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Prof. Dr. Carsten Lüter

Prof. Dr. Carsten Lüter
  • Publications

    Original papers and book chapters:

    Sumner-Rooney, L., Kirwan, J.D., Lüter, C. & Ullrich-Lüter, E. (2021): Run and hide: visual performance in a brittle star. Journal of Experimental Biology. JEXBIO/2020/236653.

    Lüter, C. (2020): Brachiopoda. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. (ed.) Guide to the identification of marine meiofauna. Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, München, pp. 327-330.

    Lüter, C. & Scholz, J. (2019): Lophophorata (Tentaculata) - Kranzfühler. In: Klausnitzer, B., Hannemann, H.-J. & Senglaub, K. (eds.) Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland, Wirbellose 1 (ohne Insekten). Spektrum, Heidelberg, pp. 605-640.

    Gross, V., Treffkorn, S., Reichelt, J., Epple, L., Lüter, C. & Mayer, G. (2019): Miniaturization of tardigrades (water bears): Morphological and genomic perspectives. Arthropod Structure & Development 48, 12-19.

    Simon, E., Lüter, C., Logan, A. & Mottequin, B. (2018): Recent thecideide brachiopods (Thecideida, Thecideoidea) from northern Sulawesi (Indonesia) with discovery of a new Thecidellina species (Thecidellinidae). Zootaxa 4526 (4), 481-515.

    Lüter, C., Ebeling, N.A. & Aberhan, A. (2017): Detecting hybridization between sister species of Terebratulina (Brachiopoda, Cancellothyridoidea) in the North Atlantic: morphology versus molecules. nature Scientific Reports 7, 8845.

    Ullmann, C.V., Frei, R., Korte, C. & Lüter, C. (2017): Element/Ca, C and O isotope ratios in modern brachiopods: Species-specific signals of biomineralization. Chemical Geology 460: 15-24.

    Lüter, C. (2016): Phylum Brachiopoda: The lamp shells. In: Brusca, R.C., Moore, W. & Shuster, S.M. (eds.) Invertebrates, 3rd edition. Sinauer, Sunderland, pp. 657-665.

    Lüter, C., Kohlberg, G. & Schories, D. (2016) Lamp shells (Brachiopoda). In: Schories, D. & Kohlberg, G. (eds.) Marine Wildlife King George Island, Antarctica. Schories Publications, Rostock, pp. 240-241.

    Beaman, R.J., Bridge, T.C.L., Lüter, C., Reitner, J. & Wörheide, G. (2016): Spatial patterns in the distribution of benthic assemblages across a large depth gradient in the Coral Sea, Australia. Marine Biodiversity. Online First: 6. Jan. 2016. doi:10.​1007/​s12526-015-0434-5

    Lüter, C. (2015): Brachiopoda. In: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Harzsch, S. & Purschke, G. (eds.) Structure and Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous Systems. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 341-350.

    Logan, A., Hoffmann, J. & Lüter. C. (2015): Checklist of Recent thecideoid brachiopods from the Indian Ocean and Red Sea, with a description of a new species of Thecidellina from Europa Island and a re-description of T. blochmanni Dall from Christmas Island. Zootaxa 4013(2): 225-234. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.4

    Jackson, D.J., Mann, K., Haeussermann, V., Schillhabel, M., Lüter, C., Griesshaber, E., Schmahl, W. & Wörheide, G. (2015): The Magellania venosa biomineralizing proteome: a window into brachiopod shell evolution. Genome Biology and Evolution 75, 1349-1362. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evv074

    Seidel, R. & Lüter, C. (2014): Overcoming the fragility – X-ray computed micro-tomography elucidates brachiopod endoskeletons. Frontiers in Zoology 11: 65. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-014-0065-x

    Oliveira, I., Lüter, C., Wolf, K.W. & Mayer, G. (2014): On the evolutionary changes in the integument of the onychophoran Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Peripatidae). Invertebrate Biology 133, 274-280. DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12063

    Nauendorf, A., Wörheide, G. & Lüter, C. (2014): Revision of the brachiopod genus Amphithyris (Rhynchonelliformea: Platidiidae) with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3847 (2): 221-240. dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3847.2.3

    Forchielli, A., Steiner, M., Hu, S., Lüter, C. & Keupp, H. (2014): Taphonomy of the earliest Cambrian linguliform brachiopods. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59, 185-207. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.2011.0182

    Cohen, B.L., Kaulfuss, A. & Lüter, C. (2014): Craniid brachiopods: aspects of clade structure and distribution reflect continental drift (Brachiopoda: Craniiformea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171, 133-150. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12121

    Lüter, C. (2013): Cycliophora. In: Westheide, W. & Rieger, G. (eds.) Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 1: Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere, 3rd edition. Springer, Heidelberg. pp. 252-254.

    Lüter, C., Gruhl, A. & Bartolomaeus, T. (2013): Lophophorata (Tentaculata). In: Westheide, W. & Rieger, G. (eds.) Spezielle Zoologie, Teil 1: Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere, 3rd edition. Springer, Heidelberg. pp. 229-251.

    Kaulfuss, A., Seidel, R. & Lüter, C. (2013): Linking micromorphism, brooding and hermaphroditism in articulate brachiopods: insights from Caribbean Argyrotheca (Brachiopoda). Journal of Morphology 274, 361-374. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20093

    Seidel, R., Hoffmann, J., Kaulfuss, A. & Lüter, C. (2012): Comparative histology of larval brooding in Thecideoidea (Brachiopoda). Zoologischer Anzeiger 251, 288-296. Open Access PDF

    Zakrzewski, A.-C., Suh, A. & Lüter, C. (2012): New insights into the larval development of Macandrevia cranium (Müller, 1776) (Brachiopoda: Rhynchonelliformea). Zoologischer Anzeiger 251, 263-269.

    Dohrmann, M., Göcke, C.; Janussen, D.; Reitner, J.; Lüter, C. & Wörheide, G. (2011): Systematics and spicule evolution in dictyonal sponges (Hexactinellida: Sceptrulophora) with description of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 163, 1003-1025.

    Wörheide, G., Vargas, S., Lüter, C. & Reitner, J. (2011): Precious coral and rock sponge gardens on the deep aphotic fore-reef of Osprey Reef (Coral Sea, Australia). Coral Reefs 30, 901 (DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0802-y).

    Passamaneck, Y.; Furchheim, N.; Hejnol, A.; Martindale, M.Q. & Lüter, C. (2011): Ciliary photoreceptors in the cerebral eyes of a protostome larva. EvoDevo 2, 6. PDF

    Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2010): Shell development in thecidellinine brachiopods with description of a new Recent genus. Special Papers in Palaeontology 84, 137-160.

    Lüter, C. (2009): Brachiopoda - Lamp shells. In: Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (eds.) Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia. Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, pp. 785-790.

    Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2009): Shell development, growth and sexual dimorphism in the Recent thecideide brachiopod Thecidellina meyeri sp. nov. from the Lesser Antilles, Caribbean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 89, 469-479.

    Goetz, A.; Griesshaber, E.; Neuser R.D.; Lüter, C.; Hühner, M.; Harper, E. & Schmahl, W.W. (2009): Calcite morphology, texture and hardness in the distinct layers of rhynchonelliform brachiopod shells. European Journal of Mineralogy 21, 303-315.

    Schmahl, W.W.; Griesshaber, E.; Neuser, R.D.; Götz, A. & Lüter, C. (2009): Electron Backscatter Diffraction Study of Brachiopod Shell Calcite - Microscale Phase and Texture Analysis of a Polycrystalline Biomaterial. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization 25, 474-478.

    Försterra, G.; Häussermann, V. & Lüter, C. (2008): Mass occurrence of the recent brachiopod Magellania venosa (Terebratellidae) in the fjords Comau and Reñihué, northern Patagonia, Chile. Marine Ecology 29, 342-347.

    Lüter, C.; Hoffmann, J. & Logan, A. (2008): Cryptic speciation in the Recent thecideide brachiopod Thecidellina in the Atlantic and the Caribbean. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 98, 405-413.

    Lee, D.E.; Gregory, M.R.; Lüter, C.; Zezina, O.N., Robinson, J.H. & Christie, D.M. (2008): Melvicalathis, a new brachiopod genus (Terebratulida: Chlidonophoridae) from deep sea volcanic substrates, and the biogeographic significance of the mid-ocean ridge system. Zootaxa 1866, 136-150.

    Lüter, C. (2008): Recent brachiopods collected during the deep-sea cruise SO 168 ZEALANDIA with the research vessel FS SONNE between Mt. Spong (Tasman Sea) and the Chatham Islands (Pacific) in 2002/2003. Fossils and Strata 54, 311-320.

    Meixner, M.J.; Lüter, C.; Eckert, C.; Itskovich, V.; Janussen, D.; von Rintelen, T.; Bohne, A.V.; Meixner, J.M. & Hess, W.R. (2007): Phylogenetic analysis of freshwater sponges provide evidence for endemism and radiation in ancient lakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45, 875-886.

    Lüter, C. (2007) Anatomy. In: Selden, P.A. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part H: Brachiopoda, revised, Vol. 6 . The Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence. pp. 2321-2355.

    Lüter, C. (2007) New record of Annuloplatidia annulata (Atkins, 1959) (Brachiopoda, Platidiidae) from the East Pacific. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe 83, 166-169.

    Rintelen, K. v.; Rintelen, T. v.; Meixner, M.; Lüter, C.; Cai, Y. & Glaubrecht, M. (2007): Freshwater shrimp-sponge association from an ancient lake. Biology Letters 3, 262-264.

    Lüter, C.; Grobe, P. & Bartolomaeus, T. (2006): Tentaculata. In: Westheide, W. & Rieger, R. (eds.) Spezielle Zoologie. Teil 1: Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere (Neuauflage). Elsevier, München. pp.764-787.

    Lüter, C. (2006): Cycliophora. In: Westheide, W. & Rieger, R. (ed.) Spezielle Zoologie. Teil 1: Einzeller und Wirbellose Tiere (Neuauflage). Elsevier, München. pp. 284-286.

    Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. & Lüter, C. (2006): Evolution und Systematik. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (ed.) Faszination Natur - Tiere: Wirbellose I. Brockhaus, Mannheim. pp. 16-19.

    Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. & Lüter, C. (2006): Systematik der Tiere. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (ed.) Faszination Natur - Tiere: Wirbellose I. Brockhaus, Mannheim. pp. 52-65.

    Lüter, C. (2006): Armfüßer (Brachiopoda). In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (ed.) Faszination Natur - Tiere: Wirbellose I. Brockhaus, Mannheim. pp. 344-355.

    Lüter, C. (2006): Moostierchen (Bryozoa). In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (ed.) Faszination Natur - Tiere: Wirbellose I. Brockhaus, Mannheim. pp. 356-365.

    Lüter, C. (2006): Pfeilwürmer (Chaetognatha). In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (ed.) Faszination Natur - Tiere: Wirbellose I. Brockhaus, Mannheim. pp. 366-369.

    Lüter, C. & Sieben, K. (2005): Types of recent Brachiopoda in the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin - catalogue and taxonomic notes. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Zoologische Reihe 81, 177-191.

    Lüter, C. (2005): The first Recent species of the unusual brachiopod Kakanuiella (Thecideidae) from New Zealand deep waters. Systematics and Biodiversity 3, 105-111.

    Lüter, C. (2004): Die Tentaculata im phylogenetischen System der Bilateria - gehören sie zu den Radialia oder den Lophotrochozoa? Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin (N.F.) 43, 103-122.

    Lüter, C. (2004): How brachiopods get covered with nanometric silicon chips. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B Suppl. 6 (Biology Letters), S465-S467.

    Lüter, C., Wörheide, G. & Reitner, J. (2003): A new thecideid genus and species (Brachiopoda, Recent) from submarine caves of Osprey Reef (Queensland Plateau, Coral Sea, Australia). Journal of Natural History 37, 1423-1432.

    Cohen, B.L., Holmer, L.E. & Lüter, C. (2003): The brachiopod fold: a neglected body plan hypothesis. Palaeontology 46, 59-65.

    Lüter, C. & Cohen, B.L. (2002): DNA sequence evidence for speciation, paraphyly and a Mesozoic dispersal of cancellothyridid articulate brachiopods. Marine Biology 141, 65-74.

    Williams, A., Lüter, C. & Cusack, M. (2001): The nature of siliceous mosaics forming the first shell of the brachiopod Discinisca. Journal of Structural Biology 134, 25-34.

    Lüter, C. (2001): Larval brooding and development of the micromorph rhynchonellid Tethyrhynchia mediterranea (Brachiopoda, Recent). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK 81, 939-942.

    Lüter, C. (2001): Brachiopod larval setae - a key to the phylum's ancestral life cycle? In: Brunton, C.H.C., Cocks, L.R.M. & Long, S.L. (eds.) Brachiopods - Past and Present. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 46-55.

    Lüter, C. (2000): The origin of the coelom in Brachiopoda and its phylogenetic significance. Zoomorphology 120: 15-28.

    Lüter, C. (2000): Ultrastructure of larval and adult setae of Brachiopoda. Zoologischer Anzeiger 239: 75-90.

    Grobe, P. & Lüter, C. (1999): Reproductive cycles and larval morphology of three recent species of Argyrotheca (Terebratellacea, Brachiopoda) from Mediterranean submarine caves. Marine Biology 134: 595-600

    Lüter, C. (1998): Zur Ultrastruktur, Ontogenese und Phylogenie der Brachiopoda. Dissertation, Universität Göttingen. Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen. 184 Seiten.

    Lüter, C. (1998): Note: Embryonic and larval development of Calloria inconspicua (Brachiopoda, Terebratellidae). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 28: 165-167.

    Lüter, C. & Bartolomaeus, T. (1997): The phylogenetic position of Brachiopoda - a comparison of morphological and molecular data. Zoologica Scripta 26: 245-253.

    Lüter, C. (1996): The median tentacle of the larva of Lingula anatina (Brachiopoda) from Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 44: 355-366.

    Lüter, C. (1995): Ultrastructure of the metanephridia of Terebratulina retusa and Crania anomala (Brachiopoda). Zoomorphology 115: 99-107.

    Abstracts:

    Walliser, E.O., Schöne, B.R. & Lüter, C. (2018) Brachiopods – faithful recorders of ocean properties? A case study with Neothyris lenticularis. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, 4.-7.11.2018, Indianapolis, USA.

    Oliveira, I.S., Hering, L., Wieloch, A.H., do Santos, A.J., Bonaldo, A.B., Lüter, C. & Mayer, G. (2018): The hidden species diversity of Brazilian velvet worms (Onychophora: Peripatidae) in scientific collections. 111th annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 10.-15. September 2018, University of Greifswald, Germany.

    Furchheim, N. & Lüter, C. (2016): How adult brachiopods sense light. 17th annual meeting of the Gesellschaft für biologische Systematik, 21.-24.2.2016, GeoBio Center, LMU Munich, Germany.

    Lüter, C. & Seidel, R. (2015): Peeping through a bivalved shield – non-destructive X-ray micro-computed tomography (µCT) elucidates brachiopod internal anatomy. In: Huang, B. & Shen, S. (eds.) The Brachiopod World - Abstracts for the 7th International Brachiopod Congress. Permophiles - Newsletter of the subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy 61, Suppl. 1: 60.

    Furchheim, N., Passamaneck, Y., Hejnol, A., Müller, C. & Lüter, C. (2015): The ancestral brachiopod larval eye – a glimpse of bilaterian eye evolution. In: Huang, B. & Shen, S. (eds.) The Brachiopod World - Abstracts for the 7th International Brachiopod Congress. Permophiles - Newsletter of the subcommission on Permian Stratigraphy 61, Suppl. 1: 28.

    Furchheim, N. & Lüter, C. (2014): The ground pattern of larval brachiopod eyes revealed by 3D reconstruction. 107th annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 11.-14.9.2014, University of Göttingen, Germany.

    de Sena Oliveira, I., Lüter, C., Wolf, K. & Mayer, G. (2014): On the evolutionary changes in the integument of the onychophoran Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Peripatidae). 3rd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM3), 3.-7.8.2014, Humboldt-University and Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany.

    Furchheim, N., Ullrich-Lüter, E.M., Arnone, M.I., Müller, C. & Lüter, C. (2014): New insights into evolution and ontogeny of the light sense in larval brachiopods. 3rd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM3), 3.-7.8.2014, Humboldt-University and Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany.

    de Sena Oliveira, I., Lüter, C., Wolf, K.W. & Mayer, G. (2014): On the evolutionary changes in the integument of the onychophoran Plicatoperipatus jamaicensis (Peripatidae). 15th Annual Congress of the "Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik" (GfBS), 24.-27.3.2014, TU Dresden, Germany.

    Lüter, C. & Ebeling, N. (2014): Some like it cold - hybridization in Atlantic sister species of Terebratulina (Brachiopoda). 15th Annual Congress of the "Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik" (GfBS), 24.-27.3.2014, TU Dresden, Germany.

    Beaman, R.J., Lüter, C., Reitner, J. & Wörheide, G. (2014): ROV transect reveals the mesopelagic Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia. GeoHab conference 2014, 5.-9.5.2014, Lorne (Vic), Australia.

    Ebeling, N. & Lüter, C. (2013): Hybridization versus variability - what determines morphology in the Atlantic brachiopod genus Terebratulina? 106th annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 13.-17. September 2013, LMU München, Germany.

    Furchheim, N., Ullrich-Lüter, E.M., Arnone, M.I. & Lüter, C. (2013): Ontogeny of photoreception in brachiopod larvae revealed by immunocytochemical data. 106th annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 13.-17. September 2013, LMU München, Germany.

    Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2012): Recent thecideide brachiopods - what can modern cryptic brachiopods tell us? In: Witzmann, F. & Aberhan, M. (eds.): Centenary meeting of the Paläontologische Gesellschaft- program, abtracts and filed guides. 24.-29. September 2012, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany. Terra Nostra - Schriften der GeoUnion Alfred-Wegener-Stiftung 2012/3: 80.

    Seidel, R. & Lüter, C. (2012): 3D reconstruction of brachiopod shells using non-invasive x-ray computed tomography (µCT). 105th annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 21.-24. September 2012, University of Konstanz, Germany.

    Furchheim, N., Kaulfuss, A. & Lüter, C. (2012): Size matters when living in an intertidal washing machine: the smalles known brachiopod Gwynia capsula. 105th annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 21.-24. September 2012, University of Konstanz, Germany.

    Reitner, J., Rodríguez-Martínez, M., Germer, J., Quéric, N.-V., Wörheide, G. & Lüter, C. (submitted): Sedimentology and Geobiology of Deep Carbonate Slopes from the Osprey- and nearby Reefs (Queensland Plateau, NE Australia). American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention, 22.-24. April 2012, Long Beach, USA.

    Lüter, C. (2011): Development of the brachiopod shell: protegular secretion and the role of punctae. 2nd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM), 20.-23. June 2011, ), Museum of Comparative Morphology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

    Kaulfuss, A. & Lüter, C. (2011): Independent evolution of brood pouches in Brachiopoda: evidence from new developmental data of Caribbean Argyrotheca. 2nd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM), 20.-23. June 2011, Museum of Comparative Morphology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

    Furchheim, N. & Lüter, C. (2011): New insights into the eye morphology of larval Brachiopoda. 2nd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM), 20.-23. June 2011, Museum of Comparative Morphology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

    Matz, F., Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2011): Species diversity versus intraspecific variability: the genus Argyrotheca (Brachiopoda) in the Caribbean. 2nd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology (ICIM), 20.-23. June 2011, Museum of Comparative Morphology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.

    Seidel, R., Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2011): A comparative histology of larval brooding in Thecideoidea. BioSystematics 2011: 12th Annual Congress of the "Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik" (GfBS), 21.-27. February 2011, Free University Berlin.

    Lüter, C., Furchheim, N. & Seidel, R. (2011): Urmützenschnecken (Monoplacophora) - "lebende Fossilien" der ostpazifischen Tiefsee. In:
    Meeresforschung mit FS Sonne, Statusseminar 2011, 09.-10. February 2011, Hannover, pp. 85-87.

    Lüter, C. & Neumann, C. (2010): The echinoderm collection of the Berlin Natural History Museum. In: Reich, M., Reitner, J., Roden, V. & Thuy, B. (eds.): Echinoderm Research 2010. Abstract Volume and Field Guide to Excursions, Universitätsdrucke Göttingen, pp. 117-118.

    Furchheim, N.; Hejnol, A.; Passamaneck, Y.; Martindale, M.Q. & Lüter, C. (2010): Ciliary photoreceptors facilitate directional vision in brachiopod larvae. 103rd annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 17.-20. September 2010, University of Hamburg.

    Zakrzewski, A.-C., Suh, A. & Lüter, C. (2010): New insights into the larval development of Macandrevia cranium (Müller, 1776) (Brachiopoda, Rhynchonelliformea). In: Shi, G.R., Percival, I.G., Pierson, R.R. & Weldon, E.A. (eds). Program & Abstracts, 6th International Brachiopod Congress, 1-5 February 2010, Melbourne, Australia. Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 95: 124.

    Seidel, R., Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2010): A comparative histology of larval brooding in Thecideoidea. In: Shi, G.R., Percival, I.G., Pierson, R.R. & Weldon, E.A. (eds). Program & Abstracts, 6th International Brachiopod Congress, 1-5 February 2010, Melbourne, Australia. Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 95: 99

    Lüter, C. & Hoffmann, J. (2010): Protegular secretion in thecideide brachiopods - larval size matters. In: Shi, G.R., Percival, I.G., Pierson, R.R. & Weldon, E.A. (eds). Program & Abstracts, 6th International Brachiopod Congress, 1-5 February 2010, Melbourne, Australia. Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 95: 70.

    Furchheim, N., Hejnol, A., Passamaneck, Y., Martindale, M.Q. & Lüter, C. (2010): The larval eyes of Brachiopoda. In: Shi, G.R., Percival, I.G., Pierson, R.R. & Weldon, E.A. (eds). Program & Abstracts, 6th International Brachiopod Congress, 1-5 February 2010, Melbourne, Australia. Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 95: 42.

    Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2008): Thecideide brachiopods - the marine invertebrate "marsupials". Journal of Morphology 269: 1478.

    Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2008): Molecular phylogeny of the Thecideoidea (Brachiopoda). Abstracts of 10th Annual Congress of the "Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik" (GfBS), 7.-11. April 2008, University of Göttingen, Germany.

    Goetz, A.; Griesshaber, E.; Schmahl, W.W. & Lüter, C. (2007): Crystal orientation selection during growth of brachiopod shell calcite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (Suppl.) 71: 335.

    Schmahl, W.W.; Merkel, C.; Griesshaber, E.; Kelm, K. & Lüter, C. (2007): Architecture of phosphatic and calcitic brachiopod shell materials - A comparison. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (Suppl.) 71: 893.

    Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2007): Recent thecideide brachiopods - an unrecognised diversity. 6th Biennial Meeting of the Systematics Association, 28.-31. August 2007, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK.

    Rintelen, K. v.; Rintelen, T. v.; Meixner, M.; Lüter, C.; Kai, Y. & Glaubrecht, M. (2007): Shrimp-sponge association from an ancient lake - the first known case in freswater. 11th congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, 20.-25. August 2007, University of Uppsala, Sweden.

    Hoffmann, J. & Lüter, C. (2007): Unrecognised species complex of Thecidellina (Brachiopoda) in the Caribbean and the Atlantic. In: Hörweg, C. & Sattmann, H. (eds) Abstracts of 9th Annual Congress of the "Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik" (GfBS). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 7 (Electr. Suppl.), 49-50.

    Lüter, C. (2007): Kakanuiella chathamensis - die Chimäre aus der Tiefe. In: Meeresforschung mit FS SONNE, Statusseminar 2007, 14.-15. February 2007, Kiel, 183.

    Lüter, C. (2006): Toward a phylogeny of thecideide brachiopods. Troisième Congrès International Franco-Tunesien de Zoologie, 3.-9. November 2006, Tabarka, Tunisia.

    Goetz, A.; Griesshaber, E.; Schmahl, W.W.; Lüter, C. & Neuser D. (2006): Textures of modern brachiopod shells: Kakanuiella chathamensis (primary layer), Megerlia truncata (primary and secondary layer) and Liothyrella neozelanica (primary, secondary and tertiary layer). Berichte-Reports des Instituts für Geowissenschaften der Universität Kiel 22: 23-24.

    Lüter, C. (2005): Toward a phylogeny of thecideid brachiopods. 98. annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 3.-6. October 2005, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

    Lüter, C. (2005): Brachiopods of the deep-sea expedition SO 168 - diversity and biogeography. 5th International Brachiopod Congress, 4.-8. July 2005, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Lüter, C. (2005): A pickled biodiversity hotspot - the Recent brachiopod collection of the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. 5th International Brachiopod Congress, 4.-8. July 2005, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

    Lüter, C. (2005): Die Brachiopoden der Ausfahrt SO 168 - Biodiversität und Biogeographie. In:
    Meeresforschung mit FS Sonne, Statusseminar 2005, 09.-11. March 2005 in Rostock/Warnemünde, 89-91.

    Lüter, C., Eckert, C. & Brinkmann, N. (2004): Type specimens galore – the collections Echinodermata, Hydrozoa and Porifera @ the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Statusseminar GBIF-D, 6.–7. December 2004, Bonn, Germany. Status Report 2004: 120-121.

    Lüter, C. (2004): Nanometric silicon chips and the exo-skeleton of discinid brachiopods.
    97. annual conference of the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, 31. May - 4. June 2004, Universität Rostock, Germany.

    Lüter, C. (2003): The collection "Marine Invertebrates" @ the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin - types and diversity of Porifera, Hydrozoa and Echinodermata. International Symposium "Sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity", 01.-04. December 2003, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany.

    Bartolomaeus, T. & Lüter, C. (2003): Radialia oder Lophotrochozoa - Phoronida, Brachiopoda und Bryozoa und ihre Stellung im System. 45th Phylogenetic Symposium, 21.-23. November 2003, GeoBio-Center/LMU, München, Germany.

    Lüter, C. (2003): Eucalathis macroctena (Brachiopoda) – worldwide dispersal along midocean ridges?
    Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 3 (Electr. Suppl. 17): 37.

    Coleman, C.O.; Lüter, C. & Neuhaus, B. (2003): Aus den Tiefen des Weltmeeres. Exhibition of multimedia-projects at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 23.-27. June 2003, Berlin, Germany.

    Lüter, C. & Neuhaus, B. (2003): Ziele und erste Ergebnisse zoologischer Untersuchungen auf der Ausfahrt SO 168 östlich von Neuseeland. In:
    Meeresforschung mit FS Sonne, Statusseminar 2003, 12.-14. March 2003 in Hamburg, 235-236.

    Neuhaus, B. & Lüter, C. (2003): Ausfahrten SO 144-3 und SO 158: Zoobenthische Untersuchungen im zentralamerikanischen Ostpazifik. In:
    Meeresforschung mit FS Sonne, Statusseminar 2003, 12.-14. March 2003 in Hamburg, 123-126.

    Lüter, C. (2003): Phylogeography of articulate brachiopods (Cancellothyrididae) in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 3 (Electr. Suppl. 2): 14.

    Lüter, C. (2002): Chaetae in brachiopods and annelids - a review. International Symposium "Morphology, Molecules, Evolution and Phylogeny in the Polychaeta and related taxa", 23.-27. September 2002, Haus Ohrbeck, Osnabrück, Germany.

    Lüter, C. (2001): Larval brooding in the micromorph rhynchonellid Tethyrhynchia mediterranea (Brachiopoda, Recent) from karstic submarine caves in the Northern Adriatic Sea (Croatia). 36th European Marine Biology Symposium, 17.-22. September 2001, Menorca, Spain.

    Lüter, C. (2001): Are Terebratulina retusa and T. septentrionalis (Brachiopoda) two different species? An old problem revisited using mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Zoology 104 (Suppl. IV): 72.

    Lüter, C. (2000): Thecideoidea - die "Beuteltiere" unter den Brachiopoden. 3rd Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, 14.-17. September 2000, Naturmuseum und Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

    Lüter, C. (2000): Brachiopod larval setae - a key to the phylum's ancestral life cycle? The Millennium Brachiopod Congress, 10.-14. July 2000, The Natural History Museum, London, UK.

    Lüter, C. (2000): The development of Discinisca cf. tenuis (Sowerby, 1847) (Brachiopoda, Discinacea) and the ancestral brachiopod life cycle. Zoology 103 (Suppl. III): 103.

    Bartolomaeus, T. & Lüter, C. (1999): Lophotrochozoa or Radialia – New evidence from morphology of lophophorate taxa. 18th Meeting of The Willi Hennig Society, 12.-17. September 1999, University of Göttingen, Germany

    Lüter, C. (1999): The ancestor of Brachiopoda - with planktotrophic or lecithotrophic larva? 2nd Biennial Conference of the Systematics Association, 23.-27. August 1999, University of Glasgow, UK.

    Lüter, C. (1999): Coelomogenesis in Brachiopoda - evidence for a brachiopod-deuterostome relationship. Zoology 102 (Suppl. II): 97.

    Lüter, C. (1997): Neue Befunde zur Ontogenese der Brachiopoda und deren phylogenetische Deutung. Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 90.1: 180.

    Others:

    Bauche, M. & Lüter, C. (2019): Die Kubaexpedition 1967. In: Hermannstädter, A. (ed) Kunst/Natur – Interventionen im Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Braus, Berlin, pp. 152-155.

    Lüter, C. (2015): Bathyphysa abyssorum. In: Hermannstädter, A., Heumann, I. & Pannhorst, K. (eds.) Wissensdinge - Geschichten aus dem Naturkundemuseum. Nikolai, Berlin, pp. 99-100.

    Lüter, C. & Lohmann, V. (2015): Integrative Taxonomie im 21. Jahrhundert. In: Vogel, J. (ed) Jahresbericht des Museums für Naturkunde 2014 (in press).

    Amann, R.; Braus, G.; Gemeinholzer, B.; Häuser, C.; Jahn, R.; Lohrmann, V.; Lüter, C.; Meyer, A.; Misof, B.; Raupach, M.J.; Renner, S.S.; Roos, C.; Rossello-Mora, R.; Schleifer, K.-H.; Steinicke, H.; Suerbaum, S.; Vences, M.; Vogel, J. & Wägele, W. (2014): Challenges and Opportunities of Integrative Taxonomy for Research and Society – Taxonomic Research in the Era of OMICS Technologies.  Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina e.V. Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften (ed), Mediabogen, Berlin, 51 pp.

    Lüter, C. (2013): Seeigelkiefer in 3D - manche kauen anders! In: Vogel, J. (ed) Jahresbericht des Museums für Naturkunde 2012, DBM Druckhaus, Berlin, p. 18.

    Furchheim, N. & Lüter, C. (2012): Schau mir in die Augen – Sensationell: Brachiopoden gucken mit wirbeltierähnlichen Lichtsinneszellen. In: Damaschun, F. (ed) Jahresbericht des Museums für Naturkunde 2011, vierC print + mediafabrik, Berlin, p. 20.

    Lüter, C. (2011): Editorial. Zoologischer Anzeiger 250, 1.

    Neuhaus, B. & Lüter, C. (2010): Im Hochsommer zur Weihnachtsinsel - Tiefsee-Expedition mit dem Forschungsschiff FS Sonne. In: Zappe, H. (ed) Von der Lust am Unbekannten - Humboldts Erben auf Forschungsreisen. Panama Verlag, Berlin, pp. 117-123.

    Lüter, C. & Neumann, C. (2010) The echinoderm collection of the Berlin Natural History Museum. In: Reich, M.; Reitner, J.; Roden, V. & Thuy, B. (eds) Echinoderm research 2010. Abstract volume and field guide to excursions. Universitätsverlag Göttingen, pp. 117-118.

    Lüter, C.; Steiner, G. & Kunkel, A. (2010): Die Sammlungen noch besser nutzen – SYNTHESYS geht in die Verlängerung. In: Leinfelder, R. (ed) Jahresbericht des Museums für Naturkunde 2009. Königsdruck, Berlin, p. 20.

    Neuhaus, B., Aberhan, M. & Lüter, C. (2009): Alkoholisierte Tierpräparate auf KUR. In: Leinfelder, R. (ed) Jahresbericht des Museums für Naturkunde 2008. Conrad, Berlin, pp. 44-45.

    Lüter, C. (2008): Editorial. Zoologischer Anzeiger 247, 1-2.

    Dunlop, J. & Lüter, C. (2007): The first foot on land. In: Glaubrecht, M.; Kinitz, A. & Moldrzyk, U. (eds) Evolution in Action. Prestel Verlag, München, pp. 168-173.

    Dunlop, J. & Lüter, C. (2007): Der erste Fuß an Land. In: Glaubrecht, M.; Kinitz, A. & Moldrzyk, U. (eds) Als das Leben laufen lernte - Evolution in Aktion. Prestel Verlag, München, pp. 168-173.

    Schultka, S. & Lüter, C. (2007): The greening of the "Blue Planet". In: Glaubrecht, M.; Kinitz, A. & Moldrzyk, U. (eds) Evolution in Action. Prestel Verlag, München, pp. 160-167.

    Schultka, S. & Lüter, C. (2007): Wie der blaue Planet grün wird. In: Glaubrecht, M.; Kinitz, A. & Moldrzyk, U. (eds) Als das Leben laufen lernte - Evolution in Aktion. Prestel Verlag, München, pp. 160-167.

    Lüter, C. (2007): Deep-sea highways with a natural speed limit. In: Glaubrecht, M.; Kinitz, A. & Moldrzyk, U. (eds) Evolution in Action. Prestel Verlag, München, pp. 156-157.

    Lüter, C. (2007): Tiefsee-Autobahnen mit natürlicher Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzung. In: Glaubrecht, M.; Kinitz, A. & Moldrzyk, U. (eds) Als das Leben laufen lernte - Evolution in Aktion. Prestel Verlag, München, pp. 156-157.

    Lüter, C. & Dunlop, J. (2006) Typus oder keine Typus? Die elektronische Erfassung der Sammlungen. In: Kunkel A. & Steiner, G. (eds) Jahresbericht des Museums für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2004/2005. Oktoberdruck, Berlin, p. 31.

    Unwin, D. & Lüter, C. (2006) SYNTHESYS - Forschung im europäischen Verbund. In: Kunkel A. & Steiner, G. (eds) Jahresbericht des Museums für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2004/2005. Oktoberdruck, Berlin, p. 30.

    Lüter, C. & Neuhaus, B. (2006) Artenvielfalt in der Tiefsee - Expedition mit FS SONNE. In: Kunkel A. & Steiner, G. (eds) Jahresbericht des Museums für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2004/2005. Oktoberdruck, Berlin, pp. 12-13.

    Neuhaus, B.; Lüter, C. & Hoffmann, J. (2004): Im Süden viel Neues - Tiefseefauna bei Neuseeland. Innovation (Carl Zeiss) 14, 40-43.

  • Projects

    • Studying sea-urchin dermal photoreception to unravel principles of decentralized spherical vision (with 3 international partners), 2019-2023, RGP0002/2019, (Human Frontiers Science Program Organization
      - HFSPO).
    • SO 274 MADAGASCAR-BIO: Deep-sea benthic biodiversity of the Madagascar and South-West Indian Ridge (together with B. Neuhaus), FKZ: 03G0264B, 2019-2021, BMBF
    • EvoCELL - Animal evolution from a cell-type perspective. MCSA-International Training Network (with 11 European partners), 766053-H2020-MSCA-ITN-2017 (EU).
    • SO 233 WALVIS II: Spatiotemporal and geochemical development of the Walvis Ridge in the South Atlantic - biological part (together with B. Neuhaus). FKZ: 0G30233A, 2014-2016 (BMBF).
    • A brachiopod's eye-sight - understanding the evolution of light sensitive organs in the phylum Brachiopoda. GZ: Lu 839/5-2, 2014-2015 (DFG)
    • I3-project SYNTHESYS III within framework program 7 (FP7) of the European Commission, September 2013-August 2017 (together with T.v. Rintelen & C. Quaisser, MfN and R. Jahn & W. Berendsohn, BGBM).
    • A brachiopod's eye-sight - understanding the evolution of light sensitive organs in the phylum Brachiopoda. GZ: LU 839/5-1, 2011-2013 (DFG)
    • SO 208 PLUMEFLUX: Distribution of Galapagos plume material in the equatorial East Pacific - biological part (together with B. Neuhaus). FKZ: 03G0208A, 2010-1012 (BMBF).
    • I3-project SYNTHESYS II within framework program 7 (FP7) of the European Commission, August 2009-January 2013 (together with T.v. Rintelen, MfN and Dr. R. Jahn, BGBM).
    • Phylogeography of Thecideoidea (Brachiopoda). GZ: LU 839/3-2, 2008-2009 (DFG)
    • Exploration of relict faunas on the deep slopes of the Queensand Plateau (Deep Downunder). GZ: Lu 839/2-1, 2009-2011 (DFG).
    • SO199-CHRISP: Christmas Island Seamount Province and the Investigator Ridge: Age and causes of intraplate volcanism and evolution of the seafloor in Wharton Basin (Eastern Central Indian Ocean) - biological part (together with Dr. B. Neuhaus). FKZ: 03G0199A, 2008-2010 (BMBF).
    • Financial support by Humboldt-Innovationfonds (Research) to manage the application for the EU-funded project SYNTHESYS 2 to start in 2009
    • SO193-MANIHIKI: Temporal, spatial and tectonic development of oceanic plateaus - biological part (together with Dr. B. Neuhaus). FKZ: 03G0193A, 2007-2009 (BMBF)
    • Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of freshwater sponges from old lakes in Sulawesi. Systematics Research Fund of the Systematics Association and the Linnean Society London
    • Phylogeography of Thecideoidea (Brachiopoda). GZ: LU 839/3-1, 2006-2008 (DFG)
    • Exploration of relict faunas on the deep slopes of the Queeensland Plateau. GZ: LU 839/2-1, 2007-2009 (DFG)
    • I3-project SYNTHESYS within framework program 6 (FP6) of the European Commission, until January 2009 (together with Dr. D. Unwin, MfN and Prof. W. Lack, BGBM)
    • Financial support by Humboldt-Innovationfonds (Research) to manage the application for the EU-funded project SYNTHESYS (together with Dr. D. Unwin)
    • Vollständige Typenerfassung der Porifera, Hydrozoa und Echinodermata der Sammlung "Marine Invertebraten" des Museums für Naturkunde (MfN), Berlin. Gefördert vom BMBF im Rahmen der Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
    • Digitalisierung von Sammlungsdaten wirbelloser Tiere im Rahmen der Global Biodiversity Information Facility: Zugang zu internationalen Biodiversitätsinformationen über das Internet. Gefördert von der Flora-Immerschitt-Stiftung (zusammen mit Dr. C. O. Coleman & Dr. B. Neuhaus)
  • Tasks

    • Curator of Marine Invertebrates
    • Coordinator morphology labs
    • Adjunct professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

    Group members

    Dr. Anne Zakrzewski (PostDoc, HFSP project), Siri Kellner (PhD candidate, EvoCELL), Ana Setyastuti (PhD candidate, DAAD), Akanksha Raju (UX-Design, EvoCELL), Jil Carl (MSc student, HFSP project), Dr. Esther Ullrich-Lüter (guest scientist), Anke Sänger (technician electron microscopy), Maria Schauer (technician histology), Fabia Wagner (undergrad. assistant, collection development)

    Associated member: Lauren Sumner-Rooney, PhD (Emmy-Noether group leader)

    Research

    • Nervous system development (with emphasis on photoreception) in Echinodermata
    • Communicating project-based science to a wider audience (MSCA project "EvoCELL")
    • Evolution of photosensitive structures in Brachiopoda
    • Evolution and phylogenetic systematics of Brachiopoda with morphological and molecular methods
    • Taxonomy of brachiopods
    • Species catalogue of recent brachiopods (worldwide)
    • Type catalogues of the collection Marine Invertebrates
    • History of the collection Marine Invertebrates

    Publications (Selection)

    Sumner-Rooney, L.; Kirwan, J.D.; Lüter , C. & Ullrich-Lüter, E. (2021): Run and hide: visual performance in a brittle star. Journal of Experimental Biology. JEXBIO/2020/236653.

    Lüter, C., Ebeling, N.A. & Aberhan, A. (2017): Detecting hybridization between sister species of Terebratulina (Brachiopoda, Cancellothyridoidea) in the North Atlantic: morphology versus molecules. nature Scientific Reports 7, 8845. PDF

    Seidel, R. & Lüter, C. (2014): Overcoming the fragility – X-ray computed micro-tomography elucidates brachiopod endoskeletons. Frontiers in Zoology 11: 65. PDF

    Passamaneck, Y.; Furchheim, N.; Hejnol, A.; Martindale, M.Q. & Lüter, C. (2011): Ciliary photoreceptors in the cerebral eyes of a protostome larva. EvoDevo 2, 6. Open Access: doi:10.1186/2041-9139-2-6 PDF

    Meixner, M.J.; Lüter, C.; Eckert, C.; Itskovich, V.; Janussen, D.; von Rintelen, T.; Bohne, A.V.; Meixner, J.M. & Hess, W.R. (2007): Phylogenetic analysis of freshwater sponges provide evidence for endemism and radiation in ancient lakes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45, 875-886.

    Lüter, C. (2007) Anatomy. In: Selden, P.A. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, part H: Brachiopoda, revised, Vol. 6 . The Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence. pp. 2321-2355.