Publications

Stanjek H & Wägele JW 1980: Note on the occurrence of Phoronis australis Haswell, 1882 in the Eastern Mediterranean. Vie Milieu 31(3-4): 339-340.

 

Wägele H 1983: Rasterelektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an Radulae einiger Nordseeschnecken (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) mit Anmerkungen zur Funktionsmorphologie. Drosera 2: 69-78.

 

Wägele H 1984: Kiemen und Hämolymphkreislauf von Phyllidia pulitzeri (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Doridacea). Zoomorpholgy 104: 246-251.

 

Wägele H 1985: The anatomy and histology of Phyllidia pulitzeri Pruvot-Fol, 1962, with remarks on the three Mediterranean species of Phyllidia (Nudibranchia, Doridacea. Veliger 28(1): 63-79.

 

Wägele JW, Arntz W, Gutt J, Kühl S, Lorenz P, Spindler M & Wägele H 1985: Studies on Antarctic zoobenthos. Ber Polarf 25: 129-132.

 

Lorenz P, Wägele H & Wägele JW 1985: Verbreitung, Biologie und Physiologie des Makrozoobenthos. Ber Polarf 25: 66-68.

 

Wägele H 1986: On the distribution of some Antarctic Nudibranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Malacologia 13.

 

Wägele H 1987a: Redescription and anatomy of Aegires ( Anaegires) albus Thiele, 1912 (Opisthobranchia, Doridacea) and synonymy with A. protectus Odhner, 1934. Polar Biol 7: 267-272.

 

Wägele H 1987b: The distribution of some Antarctic nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia). J Moll Stud 53: 179-188.

 

Wägele H & Schminke G 1987: Schmetterlinge der Meere; die Nacktkiemerschnecken. Unterricht Biologie 127, Beihefter.

 

Wägele H 1988: Riesenwuchs contra spektakulärer Farbenpracht -  Nudibranchia der Antarktis. Natur und Museum 118(2): 46-53.

 

Wägele H 1989a: Bathydoris clavigera Thiele, 1912: redescription of the undissected holotype, and the synonymy of B. obliquata. Veliger 32(1): 81-83.

 

Wägele H 1989b: Revision of the Antarctic species of Bathydoris Bergh, 1884 and comparison with other known bathydorids (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). J Moll Stud 55: 343-364.

 

Wägele H 1989c: On the anatomy and zoogeography of Tritoniella belli Eliot, 1907 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) and the synonymy of T. sinuata Eliot, 1907. Polar Biol 9: 235-243.

 

Wägele H 1989d: Note on the diet of some Antarctic nudibranchs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia Nudibranchia). Mar Biol 100: 439-441.

 

Wägele H 1989e: Histologische Untersuchungen des Genitaltraktes einiger antarktischer Nudibranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Zool Jb Anat 119: 107-128.

 

Wägele H 1989f: Über die Morphologie und Feinstruktur einiger Eigelege antarktischer Nudibranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca). Zool Anz 222 (3/4): 225-243.

 

Wägele H 1989g: Die Gattung Bathydoris Bergh, 1884 (Gnathodoridacea) im phylogenetischen System der Nudibranchia (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda). Z zool Syst Evolut-forsch 27: 273-281.

 

Wägele H 1990a: Revision of the genus Austrodoris Odhner, 1926 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). J Moll Stud 56: 163-180.

 

Wägele H 1990b: Opisthobranchia. In: Sieg J & Wägele JW (eds). Fauna der Antarktis. Paul Parey, Berlin und Hamburg. 72-77.

 

Wägele H 1990c: Revision of the Antarctic genus Notaeolidia Eliot, 1905 (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) with a description of a new species. Zool Scripta 19(3): 309-330.

 

Wägele H 1991a: Studies on the morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic genera Pseudotritonia Thiele, 1912 and Telarma Odhner, 1934 with a discussion of the family Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926 (Nudibranchia, Opisthobranchia). J Linn Soc 101: 359-389.

 

Wägele H 1991b: Further results on the distribution of some endemic Antarctic Nudibranchia (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). J Moll Stud 57: 337-345.

 

Wägele H & S HAIN 1991: Description of a new notaspidean genus and species (Opisthobranchia, Notaspidea) from the Antarctic Ocean. J Moll Stud (Suppl) 57: 229-242.

 

Hain S, Wägele S & Willan RC 1993: Tomthompsonia spiroconchalis Wägele & Hain, 1991 (Opithobranchia: Notaspidea): A junior synonym of Adeorbis antarcticus Thiele, 1912 (Prosobranchia: Truncatelloidea) with notes on diet and histology. J Moll Stud 59: 366-368.

 

Wägele H 1993: New results on the systematics of Nudibranchia from the Southern Polar Seas. Boll. Malacologico, Milano 29(5-8): 181-190.

 

Wägele H & RC Willan 1994: The morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic gastropod Bathyberthella antarctica Willan & Bertsch, 1987 (Opisthobranchia, Notaspidea). Zool Scr. 24(4): 313-324.

 

Stanjek H, Fassbinder JEW, Vali H, Wägele H & Graf W 1994: Evidence of biogenic greigite (ferrimagnetic Fe3S4)) in soil. Europ J Soil Sci 45: 97-103.

 

Wägele H 1995a: On the morphology and taxonomy of the Antarctic species of Tritonia Cuvier, 1897 (Dendronotoidea, Nudibranchia). J Linn Soc 113: 21-46.

 

Wägele H, Bullough L & Barnes D 1995b: Anatomy of Pseudotritionia Thiele, 1912 and Notaeolidia Eliot, 1905 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia) from Signy Island, Antarctica. J Moll Stud 61: 209-213.

 

Wägele H, Barnes D & Bullough L 1995c: Redescription of Charcotia granulosa Vayssière, 1906 (Nudibranchia, Arminoidea, Charcotiidae) from Signy Island, Antarctica. J Moll Stud 61: 197-207.

 

Wägele H 1996a: On egg clutches of some Antarctic Opisthobranchia. Molluscan Reproduction, Malacol Rev, Suppl 6: 21-30.

 

Wägele H & Stanjek G 1996b: Spermatocyte chromosomes of six species of opisthobranchs. Ophelia 45(3): 191-198.

 

Wägele H 1997: On the phylogeny of the Nudibranchia (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Verh. Dtsch. Zool. Ges. 90.1: 184.

 

Wollscheid E & Wägele H 1997: Reconstruction of the phylogeny of the enigmatic molluscan order Nudibranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) using molecular genetic techniques. Verh. Dtsch. Zool. Ges. 90.1: 185.

 

Wägele H 1997/98: Histological investigation of some organs and specialized cellular structures in Opisthobranchia (Gastropoda) with the potential to yield phylogenetically significant characters. Zool. Anz. 236: 119-131.

 

Kolb A & Wägele H 1998: On the phylogeny of the Arminidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) with considerations of biogeography. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Research 36: 53-64.

 

Schulze A & Wägele H 1998: Morphology, anatomy and histology of Flabellina affinis (Gmelin, 1791) (Nudibranchia, Aeolidoidea, Flabellinidae) and its relation to other Mediterranean Flabellina species. J. Moll. Stud. 64: 195-214.

 

Weiß K & Wägele H 1998: On the morphology, anatomy and histology of three Onchidella-species (Gastropoda, Gymnomorpha, Onchidiida). Arch. Molluskenkunde 127(1/2): 69-91.

 

Wägele H, Brodie G & Klussmann-Kolb A 1999: Histological investigations on Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855) (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Dendrodorididae). Moll. Res. 20(1): 79-94.

 

Wägele H & Wollscheid E 1999: Molecular systematics versus morphological systematics - examples of incongruency within the doridoidean opisthobranchs with regard to both methods. Zoology, Suppl. II (Abstracts. 92.1): 11.

 

Wollscheid E & Wägele H 1999: Initial results on the molecular phylogeny of the Nudibranchia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) based on 18S rDNA data. Mol Phyl Evol 13: 215-226.

 

Wägele H & Willan RC 2000: On the phylogeny of the Nudibranchia. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 130 (1): 83-181.

 

Wägele H 2001: Schmetterlinge der Meere - Vielfalt und Farbenpracht bei Hinterkiemerschnecken Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 54(2): 61-70.

 

Klussmann-Kolb A & Wägele H 2001: On the fine structure of opisthobranch egg masses (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zool. Anz. 240: 101-118.

 

Schrödl M & Wägele H 2001: Anatomy and histology of Corambe lucea Marcus, 1959, with a discussion of corambid phylogeny. Org. Div. Evol. 1(1): 3-16.

 

Schrödl M, Wägele H & Willan RC 2001: Taxonomic redescription of the Doridoxidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), an enigmatic family of deep water nudibranchs, with discussion of basal nudibranch phylogeny. Zool. Anz. 240: 83-97.

 

Wägele H & Cervera L 2001: Histological study on Goniodoris castanea Alder & Hancock, 1845 (Nudibranchia, Doridoidea, Goniodorididae). J. Morph. 250: 61-69.

 

Wägele H & G Johnsen 2001: Observations on the histology and photosynthetic performance of "solar-powered" opisthobranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) containing symbiotic chloroplasts or zooxanthellae. Org. Divers. Evol. 1(3): 193-210.

 

Wägele H 2001: Die vielfältigen Wege der Evolution - Biodiversität diskutiert am Beispiel der opisthobranchiaten Schnecken. In: Winnacker, E. L., et al. Unter jedem Stein liegt ein Diamant. Struktur - Dynamik - Evolution. S. Hirzel Verlag Stuttgart - Leipzig. 197-203.

 

Wollscheid-Lengeling E, Boore J, Brown W & Wägele H  2001: The phylogeny of Nudibranchia (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda, Mollusca) reconstructed by three molecular markers. Org. Divers. Evol. 1(4): 241-256.

 

Wägele H, Vonnemann V & Wägele JW 2003: Toward a phylogeny of the Opisthobranchia. 185-228 In: Lydeard C & Lindberg D (eds.) Molecular systematics and phylogeography of mollusks. Smithsonian Institution Press.312 pp.

 

Burghardt I & Wägele H. 2004. A new solar powered species of the genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from Indonesia with analysis of its photosynthetic activity and notes on biology. Zootaxa 596: 1-18

 

Wägele H 2004. Potential key characters in Opisthobranchia (Gastropoda, Mollusca) enhancing adaptive radiation, Org. Div. Evol. 4: 175-188.

 

Wägele H & Klussmann-Kolb A 2005. Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) - more than just slimy slugs. Shell reduction and its implications on defence and foraging. Frontiers in Zoology 2: 1-18.

 

Burghardt I,  Evertsen J, Johnsen G & Wägele H. 2005. Mutualistic symbiosis of aeolid Nudibranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) with zooxanthellae of the genus Symbiodinium.  Symbiosis, 38: 227-250.

 

Vonnemann V, Schrödl M, Klussmann-Kolb A & Wägele H. 2005. Reconstruction of the phylogeny of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca, Gastropoda) by means of 18S and 28S rDNA sequences. J. Moll. Stud. 71: 113-125.

 

Wägele H, Ballesteros M & Avila C 2006. Defensive glandular structures in opisthobranch molluscs - from histology to ecology. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 44,197-276.

 

Burghardt I & Wägele H 2006. Interspecific differences in the efficiency and photosynthetic characteristics of the symbiosis of "solarpowered" Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with zooxanthellae. In: Contemporary studies into the systmatics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs. Brodie G, Fahey S & Wells F (eds). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 1-9.

 

Wägele H, Burghardt I, Anthes N, Evertsen J, Klussmann-Kolb A & G. Brodie 2006. Biodiversity of Opisthobranch Molluscs from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. In: Contemporary studies into the systmatics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs. Brodie G, Fahey S & Wells F (eds). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 33-59.

 

Wägele H, Vonnemann V & Rudman WB 2006. Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786) (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Tylodinoidea) and the synonymy of U. mediterraneum. In: Contemporary studies into the systmatics and evolution of opisthobranch molluscs. Brodie G, Fahey S & Wells F (eds). Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69: 69-82.

 

Burghardt I, Carvalho R, Eheberg D, Gerung G, Kaligis F, Mamangkey G, Schrödl M, Schwabe E, Vonnemann V & Wägele H 2006. Molluscan diversity at Bunaken National Park, Sulawesi. J. Zool. Soc. Wallacea 2: 29-43.

 

Evertsen J, Burghardt I, Johnsen G & Wägele H 2007. Retention of functional chloroplasts in some sacoglossans from the Indo-Pacific and Mediterranean. Marine Biology 151: 2159-2166.

 

Grzymbowski Y, Stemmer K & Wägele H 2007. On a new Ercolania Trinchese, 1872 (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa, Limapontiidae) living within Boergesenia Feldmann, 1950 (Cladophorales), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology. Zootaxa 1577: 3-16.

 

Affeld S, Wägele H, Avila C, Kehraus S, König M 2007. Distribution of homarine in some Opisthobranchia (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55(2006): 181-190.

 

Händeler K & Wägele H 2007. Preliminary study on molecular phylogeny of Sacoglossa and a compilation of their food organisms. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55(2006): 231-254.

 

Wägele H, Klussmann-Kolb A, Vonnemann V & Medina M. 2007. Heterobranchia I: the Opisthobranchia. In Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca.  Edited by Ponder WF & Lindberg DR.  Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp 383-406.

 

Burghardt I, Stemmer K & Wägele H 2008. Symbiosis between Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) and different taxa of Nudibranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda, with analyses of longterm retention. Org. Div. & Evol. 8: 66-76.

 

Kiko,R, Kramer M, Spindler M, Wägele, H 2008. Tergipes antarcticus (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia): distribution, life cycle and adaptation of the first mollusc known to live in Antarctic sea ice. Polar Biology DOI 10.1007/s00300-008-0478-0

 

Burghardt I, Schrödl M & Wägele H. 2008 Three new solar powered species of the genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from the tropical Indopacific with analysis of their photosynthetic activity and notes on biology. J. Moll. Stud. 74: 277-292

 

Affeld S, Kehraus S, Wägele H, König G. 2009. Dietary derived sesquiterpenes from Phyllodesmium lizardensis Burghardt, Schrödl & Wägele (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Aeolidoidea). J. Nat. Prod. 72: 298-300.

 

Fisch K M , Gillispy A F,  Gipson M,  Henrikson  J C, Hoover A R,  Jackson L 2009 Chemical induction of silent biosynthetic pathway transcription in Aspergillus niger. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology

 

Wägele  JW, Letsch H, Klussmann-Kolb A, Mayer C,  Misof B, Wägele H. 2009 Support values are not necessarily informative: the case of the Serialia hypothesis (a mollusk phylogeny). Frontiers in Zoology 6: 12

 

Händeler K,  Grzymbowski Y, Krug  PJ,  Wägele H. 2009 Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life. Frontiers in Zoology (Dez.09)

 

Händeler K, Wägele H, Wahrmund U, Rüdinger M, Knoop V. 2010 Slugs' last meals: Molecular identification of sequestered chloroplasts from different algal origins in Sacoglossa (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda). Mol. Ecol. Res.10: 968-978.

 

Wägele H, Raupach MJ, Burghardt I, Grzymbowsky Y, Händeler K. 2010 Solar powered seaslugs: Incorporation of photosynthetic units - a key character enhancing radiation?  Evolution in Action - Adaptive Radiations and the Origins of Biodiversity. (ed. Matthias Glaubrecht) Fischer Verlag: 263-282.

 

Putz A, König G, Wägele H. 2010 Defensive strategies of Cladobranchia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) J. Nat. Prod. 27, 1386-1402.

 

Wägele H., Stemmer K., Burghardt I. Händeler K, 2010. Two new sacoglossan sea slug species (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda): Ercolania annelyleorum sp. nov. (Limapontioidea) and Elysia asbecki sp. nov. (Plakobranchoidea), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology. Zootaxa 2676: 1-28.

 

Wägele H. 2010. Hinterkiemerschnecken (Opisthobranchia) - Schokoladenseiten einer als schleimig verrufenen Tiergruppe. Koenigiana 4: 61-71.

 

Wägele H, Deusch O, Händeler K, Martin R, Schmitt V; Christa G, Pinzger B, Gould SB, Dagan T, Klusmann-Kolb A, Martin W. 2010 Transcriptomic evidence that longevity of acquired plastids in the photosynthetic slugs Elysia timida and Plakobrachus ocellatus does not entail lateral transfer of algal nuclear genes. Mol Biol Evol. 28: 699-706

 

Putz A., Kehraus S.; Díaz-Agras G.,Wägele H., M. König G.M. Dotofide, a guanidine-interrupted terpenoid from the marine slug Doto pinnatifida (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). European Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2011: 3733-3737
(EurJOC)

 

Schmitt V & Wägele H. 2011. Behavioral adaptations in relation to long-term retention of endosymbiotic chloroplasts in the sea slug Elysia timida (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa). Thalassas 27: 225-238.

 

Wägele H, Klussmann-Kolb A, Kuhlmann M, Haszprunar G, Lindberg D, Koch AP, Wägele JW 2011. The taxonomist - an endangered race. A practical proposal for its survival. Frontiers in Zoology, 8:25

 

Hülsken T, Wägele H, Peters B, Mather A, Hollmann M 2011 Molecular analysis of adults and egg masses reveals two independent lineages within the infaunal gastropod Naticarius onca (Röding, 1798) (Caenogastropoda: Naticidae). Moll Res 31: 141-151