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Dr. Birger Neuhaus

  • Publications

    Dr. Birger Neuhaus

    Ivanova, E. S. & B. Neuhaus (2009): Malvinia crassum gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda, Drilonematoidea) – a parasite of the acanthodrilid earthworm Notiodrilus bovei from the Falkland Islands. Nematology 11: 39-45

    Heiner, I. & B. Neuhaus (2007): Loricifera from the deep sea at the Galápagos spreading center, with a description of Spinoloricus turbatio gen. et sp. nov. (Nanaloricidae). - Helgol. Mar. Res. 61: 167–182.

    Neuhaus, B. & R. M. Kristensen (2007): Ultrastructure of the protonephridia of larval Rugiloricus cf. cauliculus, male Armorloricus elegans and female Nanaloricus mysticus (Loricifera). J. Morphol. 268: 357-370.

    Liesenjohann, T., B. Neuhaus & A. Schmidt-Rhaesa (2006): Head sensory organs of Dactylopodola baltica (Macrodasyida, Gastrotricha): A combination of transmission electron microscopical and immunocytochemical techniques. - J. Morphol. 267: 897-908.

    Neuhaus, B. & T. Blasche (2006): Fissuroderes, a new genus of Kinorhyncha (Cyclorhagida) from the deep sea and continental shelf of New Zealand and from the continental shelf of Costa Rica. - Zool. Anz. 245: 19-52.
    Neuhaus, B. (2004): Description of Campyloderes cf. vanhoeffeni (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) from the central American East Pacific deep sea with a review of the genus. - Meiofauna Mar. 13: 3-20.

    Neuhaus, B. (2003): Kinorhyncha. In: R. Hofrichter (Hrsg.), Das Mittelmeer - Fauna, Flora, Ökologie, Bd. II/1 Bestimmungsführer Prokaryota, Protista, Fungi, Algae, Plantae, Animalia (bis Nemertea). - Spektrum Verlag, Heidelberg, S. 646-653.

    Neuhaus, B. & R. P. Higgins (2002): Ultrastructure, biology, and phylogenetic relationships of Kinorhyncha. - Integ. Comp. Biol 42: 619-632.

    Neuhaus, B. (1999): Kinorhyncha. In: E. Knobil & J. D. Neill (Hrsg.), Encyclopedia of reproduction, Vol. 2, pp. 933-937. - Academic Press, New York.

    Kristensen, R. M. & B. Neuhaus (1999): The ultrastructure of the cuticle with special attention to marine tardigrades. - Zool. Anz. 238: 261-281.

    Hartwich, G., I. Kilias & B. Neuhaus (1998): Die Acanthocephalen-Typen des Museums für Naturkunde in Berlin. - Mitt. Mus. Naturkde. Berlin, Zool. R. 74: 249-258.

    Neuhaus, B., J. Bresciani, C. M. Christensen & C. Sommer (1997): Morphological variation of the corona radiata of Oesophagostomum dentatum, O. quadrispinulatum, and O. radiatum (Strongylida, Nematoda). - J. Helminthol. Soc. Wash. 64: 128-136.

    Neuhaus, B., R. M. Kristensen & W. Peters (1997): Ultrastructure of the cuticle of Loricifera and demonstration of chitin using wheat germ agglutinin. - Acta Zoologica 78: 215-225.

    Neuhaus, B., J. Bresciani & W. Peters (1997): Ultrastructure of the pharyngeal cuticle and lectin labelling with wheat germ agglutinin-gold conjugate indicating chitin in the pharyngeal cuticle of Oesophagostomum dentatum (Strongylida, Nematoda). - Acta Zoologica 78: 205-213.

    Neuhaus, B. (1997): Ultrastructure of head sensory organs in Pycnophyes kielensis and P. dentatus (Homalorhagida, Kinorhyncha). - Zoomorphology 117: 33-40.

    Neuhaus, B., J. Bresciani, C. M. Christensen & F. Frandsen (1996): Ultrastructure and development of the body cuticle of Oesophagostomum dentatum (Strongylida, Nematoda). J. Parasitol. 82: 820-828.

    Neuhaus, B. (1995): Postembryonic development of Paracentrophyes praedictus (Homalorhagida): Neoteny questionable among the Kinorhyncha. - Zoologica Scripta 24: 179-192.

    Neuhaus, B. (1994): Ultrastructure of alimentary canal and body cavity, ground pattern, and phylogenetic relationships of the Kinorhyncha. - Microfauna Marina 9: 61-156.
    Neuhaus, B. (1993): Postembryonic development of Pycnophyes kielensis and P. dentatus (Kinorhyncha) from the North Sea. - Microfauna Marina 8: 163-193.

    Neuhaus, B. (1988): Ultrastructure of the protonephrida of Pycnophyes kielensis (Kinorhyncha, Homalorhagida). Zoomorphology 108: 245-253.

    Neuhaus, B. (1987): Ultrastructure of the protonephridia in Dactylopodola baltica and Mesodasys laticaudatus (Macrodasyida): Implications for the ground pattern of the Gastrotricha. - Microfauna Marina 3: 419-438

  • Lebenslauf

    • born: 1960
    • 1980 - 1986: Studies of biology at Göttingen
    • 1985 - 1986: Master's Thesis „On the ultrastructure of the protonephridia of the Gastrotricha“, supervisor Prof. Dr. P. Ax
    • 1986 - 1991: PhD Thesis „On the ultrastructure, postembryonic development and phylogenetic relationships of the Kinorhyncha“, supervisor Prof. Dr. P. Ax
    • 1987 - 1989: Dissertation grant (Niedersächsisches Graduiertenförderungsgesetz)
    • 1989: Visiting scientist at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, at the Baruch Marine Field Laboratory, Georgetown, SC, and at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Link Port, FL (2 months, DAAD)
    • 1992: Visiting scientist on Carrie Bow Cay, Belize (2 months, travel grant DFG, grant Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystems Program, Smithsonian Institution)
    • 1992 - 1993: Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Museum of Natural History (grant Smithsonian Institution)
    • 1993: Visiting scientist at the Smithsonian Marine Station in Link Port, FL (1 month)
    • 1994: Visiting scientist at the University of Düsseldorf, as well as at the Zoologisk Museum and at the Institute for Cell Biology and Anatomy, Copenhagen (6 months, Sachbeihilfe DFG)
    • 1994 - 1995: Visiting scientist at the Danish Centre for Experimental Parasitology, Copenhagen
    • since 1995: Curator of „worm-like animals“ at the Museum of Natural History, Berlin
  • Tasks

    • Curator of the collection  "Vermes" (= "worm-like animals")
    • Responsible for the light microscopical equipment of the zoological collections and central laboratory

    Assisted Collections

    The collection "Vermes" contains a mixture of invertebrate, worm-like animals which are generally not phylogenetically related to each other: Plathelminthes = flatworms, Gnathostomulida = "jaw mouth worms", Nemertini = ribbon worms, Rotatoria = wheel animals, Acanthocephala = "prickly head animals", Gastrotricha = "bottle animals" or "belly-haired animals", Nematoda = threadworms or roundworms, Nematomorpha = horsehair worms, Kinorhyncha = "muddragons", Priapulida = "love worms", Loricifera = corset animals, Sipuncula = peanut worms, Echiura = spoonworms, Pogonophora = beard worms, Annelida = segmented worms, Chaetognatha = arrow worms. About 100,000 specimens are catalogued under some 30,000 lot numbers. The collection contains type material of more than 2,140 species which can be searched in the Datenbank SeSam.

    Research

    Reserach interestes

    • Phylogenetic relationships within the group Nemathelminthes (= Aschelminthes) and relationships of Nemathelminthes to other invertebrates
    • Taxonomy, zoogeography and evolution of the Kinorhyncha (= "muddragons")

    Research projects

    • Biological studies about selected animal key groups during the deep-sea expedition SO 208 with R/V "Sonne" to the equatorial East Pacific
    • Establishment and public communication of a science-based collection management of zoological wet collections in the frame of the "KUR – Programme of conservation and restauration of mobile cultural heritage"

    Publications (Selection)

    Ivanova, E. S. & B. Neuhaus (2009): Malvinia crassum gen. et sp. n. (Nematoda, Drilonematoidea) - a parasite of the acanthodrilid earthworm Notiodrilus bovei from the Falkland Islands. Nematology 11: 39-45

    Heiner, I. & B. Neuhaus (2007): Loricifera from the deep sea at the Galápagos spreading center, with a description of Spinoloricus turbatio gen. et sp. nov. (Nanaloricidae). - Helgol. Mar. Res. 61: 167-182.

    Neuhaus, B. & R. M. Kristensen (2007): Ultrastructure of the protonephridia of larval Rugiloricus cf. cauliculus, male Armorloricus elegans and female Nanaloricus mysticus (Loricifera). J. Morphol. 268: 357-370.

    Liesenjohann, T., B. Neuhaus & A. Schmidt-Rhaesa (2006): Head sensory organs of Dactylopodola baltica (Macrodasyida, Gastrotricha): A combination of transmission electron microscopical and immunocytochemical techniques. - J. Morphol. 267: 897-908.

    Neuhaus, B. & T. Blasche (2006): Fissuroderes, a new genus of Kinorhyncha (Cyclorhagida) from the deep sea and continental shelf of New Zealand and from the continental shelf of Costa Rica. - Zool. Anz. 245: 19-52.