PUBLICATIONS
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pdf 2020
Bosco, I., A.P. Lourenco, L. Guidi, M. Balsamo, R. Hochberg, & ARS Garraffoni. 2020. Integrative description of a new species of Acanthodasys Remane, 1927 (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida, Thaumastodermatidae) based on four distinct morphological techniques and molecular data. Zoologischer Anzeiger 286: 31-42. pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2020.03.003
2019
Hochberg, R., Yang, Hochberg, A., Walsh, E. & R. Wallace. 2019. When heads are not homologous: the coronae of larval and adult collothecid Rotifera (Rotifera: Monogononta: Collothecaceae). Hydrobiologia DOI 10.1007/s10750-018-3760-3
Hochberg, R., Yang, H., Walsh, E.J. & R. Wallace. 2019. Fine structure of the subitaneous eggshell of the sessile rotifer Stephanoceros millsii (Monogononta) with observations on vesicle trafficking in the integument during ontogeny. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2019.1581097 (pdf)
Todaro, M. A., M. Dal Zotto, T. Kanneby, & R. Hochberg. 2019. Integrated data analysis allows the establishment of a new, cosmopolitain genus of marine Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha). Scientific Reports 9: 7989 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43977-y (pdf)
Yang, H., Hochberg, R., Walsh, E.J., & R.L. Wallace. Systematic distribution of birefringent bodies in Rotifera and first evidence of their ultrastructure in Acyclus inquietus (Gnesiotrocha: Collothecaceae). Hydrobiologia DOI: 10.007/s10750-018-3784-8 pdf
Young, A.N., Hochberg, R., Walsh, E.J., & R.L. Wallace. 2018. Modeling the life history of sessile rotifers: larval substratum selection through reproduction. Hydrobiologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3802-x pdf supplement file
2018
Leasi, F., Sevigny, J.L., Laflamme, E.M., Artois, T., Cruni-Galtletti, M., de Jesus Navarette, A., Di Domenico, M., Goetz, F., Hall, J.A., Hochberg, R., Jorger, K., Jondelius, U., Todaro, M.A., Wirshing, H.H., Norenburg, J.L., & W. K. Thomas. 2018. Biodiversity estimates and ecological interpretations of meiofaunal communities are biased by the taxonomic approach. Nature Communications Biology doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0119-2 pdf
Schuster J, Atherton S, Todaro MA, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, and R. Hochberg. 2018. Redescription of Xenodasys riedli (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) based on SEM analysis, with first report of population density data. Marine Biodiversity 1-13 doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0667-6 pdf
Yang, H. & Hochberg, R. 2018. Ultrastructure of the extracorporeal tube and “cement glands” in the sessile rotifer Limnias melicerta (Rotifera: Gnesiotrocha). Zoomorphology (2018) 137: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-017-0371-x pdf
2017
Araujo, T.Q. & Hochberg, R. Description of a new species of Thaumastoderma (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from Belize and Tobago. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 130: 120-127.
Freeman, J. & Hochberg, R. Structure and functional morphology of the acid-secreting glands in the whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas, 1835) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida). Zoomorphology DOI: 10.1007/s00435-017-0377-4
Garraffoni ARS, Di Dimenico M & R Hochberg. 2017. New records of marine Gastrotricha from Sao Sebastio Island (Brazil) and the description of a new species. Marine Biodiversity 47: 451-459. pdf
Gallant J & R Hochberg. 2017. Elemental characterization of the exoskeleton in the whipscorpions Mastigoproctus giganteus Lucas, 1835 and Typopeltis dalyi Pocock, 1900 (Arachnida: Thelyphonida). Invertebrate Biology DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12187 pdf
Hochberg A & Hochberg R. 2016. Musculature of the sessile rotifer Stephanoceros fimbriatus (Rotifera: Gnesiotrocha: Collothecaceae) with details on larval metamorphosis and development of the infundibulum. Zoologischer Anzeiger 268: 84-95. pdf
Hochberg R, Walsh EJ, and RL Wallace. 2017. The ultrastructure of the integument and proventriculus in the raptorial rotifer Cupelopgais vorax (Monogononta: Collothecaceae: Atrochidae). Invertebrate Biology 136: 50-61. pdf
Hochberg R, M. Antonio Todaro, Thiago Q. Araujo, Sarah Atherton, Maria Balsamo, Cheon Young Chang, Maikon Di Dimenico, Andre R. Garraffoni, Loretta Guidi, Tobias K¨anneby, Alexander Kieneke, James J. Kirk, Francesca Leasi, JiMin Lee, Teresa Nesteruk, Matteo Dal Zotto, Sarah J. Bownes, Lucia Cesaroni, Il-Hoi Kim, Lukas M¨unter, Renzo Perissinotto. 2017. A tribute to William Human - Gastritrich Biologist Extraordinaire. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 130: 113-119. pdf
2016
Araujo, TQ & Hochberg, R. 2016. First description of a gastrotrich with four scale types, including feathered biancres, a novel find for Gastrotricha. J. Marine Biological Association of the UK doi:10.1017/S0025315416000333 pdf
Araujo TQ, Wieloch AH, Dultra Vidigal TH, Hochberg R, Garraffoni ARS. 2016. Pseudostomella dolichopoda Todaro, 2012 and P. cataphracta Ruppert, 1970 (Gastrotricha: Thaumastodermatidae): new records from Brazil and USA and an updated key to the genus. Check List 12:6 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.6.1986 pdf
Gallant, J., Ada, E., & Hochberg, R. 2016. Elemental characterization of the cuticle in the marine intertidal pseudoscorpion, Halobisium occidentale Beier, 1931. Invertebrate Biology 135:127-137. pdf
Hochberg R, Yang H, and J. Moore. 2016. The ultrastructure of escape organs: setose arms and cross-striated muscles in Hexarthra mira (Rotifera: Gnesiotrocha: Flosculariaceae). Zoomorphology doi:10.1007/s00435-016-0339-2 pdf
2015
Araujo, TQ, Atherton S & Hochberg, R. 2015. First record and a description of a new species of Oregodasys (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from Tobago. PBSW 128: 190-199. pdf
Hochberg, A & Hochberg, R. 2015. Serotonin immunoreactivity in the nervous system of the free-swimming largae and sessile adult females of Stephanoceros fimbriatus (Rotifera: Gnesiotrocha). Invertebrate Biology 134:261-270. pdf
Hochberg, R., Hochberg, A., & C. Chan. 2015. Ultrastructure of the rotifer integument: peculiarities of Sinantherina socialis (Monogononta: Gnesiotrocha). Invertebrate Biology DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12085 pdf
Hochberg, R., Walsh, E.J., & R. Wallace. 2015. Soft bodies, hard jaws: An introduction to the symposium, with rotifers as models of jaw evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology doi: 10.1093/icb/icv002 pdf
Kieneke, A., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., & Hochberg, R. 2015. A new species of Cephalodasys (Gastrotricha, Macroidasyida) from the Caribbean Sea with a determination key to species of the genus. Zootaxa 3947(3): 367-385. pdf
Mayer, G., Oliveira, I.S., Baer, A., Hammel, J.O., Gallant., & Hochberg, R. 2015. Capture of prey, feeding, and functional anatomy of the jaws in velvet worms (Onychophora). Integrative and Comparative Biology doi:10.1093/icb/icv004 pdf
Smythe, A.B., Forgrave, K., Patti, A., Hochberg, R., & Litvaitis M.K. 2015. Untangling the ecology, taxonomy, and evolution of Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta: Naididae) species complex. J. Parasitology 101: 320-326. pdf
2014
Atherton, S & Hochberg, R. 2014. The evolution of the reproductive system of Urodasys (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida). Invertebrate Biology 133: 314-323. pdf
Gross, V., Miller, W.R., & Hochberg, R. A new tardigrade, Mutaparadoxipus duodigifinis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Arthrotardigrada), from the Southeastern United States. Zootaxa 3835(2): 263-272. pdf
Todaro, M.A., Leasi, F., & Hochberg, R. 2014. A new species, genus and family of marine Gastrotricha from Jamaica, with a phylogenetic analysis of Macrodasyida based on molecular data. Systematics and Biodiversity http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/jjPm5aiGCvQzG4tAvzyJ/full pdf
2013
Kånneby T, Atherton S, & Hochberg R. 2013. Two new species of Musellifer (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) from Florida and Tobago and the systematic placement of the genus within Paucitubulatina. Marine Biodiversity 10: 983-995. pdf
Hochberg R, Kieneke A, Atherton S. 2013. Marine Gastrotricha of Little Cayman Island with the description of two new species and an initial assessment of meiofaunal diversity. Marine Biodiversity 44: 89-113. pdf
Hochberg, R. 2013. Crasiella fonseci, a new species of Gastrotricha (Macrodasyida, Planodasyidae) from São Paulo, Brazil. Marine Biodiversity: DOI 10.1007/s12526-013-0165-4. pdf
Kieneke, A., Narkus, S., Hochberg, R., & Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2013. Diplodasys rothei (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida), a new marine gastrotrich species from the Bahamas. Meiofauna Marina 20: 49-61. pdf
2012
Hochberg, R. 2012.The mysteries of meiofauna. International Innovation, North America. pp 62-64.
Atherton, S & Hochberg, R. 2012. Tetranchyroderma bronchostylus sp. nov: the first known gastrotrich (Gastrotricha) with a sclerotic canal in the caudal organ. Marine Biology Research 8: 885-892. pdf
Todaro MA, Dal Zott, M, Jondelius U, Hochberg R, Hummon WD, Kanneby T, Rocha CE. 2012. Gastrotricha: A marine sister for a freshwater puzzle. PLOS One 7(2): e31740. pdf
Kieneke, A & Hochberg, R. 2012. Ultrastructural observations of the protonephridia of Polymerurus nodicaudus (Gastrotricha: Paucitubulatina). Acta Zoologica 93: 115-124. pdf
2011
Hochberg, R. & Atherton, S. 2011. A new species of Lepidodasys (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Panama wioth a description of its peptidergic nervous system using CLSM, anti-FMRFamide and anti-SCPb. Zoologischer Anzeiger 111-122. pdf
2010
Hochberg, R. 2010. New species of Oregodasys (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize with an ultrastructural description of the epidermal glandular system. Zootaxa 2660: 1-17 pdf
Hochberg, R. & Atherton, S. 2010. Acanthodasys caribbbeanensis sp. nov., a new species of Thaumastodermatidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Belize and Panama. Zookeys 61:1-10. pdf
Hochberg, R, Lilley, G. 2010. Neuromuscular organization of the freshwater colonial rotifer, Sinantherina socialis, and its implications for under-standing the evolution of coloniality in Rotifera. Zoomorphology 129: 153-162. pdf
Hochberg, R, O’Brien, S & Puleo, A . 2010 Behavior, metamorphosis and muscular organization of the predatory rotifer, Acyclus inquietus (Rotifera, Monogononta). Invertebrate Biology 129(3): 210-219. pdf
2009
Hochberg, R. 2009. Peptidergic and serotonergic innervation of the atrial complex in Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) revealed with CLSM. Zoomorphology 128: 169-181. pdf
Hochberg, R. 2009. Three dimensional reconstruction and neural map of the serotonergic brain of Asplanchna brightwellii (Rotifera, Monogononta). Journal of Morphology 270: 430-441. pdf
2008
Hochberg, R. 2008. Gastrotricha of Bocas del Toro, Panama: A preliminary report. Meiofauna Marina 16: 101-107. pdf
Hochberg, R. 2009. Ultrastructure of feathered triancres in the Thaumastodermatidae and the description of a new species of Tetranchyroderma (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) from Australia. J Marine Biological Association of the UK 88(4): 729-737. pdf
Hochberg, R. & Ablak Gurbuz, O. 2008. Comparative morphology of the somatic musculature in species of Hexarthra and Polyarthra (Rotifera, Monogononta): Its function in appendage movement and escape behavior. Zoologischer Anzeiger 247: 233-248.
Hochberg, R. 2008. Comparative immunohistochemistry of the gastrotrich cerebral ganglion: An analysis of FMRFamide-like immunoreactivity in Neodasys cirritus (Chaetonotida), Xenodasys riedli and Turbanella sp. (Macrodasyida). Zoomorphology 126: 245-264.
2007
Hochberg, R. 2007. The topology of the nervous system of Notommata copeus (Rotifera: Mononogonta) revealed with anti-FMRFamide, -SCPb, and -Serotonin Immunohistochemistry Invertebrate Biology 126(3):146-157.
Hochberg, R. & Ablak Gurbuz, O. 2007. Functional morphology of somatic muscles and anterolateral setae in Filinia novazealandiae Shiel and Sanoamuang, 1993 (Rotifera). Zoologishcer Anzeiger 246: 11-22.
Hochberg, R. 2007. Serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the central and peripheral nervous systems of the interstitial acochlidean Asperspina sp (Opisthobranchia). Biological Bulletin 213: 33-54.
S. H. Zébazé Togouet, T. Njine, N. Kemka, M. Nola, S. Foto Menbohan,W. Koste, C. Boutin and R. Hochberg. 2007. Spatio-temporal changes in the abundance of the populations of the gastrotrich community in a shallow lake of tropical Africa. Limnologica 37: 311-322.
2006
Hochberg, R. 2006. On the serotonergic nervous system of two planktonic rotifers, Conochilus coenobasis and C. dossuarius (Monogononta, Flosculariacea, Conochilidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 245: 53-62.
2005
Hochberg, R. 2005. First record of Polymerurus (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from Australia with the description of a new species from Queensland and an ultrastructural description of the cuticle in specimens of P. nodicadus. Invertebrate Biology 124:119-130.
Hochberg, R. 2005. Musculature of the primitive gastrotrich Neodasys (Chaetonotida): functional adaptations to the interstitial environment and phylogenetic significance. Marine Biology 146: 315-323.
2004
Hochberg, R. 2004. A new genus and subfamily of Typhloplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from Australia with a cladistic analysis of subfamily relationships. Journal of Natural History 38: 925-937.
Hochberg, R. 2004. Reproductive anatomy of Prognathorhynchus busheki (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) revealed by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Meiofauna Marina 13: 29-36.
Hochberg, R. 2004. Smithsoniarhynches, a new genus of marine interstitial schizorhynch (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA. JMBA 85: 1-6.
2003
Hochberg, R. 2003. Two new species of Dactylopodola (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from the islands of eastern Australia. Meiofauna Marina 12: 37-46.
Hochberg, R. & Cannon, L.R.G. 2003. Magnetia queenslandica, a new genus and new species of typhloplanid flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from Magnetic Island in north Queensland, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 1-6.
Hochberg, R. & Litavitis, M.K. 2003. Organization of muscles in Chaetonotida Paucitubulatina (Gastrotricha). Meiofauna Marina 12: 47-58.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M. K. 2003. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical observations on the nervous system of three macrodasyidan gastrotrichs. Acta Zoologica 84: 171-178.
2002
Hochberg, R. 2002. A special form of sensory cilia in Lepidodermella squamata (Gastrotricha,Chaetonotida). Ophelia 55: 137-139.
Hochberg, R. 2002. Two new species of Pseudostomella (Gastrotricha) with scaled triancres from Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 36(3): 571-579.
Hochberg, R. 2002. Two new species of Turbanellidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Eastern Australia. New Zealand J. of Marine & Freshwater Research 36(2): 311-319.
Hochberg, R. & Cannon, L.R.G. 2002. Two new freshwater rhabdocoels, Austradalyellia and Haplodidymos n. gen. (Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 44:1-15.
Hochberg, R. & Cannon, L.R. 2001. A new species of Gieysztoria (Platyhelminthes; Rhabdocoela; Dalyelliidae) from a freshwater lake in Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 11:1-8.
2001
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. A muscular double-helix in Gastrotricha. Zoologischer Anzeiger 240: 59-66.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. Functional morphology of muscles in Tetranchyroderma papii (Gastrotricha). Zoomorphology 121: 37-43.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha): A cladistic analysis of morphology. Invertebrate Biology 120: 124-135.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. The musculature of Dactylopodola baltica and other macrodasyidan gastrotrichs in a functional and phylogenetic perspective. Zoologica Scripta 30: 325-336.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. The musculature of Draculicteria tessalata: Implications for the evolution of dorso-ventral muscles in Gastrotricha. Hydrobiologia 452: 155-161.
2000
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2000. Functional morphology of the muscles in Philodina sp. (Rotifera: Bdelloidea). Hydrobiologia 432: 57-64.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2000. Hexamethyldisilazane for scanning electron microscopy of Gastrotricha. Biotechnic and Histochemistry 75: 41-44.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2000. Phylogeny of Gastrotricha: A morphology-based framework of gastrotrich relationships. Biological Bulletin 198: 299-305
1999
Hochberg, R. 1999. Spatiotemporal size-class distribution of Turbanella mustela (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) on a northern California beach and its effect on tidal suspension. Pacific Science 216: 50-60.
1998
Hochberg, R. 1998. Post-embryonic growth and morphological variability in Turbanella mustela (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida). Journal of Morphology 237: 116-127.
Bosco, I., A.P. Lourenco, L. Guidi, M. Balsamo, R. Hochberg, & ARS Garraffoni. 2020. Integrative description of a new species of Acanthodasys Remane, 1927 (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida, Thaumastodermatidae) based on four distinct morphological techniques and molecular data. Zoologischer Anzeiger 286: 31-42. pdf https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2020.03.003
2019
Hochberg, R., Yang, Hochberg, A., Walsh, E. & R. Wallace. 2019. When heads are not homologous: the coronae of larval and adult collothecid Rotifera (Rotifera: Monogononta: Collothecaceae). Hydrobiologia DOI 10.1007/s10750-018-3760-3
Hochberg, R., Yang, H., Walsh, E.J. & R. Wallace. 2019. Fine structure of the subitaneous eggshell of the sessile rotifer Stephanoceros millsii (Monogononta) with observations on vesicle trafficking in the integument during ontogeny. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2019.1581097 (pdf)
Todaro, M. A., M. Dal Zotto, T. Kanneby, & R. Hochberg. 2019. Integrated data analysis allows the establishment of a new, cosmopolitain genus of marine Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha). Scientific Reports 9: 7989 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43977-y (pdf)
Yang, H., Hochberg, R., Walsh, E.J., & R.L. Wallace. Systematic distribution of birefringent bodies in Rotifera and first evidence of their ultrastructure in Acyclus inquietus (Gnesiotrocha: Collothecaceae). Hydrobiologia DOI: 10.007/s10750-018-3784-8 pdf
Young, A.N., Hochberg, R., Walsh, E.J., & R.L. Wallace. 2018. Modeling the life history of sessile rotifers: larval substratum selection through reproduction. Hydrobiologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3802-x pdf supplement file
2018
Leasi, F., Sevigny, J.L., Laflamme, E.M., Artois, T., Cruni-Galtletti, M., de Jesus Navarette, A., Di Domenico, M., Goetz, F., Hall, J.A., Hochberg, R., Jorger, K., Jondelius, U., Todaro, M.A., Wirshing, H.H., Norenburg, J.L., & W. K. Thomas. 2018. Biodiversity estimates and ecological interpretations of meiofaunal communities are biased by the taxonomic approach. Nature Communications Biology doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0119-2 pdf
Schuster J, Atherton S, Todaro MA, Schmidt-Rhaesa A, and R. Hochberg. 2018. Redescription of Xenodasys riedli (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) based on SEM analysis, with first report of population density data. Marine Biodiversity 1-13 doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0667-6 pdf
Yang, H. & Hochberg, R. 2018. Ultrastructure of the extracorporeal tube and “cement glands” in the sessile rotifer Limnias melicerta (Rotifera: Gnesiotrocha). Zoomorphology (2018) 137: 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-017-0371-x pdf
2017
Araujo, T.Q. & Hochberg, R. Description of a new species of Thaumastoderma (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from Belize and Tobago. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 130: 120-127.
Freeman, J. & Hochberg, R. Structure and functional morphology of the acid-secreting glands in the whipscorpion Mastigoproctus giganteus (Lucas, 1835) (Arachnida: Thelyphonida). Zoomorphology DOI: 10.1007/s00435-017-0377-4
Garraffoni ARS, Di Dimenico M & R Hochberg. 2017. New records of marine Gastrotricha from Sao Sebastio Island (Brazil) and the description of a new species. Marine Biodiversity 47: 451-459. pdf
Gallant J & R Hochberg. 2017. Elemental characterization of the exoskeleton in the whipscorpions Mastigoproctus giganteus Lucas, 1835 and Typopeltis dalyi Pocock, 1900 (Arachnida: Thelyphonida). Invertebrate Biology DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12187 pdf
Hochberg A & Hochberg R. 2016. Musculature of the sessile rotifer Stephanoceros fimbriatus (Rotifera: Gnesiotrocha: Collothecaceae) with details on larval metamorphosis and development of the infundibulum. Zoologischer Anzeiger 268: 84-95. pdf
Hochberg R, Walsh EJ, and RL Wallace. 2017. The ultrastructure of the integument and proventriculus in the raptorial rotifer Cupelopgais vorax (Monogononta: Collothecaceae: Atrochidae). Invertebrate Biology 136: 50-61. pdf
Hochberg R, M. Antonio Todaro, Thiago Q. Araujo, Sarah Atherton, Maria Balsamo, Cheon Young Chang, Maikon Di Dimenico, Andre R. Garraffoni, Loretta Guidi, Tobias K¨anneby, Alexander Kieneke, James J. Kirk, Francesca Leasi, JiMin Lee, Teresa Nesteruk, Matteo Dal Zotto, Sarah J. Bownes, Lucia Cesaroni, Il-Hoi Kim, Lukas M¨unter, Renzo Perissinotto. 2017. A tribute to William Human - Gastritrich Biologist Extraordinaire. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 130: 113-119. pdf
2016
Araujo, TQ & Hochberg, R. 2016. First description of a gastrotrich with four scale types, including feathered biancres, a novel find for Gastrotricha. J. Marine Biological Association of the UK doi:10.1017/S0025315416000333 pdf
Araujo TQ, Wieloch AH, Dultra Vidigal TH, Hochberg R, Garraffoni ARS. 2016. Pseudostomella dolichopoda Todaro, 2012 and P. cataphracta Ruppert, 1970 (Gastrotricha: Thaumastodermatidae): new records from Brazil and USA and an updated key to the genus. Check List 12:6 http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.6.1986 pdf
Gallant, J., Ada, E., & Hochberg, R. 2016. Elemental characterization of the cuticle in the marine intertidal pseudoscorpion, Halobisium occidentale Beier, 1931. Invertebrate Biology 135:127-137. pdf
Hochberg R, Yang H, and J. Moore. 2016. The ultrastructure of escape organs: setose arms and cross-striated muscles in Hexarthra mira (Rotifera: Gnesiotrocha: Flosculariaceae). Zoomorphology doi:10.1007/s00435-016-0339-2 pdf
2015
Araujo, TQ, Atherton S & Hochberg, R. 2015. First record and a description of a new species of Oregodasys (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida: Thaumastodermatidae) from Tobago. PBSW 128: 190-199. pdf
Hochberg, A & Hochberg, R. 2015. Serotonin immunoreactivity in the nervous system of the free-swimming largae and sessile adult females of Stephanoceros fimbriatus (Rotifera: Gnesiotrocha). Invertebrate Biology 134:261-270. pdf
Hochberg, R., Hochberg, A., & C. Chan. 2015. Ultrastructure of the rotifer integument: peculiarities of Sinantherina socialis (Monogononta: Gnesiotrocha). Invertebrate Biology DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12085 pdf
Hochberg, R., Walsh, E.J., & R. Wallace. 2015. Soft bodies, hard jaws: An introduction to the symposium, with rotifers as models of jaw evolution. Integrative and Comparative Biology doi: 10.1093/icb/icv002 pdf
Kieneke, A., Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., & Hochberg, R. 2015. A new species of Cephalodasys (Gastrotricha, Macroidasyida) from the Caribbean Sea with a determination key to species of the genus. Zootaxa 3947(3): 367-385. pdf
Mayer, G., Oliveira, I.S., Baer, A., Hammel, J.O., Gallant., & Hochberg, R. 2015. Capture of prey, feeding, and functional anatomy of the jaws in velvet worms (Onychophora). Integrative and Comparative Biology doi:10.1093/icb/icv004 pdf
Smythe, A.B., Forgrave, K., Patti, A., Hochberg, R., & Litvaitis M.K. 2015. Untangling the ecology, taxonomy, and evolution of Chaetogaster limnaei (Oligochaeta: Naididae) species complex. J. Parasitology 101: 320-326. pdf
2014
Atherton, S & Hochberg, R. 2014. The evolution of the reproductive system of Urodasys (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida). Invertebrate Biology 133: 314-323. pdf
Gross, V., Miller, W.R., & Hochberg, R. A new tardigrade, Mutaparadoxipus duodigifinis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Arthrotardigrada), from the Southeastern United States. Zootaxa 3835(2): 263-272. pdf
Todaro, M.A., Leasi, F., & Hochberg, R. 2014. A new species, genus and family of marine Gastrotricha from Jamaica, with a phylogenetic analysis of Macrodasyida based on molecular data. Systematics and Biodiversity http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/jjPm5aiGCvQzG4tAvzyJ/full pdf
2013
Kånneby T, Atherton S, & Hochberg R. 2013. Two new species of Musellifer (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotida) from Florida and Tobago and the systematic placement of the genus within Paucitubulatina. Marine Biodiversity 10: 983-995. pdf
Hochberg R, Kieneke A, Atherton S. 2013. Marine Gastrotricha of Little Cayman Island with the description of two new species and an initial assessment of meiofaunal diversity. Marine Biodiversity 44: 89-113. pdf
Hochberg, R. 2013. Crasiella fonseci, a new species of Gastrotricha (Macrodasyida, Planodasyidae) from São Paulo, Brazil. Marine Biodiversity: DOI 10.1007/s12526-013-0165-4. pdf
Kieneke, A., Narkus, S., Hochberg, R., & Schmidt-Rhaesa, A. 2013. Diplodasys rothei (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida), a new marine gastrotrich species from the Bahamas. Meiofauna Marina 20: 49-61. pdf
2012
Hochberg, R. 2012.The mysteries of meiofauna. International Innovation, North America. pp 62-64.
Atherton, S & Hochberg, R. 2012. Tetranchyroderma bronchostylus sp. nov: the first known gastrotrich (Gastrotricha) with a sclerotic canal in the caudal organ. Marine Biology Research 8: 885-892. pdf
Todaro MA, Dal Zott, M, Jondelius U, Hochberg R, Hummon WD, Kanneby T, Rocha CE. 2012. Gastrotricha: A marine sister for a freshwater puzzle. PLOS One 7(2): e31740. pdf
Kieneke, A & Hochberg, R. 2012. Ultrastructural observations of the protonephridia of Polymerurus nodicaudus (Gastrotricha: Paucitubulatina). Acta Zoologica 93: 115-124. pdf
2011
Hochberg, R. & Atherton, S. 2011. A new species of Lepidodasys (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Panama wioth a description of its peptidergic nervous system using CLSM, anti-FMRFamide and anti-SCPb. Zoologischer Anzeiger 111-122. pdf
2010
Hochberg, R. 2010. New species of Oregodasys (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize with an ultrastructural description of the epidermal glandular system. Zootaxa 2660: 1-17 pdf
Hochberg, R. & Atherton, S. 2010. Acanthodasys caribbbeanensis sp. nov., a new species of Thaumastodermatidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Belize and Panama. Zookeys 61:1-10. pdf
Hochberg, R, Lilley, G. 2010. Neuromuscular organization of the freshwater colonial rotifer, Sinantherina socialis, and its implications for under-standing the evolution of coloniality in Rotifera. Zoomorphology 129: 153-162. pdf
Hochberg, R, O’Brien, S & Puleo, A . 2010 Behavior, metamorphosis and muscular organization of the predatory rotifer, Acyclus inquietus (Rotifera, Monogononta). Invertebrate Biology 129(3): 210-219. pdf
2009
Hochberg, R. 2009. Peptidergic and serotonergic innervation of the atrial complex in Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) revealed with CLSM. Zoomorphology 128: 169-181. pdf
Hochberg, R. 2009. Three dimensional reconstruction and neural map of the serotonergic brain of Asplanchna brightwellii (Rotifera, Monogononta). Journal of Morphology 270: 430-441. pdf
2008
Hochberg, R. 2008. Gastrotricha of Bocas del Toro, Panama: A preliminary report. Meiofauna Marina 16: 101-107. pdf
Hochberg, R. 2009. Ultrastructure of feathered triancres in the Thaumastodermatidae and the description of a new species of Tetranchyroderma (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) from Australia. J Marine Biological Association of the UK 88(4): 729-737. pdf
Hochberg, R. & Ablak Gurbuz, O. 2008. Comparative morphology of the somatic musculature in species of Hexarthra and Polyarthra (Rotifera, Monogononta): Its function in appendage movement and escape behavior. Zoologischer Anzeiger 247: 233-248.
Hochberg, R. 2008. Comparative immunohistochemistry of the gastrotrich cerebral ganglion: An analysis of FMRFamide-like immunoreactivity in Neodasys cirritus (Chaetonotida), Xenodasys riedli and Turbanella sp. (Macrodasyida). Zoomorphology 126: 245-264.
2007
Hochberg, R. 2007. The topology of the nervous system of Notommata copeus (Rotifera: Mononogonta) revealed with anti-FMRFamide, -SCPb, and -Serotonin Immunohistochemistry Invertebrate Biology 126(3):146-157.
Hochberg, R. & Ablak Gurbuz, O. 2007. Functional morphology of somatic muscles and anterolateral setae in Filinia novazealandiae Shiel and Sanoamuang, 1993 (Rotifera). Zoologishcer Anzeiger 246: 11-22.
Hochberg, R. 2007. Serotonin-like immunoreactivity in the central and peripheral nervous systems of the interstitial acochlidean Asperspina sp (Opisthobranchia). Biological Bulletin 213: 33-54.
S. H. Zébazé Togouet, T. Njine, N. Kemka, M. Nola, S. Foto Menbohan,W. Koste, C. Boutin and R. Hochberg. 2007. Spatio-temporal changes in the abundance of the populations of the gastrotrich community in a shallow lake of tropical Africa. Limnologica 37: 311-322.
2006
Hochberg, R. 2006. On the serotonergic nervous system of two planktonic rotifers, Conochilus coenobasis and C. dossuarius (Monogononta, Flosculariacea, Conochilidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 245: 53-62.
2005
Hochberg, R. 2005. First record of Polymerurus (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from Australia with the description of a new species from Queensland and an ultrastructural description of the cuticle in specimens of P. nodicadus. Invertebrate Biology 124:119-130.
Hochberg, R. 2005. Musculature of the primitive gastrotrich Neodasys (Chaetonotida): functional adaptations to the interstitial environment and phylogenetic significance. Marine Biology 146: 315-323.
2004
Hochberg, R. 2004. A new genus and subfamily of Typhloplanidae (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from Australia with a cladistic analysis of subfamily relationships. Journal of Natural History 38: 925-937.
Hochberg, R. 2004. Reproductive anatomy of Prognathorhynchus busheki (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) revealed by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Meiofauna Marina 13: 29-36.
Hochberg, R. 2004. Smithsoniarhynches, a new genus of marine interstitial schizorhynch (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River Lagoon, Florida, USA. JMBA 85: 1-6.
2003
Hochberg, R. 2003. Two new species of Dactylopodola (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from the islands of eastern Australia. Meiofauna Marina 12: 37-46.
Hochberg, R. & Cannon, L.R.G. 2003. Magnetia queenslandica, a new genus and new species of typhloplanid flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela) from Magnetic Island in north Queensland, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51: 1-6.
Hochberg, R. & Litavitis, M.K. 2003. Organization of muscles in Chaetonotida Paucitubulatina (Gastrotricha). Meiofauna Marina 12: 47-58.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M. K. 2003. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical observations on the nervous system of three macrodasyidan gastrotrichs. Acta Zoologica 84: 171-178.
2002
Hochberg, R. 2002. A special form of sensory cilia in Lepidodermella squamata (Gastrotricha,Chaetonotida). Ophelia 55: 137-139.
Hochberg, R. 2002. Two new species of Pseudostomella (Gastrotricha) with scaled triancres from Australia. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research 36(3): 571-579.
Hochberg, R. 2002. Two new species of Turbanellidae (Gastrotricha, Macrodasyida) from Eastern Australia. New Zealand J. of Marine & Freshwater Research 36(2): 311-319.
Hochberg, R. & Cannon, L.R.G. 2002. Two new freshwater rhabdocoels, Austradalyellia and Haplodidymos n. gen. (Platyhelminthes) from Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 44:1-15.
Hochberg, R. & Cannon, L.R. 2001. A new species of Gieysztoria (Platyhelminthes; Rhabdocoela; Dalyelliidae) from a freshwater lake in Queensland, Australia. Zootaxa 11:1-8.
2001
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. A muscular double-helix in Gastrotricha. Zoologischer Anzeiger 240: 59-66.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. Functional morphology of muscles in Tetranchyroderma papii (Gastrotricha). Zoomorphology 121: 37-43.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha): A cladistic analysis of morphology. Invertebrate Biology 120: 124-135.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. The musculature of Dactylopodola baltica and other macrodasyidan gastrotrichs in a functional and phylogenetic perspective. Zoologica Scripta 30: 325-336.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2001. The musculature of Draculicteria tessalata: Implications for the evolution of dorso-ventral muscles in Gastrotricha. Hydrobiologia 452: 155-161.
2000
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2000. Functional morphology of the muscles in Philodina sp. (Rotifera: Bdelloidea). Hydrobiologia 432: 57-64.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2000. Hexamethyldisilazane for scanning electron microscopy of Gastrotricha. Biotechnic and Histochemistry 75: 41-44.
Hochberg, R. & Litvaitis, M.K. 2000. Phylogeny of Gastrotricha: A morphology-based framework of gastrotrich relationships. Biological Bulletin 198: 299-305
1999
Hochberg, R. 1999. Spatiotemporal size-class distribution of Turbanella mustela (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida) on a northern California beach and its effect on tidal suspension. Pacific Science 216: 50-60.
1998
Hochberg, R. 1998. Post-embryonic growth and morphological variability in Turbanella mustela (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida). Journal of Morphology 237: 116-127.