Willem H. De Smet

Willem H. De Smet, Belgian biologist.

Department of Biology, Ecobe, University of Antwerp: Campus Drie Eiken Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.

Taxon names authored

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• 2 taxon names authored by Willem H. De Smet

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1982

• De Smet, W.H., 1982: Shell colour and banding polymorphism in Cepaea nemoralis (L.) (Gastropoda), from the Belgian coastal dune region. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 50: 182–201, 1 folded table

1983

• De Smet, W.H., 1983: Notes on the distribution and the shell polymorphism of Cochlicella acuta (Müller) (Gastropoda, Helicidae) in Belgium. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 51: 23–35.
• De Smet, W.H.O.; Van Rompu, E.A. (1983). Differential heat death of Cepaea nemoralis (L.) (Gastropoda) on the Belgian coastal dunes. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 51: 243–253.

1984

• De Smet, W.H.O.; Van Rompu, E.A. (1984). Shell size and thickness in adult Cepaea nemoralis (L.) (Gastropoda) from the Belgian coastal dunes. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 52: 26–34.

1985

• De Smet, W.H.O.; Van Rompu, E.A. (1985). Een scalariform exemplaar bij Cepaea nemoralis (L.) (Gastropoda, Helicidae). Natuurwet. Tijdschr. 66: 124–130

1988

• De Smet, W.H.; Van Rompu, E.A., 1988: Overzicht van de verspreiding en het polymorfisme van Cepaea nemoralis (L.), Cochlicella acuta (Müll.) en Theba pisana (Müll.) (Pulmonata: Helicidae) in de Belgische kustduinen, in: Wouters, K. et al. (Ed.) (1988). Symposium Invertebraten van België, samenvattingen, 25-26 nov. 1988. pp. 29

1989

• De Smet, W.H., 1989: Rotifera uit de Galápagoseilanden. Natuurwetenschappelijk Tijdschrift, 69, 110–131.
• De Smet, W.H.O.; Van Rompu, E.A. (1989). Survey of the distribution and shell polymorphism of Cochlicella acuta (Müller, 1774) and Theba pisana (Müller, 1774) (Pulmonata, Helicidae) along the Belgian coastal dune area, in: Wouters, K. et al. (Ed.) (1989). Invertebraten van België = Invertébrés de Belgique: Verhandelingen van het Symposium "Invertebraten van België" = Comptes rendus du Symposium "Invertébrés de Belgique" = Proceedings of the Symposium "Invertebrates of Belgium". Brussel, 25-26 November 1988. pp. 119-124
• De Smet, W.H.O.; Van Rompu, E.A. (1989). Thrush predation shell polymorphism in Cepaea nemoralis (L.) (Helicidae) along the Belgian coastal dunes. Ann. Soc. R. Zool. Bel. 119(2): 213–214

1994

• De Smet, W.H., 1994: Proales christinae (Rotifera, Proalidae): a new species from the littoral of the North Sea. Belg. J. Zool. 124(1): 21–25

1995

• De Smet, W.H., 1995: Description of Encentrum dieteri sp. nov. (Rotifera, Dicranophoridae) from the high Arctic, with redescription of E. bidentatum (Lie-Pettersen, 1906) and E. murrayi Bryce, 1922. Belg. J. Zool. 125(2): 349–361

1994

• De Smet, W.H.O.; Van Rompu, E.A. (1994). Rotifera and Tardigrada from some cryoconite holes on a Spitsbergen (Svalbard) glacier. Belg. J. Zool. 124(1): 27–37

1996

• De Smet, W.H., 1996: Description of Proales litoralis sp. nov. (Rotifers, Monogononta: Proalidae) from the marine littoral. Hydrobiologia 335: 203–208.
• De Smet, W.H., 1996: The Proalidae (Monogononta). In Nogrady T. (Ed.) Rotifera 4 In Dumont H.J. Ed.) Guides to the Identification of the Microinvertebrates of the Continental Waters of the World 9. SPB Academic, The Hague, The Netherlands, 102 pp.
• Van Rompu, E.A.; De Smet, W.H.O. (1996). Additions to the tardigrade fauna of Belgium. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 63: 76–91
• Segers, H.; De Smet, W.H.O.; Bonte, D. (1996). Description of Lepadella deridderae deridderae n. sp., n. subsp. and L. deridderae alaskae n. sp., n. subsp. (Rotifera: Monogononta, Colurellidae). Belg. J. Zool. 126(2): 117–122

1997

• De Smet, W.H. & Pourriot R., 1997: Rotifera Vol. 5: The Dicranophoridae (Monogononta). Pp. 1–325. In: Nogrady, T. & Dumont, H. J. F. (eds.): Guides to the identification of the Microinvertebrates of the continental waters of the World, 12. SPB Academic, The Hague, The Netherlands, 344 pp.

1998

• De Smet, W.H., 1998: Preparation of rotifer trophi for light and scanning electron microscopy. Hydrobiologia, 387–388: 117–121.
• De Smet, W.H., 1998: Impact of grazing activity of Polyarthra remata (Rotifera, Monogonta) on populations of Trachelomonas, in: Beeckman, T. et al. (Ed.) (1998). Populations: Natural and Manipulated, Symposium organized by the Royal Society of Natural Sciences Dodonaea, University of Gent, 29 October 1997. Biologisch Jaarboek (Dodonaea), 65: pp. 133

2000

• Friedrich, C.; De Smet, W.H.O. (2000). The rotifer fauna of Arctic sea ice from the Barents Sea, Laptev Sea and Greenland Sea. Hydrobiologia 432(1-3): 73–89. DOI: 10.1023/A:1004069903507
• De Smet, W.H., 2000: Three new species of the genus Encentrum (Rotifera,Monogononta, Dicranophoridae). Sarsia 85: 77–86.

2002

• De Smet, W.H., 2002: Marine Rotifera from the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands (Subantarctica), with the description of a new Encentrum (Monogononta: Dicranophoridae). Int. Rev. Hydrobiol. 87(4): 411–422. DOI: 10.1002/1522-2632(200207)87:4<411::AID-IROH411>3.0.CO;2-6

2003

• De Smet, W.H., 2003: Paradicranophorus sinus sp. nov. (Dicranophoridae, Monogononta) a new rotifer from Belgium, with remarks on some other species of the genus Paradicranophorus Wisziewski, 1929 and description of Donneria gen. nov. Belg. J. Zool. 133(2): 181–188.

2005

• De Smet, W.H., 2005: Study of the trophi of Testudinella Bory de St. Vincent and Pompholyx Gosse (Rotifera: Testudinellidae) by scanning electron microscopy. Hydrobiologia 546(1): 203–211. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-005-4198-y
• De Smet, W.H., 2005: Redescription of Lindia gravitata with comments on L. tecusa (Rotifera: Monogononta: Lindiidae). J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 85(6): 1467–1473. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405012658

2006

• De Smet, W.H., 2006: Asciaporrectidae, a new family of Rotifera (Monogononta: Ploima) with description of Asciaporrecta arcellicola gen. et sp. nov. and A. difflugicola gen. et sp. nov. inhabiting shells of testate amoebae (Protozoa). Zootaxa, 1339, 31–49.
• Fontaneto, D.; De Smet, W.H.O.; Ricci, C. (2006). Rotifers in saltwater environments, re-evaluation of an inconspicuous taxon. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(4): 623–656. DOI: 10.1017/S002531540601353
• De Smet, W.H., 2006: Some Marine Rotifera from Reunion Island, with a description of a new species of Lindia Harring and Myers, 1924 and one of Synchaeta Ehrenberg, 1832. Zool. Stud. 45(1): 81–92.
• De Smet, W.H.; Chernyshev, A.V.,2006: Two new species of Dicranophoridae (Rotifera: Monogononta) from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86(4): 657–663. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013543

2007

• De Smet, W.H., 2007: Description of two new species of Myersinella (Rotifera: Monogononta: Dicranophoridae) from the Mediterranean. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 87(5): 1105–1110. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315407057591

2008

• Segers, H.; De Smet, W.H. (2008). Diversity and endemism in Rotifera: a review, and Keratella Bory de St Vincent. Biodivers. Conserv. 17(2): 303–316.
• Fontaneto, D.; De Smet, W.H.; Melone, G. (2008). Identification key to the genera of marine rotifers worldwide. Meiofauna Mar. 16: 75–99

2009

• De Smet, W.H., 2009: A review of the marine and brackish-water species of Testudinella (Rotifera: Monogononta, Testudinellidae), with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 2092: 1–20

2010

• Wei, N.; De Smet, W.H.; Xu, R.L. (2010). A new species of Testudinella (Rotifera: Testudinellidae) From Qi’ao Island, Pearl River estuary, China. Acta zool. Acad. Sci. Hung. (1994) 56(4): 307–315

2011

• Wei, N.; De Smet, W.H.; Xu, R. (2011). Two new brackish-water species of Testudinella (Rotifera: Testudinellidae) from Qi’ao Island in the Pearl River estuary, China, with a key to marine and brackish-water Testudinella. Zootaxa 3051: 41–56

2012

• Segers, H.; De Smet, W.H.; Fischer, C.; Fontaneto, D.; Michaloudi, E.; Wallace, R.L.; Jersabek, C.D. (2012). Towards a list of available names in Zoology, partim Phylum Rotifera. Zootaxa 3179: 61–68
• 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. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033801

2013

• Leasi, F.; Tang, C.Q.; De Smet, W.H.O.; Fontaneto, D. (2013). Cryptic diversity with wide salinity tolerance in the putative euryhaline Testudinella clypeata (Rotifera, Monogononta). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 168(1): 17–28

2014

• De Smet, W.H.; Schmid-Araya, J.M., 2014: Encentrum essexis sp. n. (Monogononta: Dicranophoridae), a new rotifer inhabiting stream benthos from East England. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae [n.s.], 60(3): 199–206. full paper (PDF)

2015

• De Smet, W.H. 2015: Description of Pseudingolfiella possessionis n. sp. (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from sub-Antarctic Île de La Possession, Crozet archipelago: the second freshwater amphipod known from the Antarctic biome, a human introduction of Gondwanan ancestry? Zootaxa 3941(2): 221–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3941.2.3. Reference page. 
• De Smet, W.H. 2015. Rotifera from the Mediterranean Sea, with description of ten new species. Zootaxa 4028(2): 151–196. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4028.2.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Segers, H., De Smet, W.H., Fontaneto, D., Hinz, C., Hussey, C.G., Michaloudi, E., Wallace, R.L. & Jersabek, C.D. 2016. Period of public commentary begins on the revised proposal of species-group level names, and on the proposal of genus-group level names of the Candidate Part of List of Available Names (LAN) in the phylum Rotifera. Zootaxa 4066(1): 81–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.7 Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• De Smet, W.H. & Bozkurt, A. 2016. Cotylegaleata iskenderunensis n. sp., the second known species of the rotifer family Cotylegaleatidae (Monogononta: Ploima). Zootaxa 4193(1): 177–183. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4193.1.9. Reference page. 
• De Smet, W.H. & Verolet, M. 2016. Epibiotic rotifers of Gammarus pulex (L.) (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with descriptions of two new species and notes on the terminology of the trophi. Zootaxa 4107(3): 301–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4107.3.1. Reference page. 

2018

• Jersabek, C.D., De Smet, W.H., Hinz, C., Fontaneto, D., Hussey, C.G., Michaloudi, E., Wallace, R.L. & Segers, H. 2018a. List of Available Names in Zoology, Candidate Part Phylum Rotifera, genus-group names established before 1 January 2000. [1] + 24 + 9 + [2]. Archive. PDF. Reference page. 
• Jersabek, C.D., De Smet, W.H., Hinz, C., Fontaneto, D., Hussey, C.G., Michaloudi, E., Wallace, R.L. & Segers, H. 2018b. List of Available Names in Zoology, Candidate Part Phylum Rotifera, species-group names established before 1 January 2000. [3] + 231 + [1] + 45 + 54 + [2]. Archive. PDF. Reference page.