. 2021. High Mountain Echiniscid (Heterotardigrada) Fauna of Taiwan. Zoological Studies 60: e70. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-70 Reference page.
Hansen, J.G. & Kristensen, R.M. 2021. A new genus and five new species of the subfamily Florarctinae (Tardigrada, Arthrotardigrada). European Journal of Taxonomy. 762(1): 149–184. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.762.1461 Reference page.
Neves, R.C., Kristensen, R.M. & Møbjerg, N. 2021. New records on the rich loriciferan fauna of Trezen ar Skoden (Roscoff, France): Description of two new species of Nanaloricus and the new genus Scutiloricus. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0250403. Reference page.

2022

DeMilio, E.; Tumanov, D.V.; Lawton, C.; Kristensen, R.M. & Hansen, J.G. 2022. Two new Bryodelphax Thulin, 1928 species (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from the Republic of Ireland with comments on the ‘weglarskae group’ and other heterotardigrade taxa, including the controversial genus Bryochoerus Marcus, 1936. Journal of Animal Diversity 4(2): 1-52. PDF Reference page.
Gąsiorek, P. & Kristensen, R.M. 2022. New marine heterotardigrade lineages (Echiniscoididae) from the tropics. The European Zoological Journal 89: 719–754. DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2022.2079737. . Reference page.
Howard, R.J., Giacomelli, M., Lozano-Fernandez, J., Edgecombe, G.D., Fleming, J.F., Kristensen, R.M., Ma, X., Olesen, J., Sørensen, M.V., Thomsen, P.F., Will, M.A., Donoghue, P.C.J. & Pisani, D. 2022. The Ediacaran origin of Ecdysozoa: Integrating fossil and phylogenomic data. Journal of the Geological Society 179(4): jgs2021-107. DOI: doi:10.1144/jgs2021-107, hdl: 2445/186596 . Reference page.
Sørensen, M.V., Grzelak, K., Kristensen, R.M. & Herranz, M. 2022. First account on Loricifera from New Zealand: A new species of Pliciloricus, and a Shira larva with postlarva representing the new genus and species Patuloricus tangaroa gen. et sp. nov. Zoologischer Anzeiger 299: 207–220. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2022.06.004 . Reference page.

2023

Sørensen, M.V., Herranz, M., Grzelak, K., Shimabukuro, M., Kristensen, R.M. & Zeppilli, D. 2023. Living on the edge – first survey of loriciferans along the Atacama Trench. European Journal of Taxonomy 879: 162–187. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.879.2169. . Reference page.
Sørensen, M.V., Herranz, M., Neves, R.C., Kristensen, R.M. & Garraffoni, A.R.S. 2023. A new Loriciferan, Scaberiloricus samba gen. et sp. nov., links the Higgins larva and the aberrant Shira larva. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 23: 787–809. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-023-00626-7 Reference page.

2025

Camarda, D.; Pai, C-Y., Kristensen, R.M. & Stec, D. 2025. Integrative description of a new freshwater tardigrade species, Dactylobiotus taiwanensis (Tardigrada: Eutardigrada: Murrayidae), discovered through social media. Zoological Studies 64: e14. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2025.64-14 Reference page.
Trokhymchuk, R.R.; Arbizu, P.M.; Kristensen, R.M. & Kieneke, A. 2025. Marine tardigrades of Princess Alice Bank (Azores, Northeast Atlantic) with a description of a new species of Quisarctus Fujimoto, 2015. Zootaxa 5711(1): 125–139. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5711.1.6. Reference page.
Vecchi, M.; Godziek, J.; Kristensen, R.M.; Piemontese, L.; Calhim, S. & Stec, D. 2025. Taxonomic reanalysis of the genus Richtersius (Tardigrada; Eutardigrada), with description of two new species from Italy and Sweden. European Journal of Taxonomy 981: 155-188. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2025.981.2823. . Reference page.

Links

Møbjerg Kristensen on Museum