Prof. Dr. Roland Melzer

Publikationen

Original papers

1. Melzer RR, Paulus HF (1989): Evolutionswege zu den Larvalaugen der Insekten - die Stemmata der höheren Dipteren und ihre Umbildung zum Bolwig-Organ. Z zool Syst Evolut-Forsch 27:200-245.

2. Melzer RR, Paulus HF (1990): Larval optic neuropils in Chaoborus. Naturwissenschaften 77:392-394.

3. Melzer RR, Paulus HF (1991): Morphology of the visual system of Chaoborus crystallinus (Diptera, Chaoboridae) I: Larval compound eyes and stemmata. Zoomorphology 110:227-238.

4. Melzer RR, Paulus HF (1993): Neuroanatomische Studien an Mücken (Diptera, Nematocera): ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Analyse neuronaler Strukturen. Verh Dtsch Zool Ges 86.1:221.

5. Melzer RR (1994a): Optic lobes of the larval and imaginal scorpionfly Panorpa vulgaris (Mecoptera, Panorpidae): a neuroanatomical study of neuropil organization, retinula axons, and lamina monopolar cells. Cell Tissue Res. 275:283-290.

6. Melzer RR, Paulus HF (1994) Post-larval development of compound eyes and stemmata of Chaoborus crystallinus ((De Geer, 1776); Diptera: Chaoboridae): stage-specific reconstructions within individual organs of vision. Int J Insect Morphol Embryol 23:261-274.

7. Melzer RR (1994b): Die Evolution des Larvalauges bei den Diptera: Stemma-Axone und Anordnung der Elemente des Sehsystems bei eu-, hemi- und acephalen Larven. Zoologische Beiträge N.F. 35:27-46.

8. Melzer RR, Paulus HF, Kristensen NP (1994): The larval eye of nannochoristid scorpionflies (Insecta, Mecoptera). Acta Zoologica 75:201-208.

9. Bolzer A, Melzer RR, Bosch TCG (1994) A SEM analysis of DMSO treated Hydra polyps. Biology of the Cell 81:83-86.

10. Melzer RR, Nicastro D, Smola U (1995) Die antennalen Sensillen und ihr Projektionsweg bei der Mückenlarve Chaoborus crystallinus De Geer (Diptera: Nematocera) Verh Dtsch Zool Ges 88.1:206

11. Heß M, Melzer RR, Smola U (1995) Die mehrreihige Retina des Balearencongers Ariosoma balearicum (Congridae, Anguilliformes) Verh Dtsch Zool Ges 88.1:163

12. Nicastro D, Smola U, Melzer RR (1995) The antennal sensilla of the carnivorous "phantom" larva of Chaoborus crystallinus (De Geer, 1776) (Diptera, Nematocera). Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:15-26.

13. Melzer RR, Panzinger A, Reckel F, Smola U (1995) Central nervous system of brachyceran larvae (Insecta, Diptera). Zoologischer Anzeiger 234:113-123.

14. Heß M, Melzer RR, Smola U (1996) Die Photorezeptoren der Europäischen Sardelle Engraulis encrasicolus L. (Engraulidae, Clupeiformes) Verh Dtsch Zool Ges 89.1: 212

15. Heß M, Melzer RR, Smola U (1996): The eyes of a "nobody", Anoplodactylus petiolatus (Pantopoda; Anoplodactylidae). Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen 50:25-36.

16. Petyko Z, Zimmermann T, Smola U, Melzer RR (1996) Central projections of Tömösváry's organ in Lithobius forficatus L. (Chilopoda, Lithobiidae). Cell and Tissue Research 283:331-334.

17. Ludwig P, Smola U Melzer RR (1996) Die Mundwerkzeuge des Wurmlöwen Vermileo vermileo (Diptera, Vermileonidae) und ihre Funktion. Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 45:9-14.

18. Schönitzer K, Dott H, Melzer RR (1996) The antenna cleaner gland in Messor rufitarsis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Tissue and Cell 28:107-113.

19. Poinar HN, Melzer RR, Poinar GO jr (1996) Ultrastructure of 30-40 million year old leaflets from Dominican amber (Hymenaea protera, Fabaceae: Angiospermae). Experientia 52:387-390.

20. Melzer RR, Heß M, Ludwig P, Dunkel C, Smola U (1996) Fine structure of the "slit organs" of the pycnogonid, Anoplodactylus petiolatus (Anoplodactylidae). Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 77:167-171.

21. Friedrich M, Rambold I, Melzer RR (1996) The early stages of ommatidial development in the flour beetle Tribolium confusum (Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae). Development, Genes and Evolution (ehem. Roux's Archiv) 206:147-152.

22. Melzer RR, Zimmermann T, Smola U (1997) Modification of dispersal patterns of branched photoreceptor axons and the evolution of neural superposition. Cellular and molecular life sciences (Experientia): 53:242-247.

23. Melzer RR, Petyko Z, Smola U (1997) Photoreceptor axons and optic neuropils in Lithobius forficatus L. (Chilopoda, Lithobiidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 235:177-182.

24. Melzer RR, Diersch R, Nicastro D, Smola U (1997) Compound eye evolution: Highly conserved retinula and cone cell patterns indicate a common origin of the insect and crustacean ommatidium. Naturwissenschaften 84:542-544.

25. Nicastro D, Melzer RR, Smola U (1997) The visual system of Cylindroiulus compostorum (Diplopoda, Julidae): A Golgi study of retinula axons and lamina neurons. p. 467 in: Göttingen neurobiology report 1997; proceedings of the 25th Göttingen neurobiology conference; vol II (Elsner N, Wässle H eds).

26. Heß M, Melzer RR, Smola U (1997) The pattern of cone-pedicles in the retina of the European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus (Engraulidae, Clupeiformes). p. 215 in: From membrane to mind; proceedings of the 25th Göttingen neurobiology conference; vol I (Elsner N, Wässle H eds).

27. Heß M, Melzer RR, Smola U (1998) The photoreceptors of Muraena helena and Ariosoma balearicum - a comparison of multiple bank retinae in anguilliform eels (Teleostei). Zoologischer Anzeiger 237: 127-137.

28. Nicastro D, Melzer RR, Hruschka H, Smola U (1998) Evolution of small sense organs: sensilla on the larval antennae traced back to the origin of the Diptera. Naturwissenschaften 85: 501-505.

29. Heß M, Melzer RR, Smola U (1998) Density map and patterns of cone photoreceptors in the retina of the European anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus L. (Engraulidae, Clupeiformes). Zoology 101, Supplement I (DZG 91.1): 38

30. Nicastro D, Melzer RR, Hruschka H, Smola U (1998) The antennal sensilla of larval Diptera and their evolution. Zoology 101, Supplement I (DZG 91.1): 41

31. Diersch R, Melzer RR, Smola U (1999) Morphology of the compound eyes of two ancestral phyllopods, Triops cancriformis and Lepidurus apus (Notostraca, Triopsidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 19: 213-223.

32. Melzer RR, Sprenger J, Nicastro D, Smola U (1999) Larva-adult relationships in an ancestral dipteran: a re-examination of sensillar pathways across the antenna and leg anlagen of Chaoborus crystallinus (DeGeer, 1776) (Diptera, Chaoboridae) Development, Genes and Evolution 209: 103-112.

33. Reckel F, Melzer RR, Smola U (1999) Ultrastructure of the retina of two subspecies of Coregonus lavaretus (Teleostei) from Lake Constance (Germany): photoreceptors, mosaics, and intraspecific variation. Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 80: 153-162.

34. Dubitzky A, Melzer RR (1999) Untersuchung des Spinnvorgangs bei Haploembia solieri (Rambur) im REM (Insecta, Embioptera, Oligotomidae). Nachrichtenblatt der bayerischen Entomologen 48: 97-102.

35. Weis A, Schönitzer N, Melzer RR (1999) Exocrine glands in the antennae of the carabid beetle, Platynus assimilis (Paykull) 1790 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pterostichinae) Int J Insect Morphol Embryol 28: 331-335.

36. Heß M, Melzer RR, Smola U (1999): A comparative study on the fine structure of clupeoid outer retinae. Zoology 102, Supplement II (DZG 92.1): 41

37. Reckel F, Melzer RR, Smola U (1999): Photoreceptor fine structure and density map of the retina of the garfish Belone belone (Belonidae, Teleostei) during light and dark adaption. Zoology 102, Supplement II (DZG 92.1): 44

38. Melzer RR, Michalke C, Smola U (2000) Walking on insect paths? Early ommatidial development in the compound eye of the ancestral crustacean Triops cancriformis. Naturwissenschaften 87: 308-311.

39. Schönitzer N, Hower E, Melzer RR, Diller E (2000) Sensillentypen und Tyloide an den Antennen der Gattung Dirophanes (Ichneumonida, Ichneumoninae, Alomyini). Beitr. Hymenopt.-Tagung Stuttgart (2000): 57-59

40. Hower E, Melzer RR, Schönitzer N, Diller E (2000): Abgrenzung der Gattungen Aethecerus, Diadromus, Dirophanes, Phaeogenes und Tycherus (Ichneumonida, Ichneumoninae, Alomyini). Beitr. Hymenopt.-Tagung Stuttgart (2000): 48-50

41. Reckel F, Melzer RR, Smola U (2001) Photoreceptor patterns, density and fine structure in the retina of the garfish Belone belone (Belonidae, Teleostei) during light and dark adaption. Acta Zoologica 82: 89-105

42. Haacke C, Heß M, Melzer RR, Gebhart H, Smola U (2001) Fine structure and development of the retina of the grenadier anchovy Coilia nasus Temminck und Schlegel (Engraulididae, Clupeiformes) J Morphol 248: 41-55

43. Wohlfrom H, Melzer RR (2001) Development of the sensory system in larvae and pupae of Chaoborus crystallinus (DeGeer, 1776) (Diptera, Chaoboridae): sensory cells, nerves and ganglia of the tail region. Dev Genes Evol 211: 124-137.

44. Ludwig P, Melzer RR, Ehrhardt V (2001) Larval morphology and classification of wormlions (Diptera, Vermileonidae). MittDGaaE 13: 89-94

45. Melzer RR, Nicastro D, Zimmermann T (2001) Functional morphology of sense organs and sensory receptors in the Diptera. MittDGaaE 13: 299-302

46. Unsöld M, Melzer RR (2001) Sonnenbadeverhalten bei Vögeln – eine verhaltensökologische Studie an vier Ibisarten des Münchener Zoos. Münchener Tierpark Hellabrunn, Geschäftsbericht 2000: 22-23.

47. Heß M, Melzer RR, Smola U (2002) Wiring in a polarization sensitive retina: The pattern of cone-pedicles and horizontal cells in the retina of the European anchovy, Engraulis encrasicolus L. (Engraulididae, Clupeiformes). Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology 34: 355-365

48. Reckel F, Melzer RR, Parry JWL, Bowmaker JK (2002) The retina of atherinomorph teleosts: Photoreceptors, patterns, and spectral sensitivities. Brain Behav Evol 60: 249-264

49. Gross A, Melzer RR (2002) Morphology of the compound eyes of Nebalia herbstii, Leach 1814 (Leptostraca; Nebaliidae). Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology 34: 415-424

50. Unsöld M, Melzer RR (2002) Sonnenbadeverhalten bei Ibissen (Threskiornithidae) Beobachtungen an den vier Arten der Münchener Großvoliere einschließlich einer vergleichenden Übersicht anderer Gruppen. Münchner Tierpark Hellabrunn, Geschäftsbericht 2001: 31.

51. Spreitzer A, Melzer RR (2003) The nymphal eyes of Parabuthus transvaalicus Purcell 1899 (Buthidae): an accessory lateral eye in a scorpion. Zool Anz 242: 137-143

52. Reckel F, Melzer RR (2003) Regional variations in the outer retina of Atherinomorpha (Teleostei): Photoreceptors, cone patterns and cone densities. J Morphol 257: 270-288

53. Reckel F, Hoffmann B, Melzer RR, Horppila J, Smola U (2003) Photoreceptors and cone patterns in the retina of the smelt Osmerus eperlanus (L.) (Osmeridae, Teleostei). Acta Zool 84: 161-170

54. Unsöld M, Melzer RR (2003) Myriapoda aus der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München: Die Scutigeromorpha der Sammlung Verhoeff (Chilopoda: Notostigmophora). Spixiana 26: 193-208

55. Heß M, Melzer RR (2003) Anoplodactylus petiolatus (Pycnogonida) and Hydractinia echinata (Hydrozoa) - observations on galls, feeding behaviour and the host’s defence. Vie et Milieu 53: 135-138

56. Melzer RR, Spreitzer A (2003) Evolution of arthropod eye development: pattern formation in the lateral ocelli of Parabuthus transvaalicus Purcell 1899. Org Divers Evol 3, Electr. Suppl. 2: http://www.senckenberg.de/odes/03-02.htm

57. Bohn J, Dunlop J, Friedrichs A, Haszprunar G, Jäger P, Melzer R, Spelda J (2003) TYTEARG – TYpes of TErrestrial ARthropods of Germany. Sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity – a challenge for society. Berlin, 1.-4.12.2003. Symposium Report Part A: 299

58. Haszprunar G, Melzer RR (2003) GBIF-Germany, Evertebrata II (Mollusca, Chelicerata, Myriapoda). – a coordinated type programme. Sustainable use and conservation of biological diversity – a challenge for society. Berlin, 1.-4.12.2003. Symposium Report Part A: 298

59. Reckel F, Melzer RR (2004) Unusual modifications of the falciform process in the eye of Beloniformes (Teleostei) - evolution of a curtain-like septum in the eye. J Morphol 260: 13-20

60. Meyer, R, Melzer RR (2004) Scanning EM diagnosis of marine Decapoda larvae: A comparison of preparation techniques. Crustaceana 77: 883-886. 61. Meyer R, Friedrich S, Melzer RR (2004) Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792) and Xantho pilipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 larvae (Brachyura; Xanthidae): Scanning EM diagnosis of Zoea I from the Adriatic Sea. Crustaceana 77: 997-1005

62. Spelda, J., Unsöld, M., Ritzerfeld, M., Pilz C., Melzer, R.R. (2004) The Global Myriapod Information System (GloMyrIS) – an Aid for Scientific Research; in: Berendsohn, WG, Oehlschläger S (eds) GBIF-D German participation in the global biodiversity information facility; Status Report 2004: 100-101.

63. Bohn, J., Montoya, M.F., Martin, J., Koch P.C., Melzer, R.R. (2004) TYMUNAC – The Type Database of the Munich Acari Collections; in: Berendsohn, WG, Oehlschläger S (eds) GBIF-D German participation in the global biodiversity information facility; Status Report 2004: 102-103.

64. Heithier N, Melzer RR (2005) The accessory lateral eye of a diplopod, Cylindroiulus truncorum (Silvestri, 1896) (Diplopoda: Julidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 244: 73-78

65. Spelda, J.; Pilz, C.; Friedrich, S., Martin, J.; Unsöld, M.; Melzer, R.R. (2005) Hundert- und Tausendfüßer aus Südbayern, gesammelt auf den Exkursionen der Abteilung “Arthropoda varia” der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München in den Jahren 2003 und 2004 (Myriapoda: Chilopoda, Diplopoda). Schubartiana 1: 578-82.

66. Schönitzer N, Hower-Tilmann E, Melzer RR, Diller, E (2006) Taxonomie und vergleichende Morphologie der Gattung Dirophanes Foerster, 1869 (Insecta, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Alomyini). Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 95: 87-142.

67. Krapp T, Lang C, Libertini A, Melzer RR (2006) Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 sensu lato (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in the Mediterranean. Org. Divers. Evol. 6: 77-81.

68. Krapp T, Lang C, Libertini A, Melzer RR (2006) Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 sensu lato (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in the Mediterranean. Org. Div. Evol. 6, Electr. Suppl. 3: 1-18.

69. Montoya Bravo MF, Meltzer L, Meyer R, Melzer RR (2006) Pycnogonids under infralitoral stones at Cape Savudrija, Northern Adriatic Sea. Spixiana 29: 87-89.

70. Meyer R, Wehrtmann IS, Melzer RR (2006) Morphology of the first zoeal stage of Portunus acuminatus, Stimpson, 1871 (Decapoda: Portunidae: Portuninae) reared in the laboratory. Scientia Marina 70: 261-270

71. Harzsch S, Melzer RR, Müller CHG (2006) Eye development in Myriapoda: implications for arthropod phylogeny. Proceedings of Congress in Myriapodology, Bergen 2005. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 53: 177-180.

72. Harzsch S, Vilpoux K, Blackburn D, Platchetzki D, Brown NL, Melzer RR, Kempler KE, Batelle BA (2006) Evolution of arthropod visual systems: Development of the eyes and central visual pathways in the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758 (Chelicerata, Xiphosura). Developmental Dynamics 235: 2641-2655.

73. Schwabe E, Alarcón M-A, Försterra G, Häussermann V, Salmen A, Melzer RR, Schrödl M (2006) Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the southern Chilean Comau Fjord, with reinstatement of Tonicia calbucensis Plate, 1897. Zootaxa 1341: 1-27.

74. Heß M, Melzer RR, Eser, R, Smola U (2006) The structure of anchovy outer retinae (Engraulididae, Clupeiformes) - A comparative light- and electron-microscopic study using museum-stored material. J. Morphology 267: 1356-1380.

75. Melzer RR, Schrödl M, Häussermann V, Försterra G, Montoya Bravo MF (2006) Pycnogonids on cnidarians at fjord Comau, Southern Chile: a report on 2005 SCUBA collections. Spixiana 29: 237-242.

76. Harzsch S, Melzer RR (2006) Origin and evolution of arthropod visual systems. Arthropod Structure and Development 35: 209-210

77. Lehmann T, Gailer JP, Melzer RR, Schwabe E (2007) A scanning-electron microscopic study of Dickdellia labioflecta (Dell, 1990) (Gastropoda, Littorinoidea) on Colossendeis megalonyx megalonyx Fry & Hedgpeth, 1969 (Pycnogonida, Colossendeidae): a test for ectoparasitism Polar Biology 30: 243-248.

78. Harzsch S, Melzer RR, Müller CHG (2007) Mechanisms of eye development and evolution of the arthropod visual system: the lateral eyes of Myriapoda are not modified insect ommatidia. Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 7: 20-32.

79. Lang C, Krapp T, Melzer RR (2007) Postembryonal development in Caprellidae: SEM description and comparison of ready-to-hatch juveniles and adults of two Mediterranean skeleton shrimps (Crustacea: Amphipoda) Zootaxa 1605: 1-32

80. Willenz P, Häussermann V, Försterra G, Schrödl M, Melzer RR, Atwood L, Jorda C (2007) Finding more missing pieces of a puzzle in a maze - continuing the benthos exploration of channels and fjords of Southern Chilean Patagonia. Global Marine Environment 5: 26-29.

81. Pilz C, Melzer RR, Spelda J (2008) Morphometrics and scanning EM analysis of the species pair Lithobius mutabilis L. Koch, 1862 and Lithobius glacialis Verhoeff, 1937. ODE 7: 270 and 270e1-270e20

82. Melzer RR, Schmidt S (2008) Editorial: from character observation to species delimitation – taxonomy as empirical science. Spixiana 31: 1

83. Melzer RR, Schwabe E (2008) First record of an early pea crab stage on Tonicia chilensis. (Frembly, 1827) (Mollusca, Polyplacophora). Zootaxa 1919: 58-60

84. Diller E, Schönitzer K, Melzer RR (2008) Eine neue, alpine Tycherus-Art (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Phaeogenini). Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 98: 37-42

85. Montoya Bravo, MF, Müller H-G, Arango CP , Tigreros P & Melzer RR (2009): Morphology of shallow-water sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Colombian Caribbean. Spixiana 32: 9-34

86. Melzer RR, Schmidt S (2009) Editorial: Evolution of communication – knowledge transfer in Darwins’ times. Spixiana 32: 1-2.

87. Geiselbrecht H, Melzer RR (2009) Morphology of the first zoeal stage of the partner shrimp Periclimenes amethysteus Risso, 1827 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae: Pontoniinae) studied with the Scanning EM. Zootaxa 2140: 45-55.

88. Melzer RR (2009) Persisting stemma neuropils in Chaoborus crystallinus (Diptera: Chaoboridae): Development and evolution of a bipartite visual system. Journal of Morphology 270: 1524-1530; published online: DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10779

89. Diller E, Riedel M, Melzer RR, Schönitzer K (2009) Verbreitung neotropischer Phaeogenini mit Beschreibungen neuer Taxa der Gattung Tycherus Foerster, 1869ª (Insecta; Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ichneumoninae, Phaeogenini). Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges. 99, Supplement: 3-95.

90. Meyer R, Martin J, Melzer RR (2010) Nucleus patterns of zoea I larvae (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the context of taxonomy. Zootaxa 2422: 31-42.

91. Melzer RR, Meyer R (2010) Field experiments on the association of decapod crustaceans with sea anemones, Anemonia viridis (Forsskål, 177 5). Natura Croatica 19: 151-163.

92. Oliveira Biener U, Melzer RR, Miller M (2010) Pilumnus Leach (1815) (Decapoda: Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819) from Mediterranean and adjacent Atlantic waters: A COI Analysis. Invertebrate Systematics 24: 182-193.

93. Geiselbrecht H, Melzer RR (2010) Mandibles of zoea I larvae of nine decapod species: A scanning EM analysis. Spixiana 33: 27-47.

94. Unsöld M, Melzer RR (2010) Sunning behaviour in ibises (Threskiornithidae) Observations on four species at Tierpark Hellabrunn, Munich. Zool. Garten (N.F.) 79: 89-104. Doi:10.1016/j.zoolgart.2010.07.001

95. Lehmann T, Weinzierl C, Melzer RR (2011) SEM-description of the first larval instar of Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1884) J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK 91: 1081-1087. doi: 10.1017/S0025315410002067.

96. Weis A, Friedrich S, Melzer RR (2011) Antarctic Pycnogonida housed at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology. Zoosystematics and Evolution 87: 297-318.

97. Haszprunar G, Pillukat A, Schrödl M, Melzer RR (2011) Editorial – 200 years Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Spixiana 34: 1.

98. Melzer RR, Friedrich S, Ritzerfeld M, Bohn J, Spelda J (2011): GloMyrIS and TyMunAC: Myriapoda and Acari databases of the GBIF-D node invertebrates II. Spixiana 34: 11-20.

99. Lehmann T, Melzer RR (2011) Retinula axons of Pycnogonida and their terminals in the visual neuropils: Ancestral chelicerate features? Deep Metazoan Phylogeny, Munich 2011. Zitteliana Ser. B 30: 32.

100. Goldschmidt T, Melzer RR (2011) An interesting water mite fauna (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in springs just outside the city of Munich (Bavaria, Germany) – a pilot study for a faunistic monitoring of prealpine and alpine springs. Spixiana 34: 153-194.

101. Haszprunar G, Pillukat A, Schrödl M, Melzer RR (2011) Editorial – 200 years Zoologische Staatssammlung München (Bavarian State Collection of Zoology Munich). Spixiana 34: 145.

102. Spelda J, Reip HS, Oliveira-Biener U, Melzer RR (2011) Barcoding Fauna Bavarica: Myriapoda - a contribution to DNA sequence based identifications of centipedes and millipedes (Chilopoda, Diplopoda). Zookeys 156: 123-139.

103. Lehmann T, Heß M, Melzer RR (2012) Wiring a periscope – ocelli, retinula axons, visual neuropils and the ancestrality of sea spiders. PLoS ONE 7(1): e30474. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030474.

104. Weis A, Melzer RR (2012) Chilean and Subantarctic Pycnogonida collected by the “Huinay Fjordos” Expeditions 2005-2011. Zoosystematics and Evolution 88: 185-203.

105. Weis A, Melzer RR (2012) How did sea spiders recolonize the Chilean fjords after glaciation? DNA barcoding of Pycnogonida, with remarks on phylogeography of Achelia assimilis (Haswell, 1885). Systematics and Biodiversity 10: 361-374. http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/pJfwVm5QdZvH9IZRkMge/full

106. Oliveira-Biener U, Lehmann T, Melzer RR, Reip H2, Spelda J (2012) The use of extended depth of field for taxonomic data mobilisation via internet - Verhoeff’s gonopod preparations as a pilot study. Spixiana 35: 263-268.

107. Meyer R, Weis A, Melzer RR (2012) In Patagonian waters between 6 and 98 °C – The Huinay fjordos expedition no. “10”. Annual Report GeoBioCenter 2010/2011: 18-20.

108. Geiselbrecht H, Melzer RR (2013) How do mandibles sense? - The sensory apparatus of larval mandibles of Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) Arthropod Structure and Development 42: 1-16

109. Lehmann T, Melzer RR (2013) Retinula axons and visual neuropils of the median and lateral eyes of Scorpions. Frontiers in Zoology 10:40; http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/10/1/40.

110. Meyer R, Weis A, Melzer RR (2013) Decapoda of the Chilean fjords: DNA Barcoding and integrative taxonomy with focus on the genera Acanthocyclus H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1844 and Eurypodius Guérin, 1825 Systematics and Biodiversity 11: 389-404.

111. Försterra G, Häussermann V, Melzer RR, Weis A (2013) A deep water pycnogonid close to the beach: Colossendeis macerrima Hoek, 1881 spotted at 18 m in the Chilean fjords. Spixiana 36: 20

112. Geiselbrecht H, Melzer RR (2013) Nervous systems in 3D: A Comparison of Caridean, Anomuran and Brachyuran Zoea-I (Decapoda). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 9999B: 1-14; DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22528.

113. Försterra G, Häussermann V, Melzer RR, Meyer R (2013) Gradual changes of benthic biodiversity in Comau fjord, Chilean Patagonia – naturalist’s observations during a decade of taxonomic research. Spixiana 36: 161-171.

114. Weis A, Meyer R, Dömel J, Dietz L, Leese F, Melzer RR (2014) Pallenopsis patagonica – a species complex revealed by morphology and CoI sequences. Zool J Linn Soc 170: 110-131.

115. Meyer R, Lehmann T, Melzer RR, Geiselbrecht H (2014) Morphology of the first zoeal stage of the Mediterranean bumblebee shrimp Gnathophyllum elegans Risso, 1816 (Decapoda: Caridea: Gnathophyllidae) studied with light and scanning EM microscopy. J Mar Biol Ass UK 94:151-158; doi:10.1017/S002531541300115X

116. Geiselbrecht H, Melzer RR (2014) Fine structure and ecdysis of mandibular sensilla associated with the lacinia mobilis in Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814) (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Peracarida). Arthropod Structure and Development 43: 221-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2014.01.002

117. Batel A, Melzer RR, Anger K, Geiselbrecht H (2014) Heterochrony in mandible development - A comparative SEM study on zoea larvae of two carideans (Decapoda). J. Morph. 275:1258–1272; article first published online: 29 May 2014, DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20299

118. Lehmann T, Hess M, Melzer RR (2014) Common littoral pycnogonids of the Mediterranean Sea. Zoosystematics and Evolution 90: 163-224, DOI 10.3897/zse.90.7520.

119. Macaya EC, Riosmena-Rodríguez R, Melzer RR Meyer R, Försterra G, Häussermann V (2015) Rhodolith beds in the South-East Pacific. Marine Biodiversity Oceanarium 45: 153-154; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-014-0254-z.

120. Lehmann T, Heß M, Wanner G, Melzer RR (2014) Dissecting a neuron network: FIB-SEM-based 3D-reconstruction of the visual neuropils in the sea spider Achelia langi (Dohrn, 1881) (Pycnogonida). BMC Biology 12:59: doi:10.1186/s12915-014-0059-3.

121. Dietz L, Arango C, Dömel JS, Halanych KM, Harder AM, Held C, Mahon AR, Mayer C, Melzer RR, Rouse G, Weis A, Wilson N, Leese F (2015) Regional differentiation and extensive hybridisation between mitochondrial clades of the Southern Ocean giant sea spider

Colossendeis megalonyx. Royal Society open science 2: 140424

122. Meyer R, Türkay M, Melzer RR (2015) First record of the swimming crab, Bathynectes longipes (Risso, 1816) (Portunidae) in the Northern Adriatic biogeographic sector. Spixiana 38: 203-204

123. Landmann SW, Meyer R, Böttcher A, Pfannkuchen M, Melzer RR (2016) Field experiments on individual adaptation of the spider crab Inachus phalangium to its sea anemone host Anemonia viridis in the northern Adriatic Sea. Mediterranean Marine Science 17: 333-339

124. Bergmeier FS, Melzer RR, Haszprunar G, Jörger KM (2016) Getting the most out of minute singletons: molecular data from SEM-samples in Solenogastres (Mollusca). The Malacologist 66: 23-25

125. Liu Y, Melzer RR, Haug JT, Haug C, Briggs DEG, Hörnig MK, He Y, Hou X (2016)

A three-dimensionally preserved minute larva of a great-appendage arthropod from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota. PNAS 113: 5542–5546; doi:10.1073/pnas.1522899113

126. Melzer RR, Bursic M, Ceseña F, Dömel JS, Heß M, Landmann S, Metz M, Pfannkuchen M, Reed I, Meyer R (2016) High decapod diversity revealed by minimal-invasive, short-term survey of Brijuni marine protected area. Biodiversity and Conservation 25:1559–1567; DOI 10.1007/s10531-016-1138-2

127. Svara V, Melzer RR (2016) A new species of Austrodecus Hodgson, 1907 (Pycnogonida, Austrodecidae) from the Chilean fjords. Helgoland Marine Research 70:15; DOI 10.1186/s10152-016-0460-0

128. Lehmann T, Lodde-Bensch E, Melzer RR, Metz M (2016) The visual system of harvestmen (Opiliones, Chelicerata) – a re-examination. Frontiers in Zoology 13:50.

129. Ceseña F, Meyer R, Mergl CP, Häussermann V, Försterra G, McConnell K, Melzer RR (2016) Decapoda of the Huinay Fiordos-expeditions to the Chilean fjords 2005-2014: Inventory, pictorial atlas, and faunistic remarks. Spixiana 39: 153-198.

130. Wagner P, Dömel JS, Hofmann M, Hübner J, Leese F, Melzer RR (2017) SEM studies of bisected proboscides of Pantopoda. ODE 17: 121, DOI 10.1007/s13127-016-0310-6

131. Dömel JS, Melzer RR, Harder A, Mahon A, Leese F (2017) Nuclear and mitochondrial gene data support recent radiation within the sea spider species complex Pallenopsis patagonica (Hoek, 1881). Frontiers Ecol Evol. 4: 139. DOI 10.3389/fevo.2016.00139

132. Hübner J, Wagner P, Lehmann T. Melzer RR (2017) Testing species delimitation with larval morphology: SEM analysis of protonymphon larvae of two closely related pantopods, Pallenopsis patagonica (Hoek, 1881) and Pallenopsis yepayekae Weis, 2014. Inv Syst 31: 363-374.

133. Ceseña F, Geiselbrecht H, Heß M, Landmann S, Lehmann T, Mavric B, Melzer RR, Meyer R, Pfannkuchen M, Bursic M (2017) First record of the snapping shrimp, Automate branchialis Holthuis & Gottlieb, 1958 for Croatian waters (Decapoda, Alpheidae). Spixiana 40: 36.

134. Lehmann T, Melzer RR (2018) A tiny visual system – retinula axons and visual neuropils of Neobisium carcinoides (Hermann, 1804) (Chelicerata, Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones). Special issue for the 85th anniversary of Prof. Peter Weygoldt. Zoologischer Anzeiger 273: 164-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.11.014.

135. Dietz L, Dömel JS, Leese F, Lehmann T, Melzer RR (2018) Feeding ecology in sea spiders (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida): What do we know? Frontiers in Zoology 15: 7

136. Schulz-Mirbach T, Olbinado M, Rack A, Mittone A, Bravin A, Melzer RR, Ladich F, Heß M (2018) In-situ visualization of sound-induced otolith motion using hard X-ray phase contrast imaging. Scientific Reports 8: 3121; doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21367-0

137. Olsson L, Worsaae K, Melzer RR (2017) Editorial. Acta Zoologica 99: 1. DOI: 10.1111/azo.12228

138. Lehmann T, Heß M, Melzer RR (2018) Sense organs in Pycnogonida: A review. Acta Zoologica 99: 211-230. DOI: 10.1111/azo.12207.

139. Dreyer N, Yusa Y, Gale A, Melzer RR, Høeg J (2018): In the footsteps of Darwin: Morphology and evolution of dwarf male attachment sites in scalpellid barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia) and its implications for the evolution of reproductive strategies. Zool J Linn Soc. 184: 999-1023. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly018

140. Smodlaka Tanković M, Baricevic A, Perusco VS, Melzer RR, Izquierdo Lopez A, Dömel JS, Heß M, Kužat N, Marić Pfannkuchen D, Pfannkuchen M (2018) Experimental evidence for shaping and bloom inducing effects of decapod larvae Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792) on marine phytoplankton. J Mar Biol Ass UK 98: 1881-1887.

141. Lehmann T, Melzer RR (2018) Also looking like Limulus? – Retinula axons and visual neuropils of Amblypygi (whip spiders). Frontiers in Zoology 15:52. DOI:10.1186/s12983-018-0293-6

142. Lehmann T, Melzer RR (2019) The visual system of Thelyphonida: Support for Arachnopulmonata. Arthropod Structure & Development 51: 23-31. DOI:10.1016/j.asd.2019.06.002

143. Schwaha T, Ruthensteiner B, Melzer RR, Asami T, Páll-Gergely B (2019) Three phyla – two type specimens – one shell: History of a snail shell revealed by modern imaging technology. J Zool Syst Evolut Res 57:527–533.

144. Dömel JS, Macher T-H, Dietz L, Duncan S, Mayer C, Rozenberg A, Wolcott KA, Leese F, Melzer RR (2019) Combining morphological and genomic evidence to resolve species diversity and study speciation processes of the Pallenopsis patagonica (Pycnogonida) species complex. Frontiers in Zoology 16: 36.

145. Melzer RR, Heß M, Makovec T, Staggl MA, Mavrič B (2019) Hippolyte prideauxiana Leach, 1817: First record for the Northern Adriatic and observations on mimetic colouration. Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies Series Historia Naturalis [Annales, Series Historia Naturalis] 29: 231-234.

146. Schulz-Mirbach T, Ladich F, Mittone A, Olbinado M, Bravin A, Maiditsch IP, Melzer RR, Krysl P, Heß M (2020) Auditory chain reaction: effects of sound pressure and particle motion on auditory structures in fishes. PLoS ONE 15(3): e0230578 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230578

147. Dömel JS, Dietz L, Macher T-H, Rozenberg A, Mayer C, Spaak JM, Melzer RR, Leese F (2020) Analyzing drivers of speciation in the Southern Ocean using the sea spider species complex Colossendeis megalonyx as a test case. Polar Biology 43: 319-342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-020-02636-z

148. Melzer RR, Lehmann T, Mayr C (2020) Dickdellia on Colossendeis: testing ectoparasitism with stable isotopes. Antarctic Science 32: 271-272. doi:10.1017/S0954102020000127

149. Gundi P, Cecchin C, Haug, C, Melzer RR, Haug J (2020) Giant planktic larvae of anomalan crustaceans and their unusual compound eyes. Helgoland Marine Research 74: 8.

150. Schmidt M, Liu Y, Zhai D, Hou X, Melzer RR (2020) Moving legs: a workflow on how to generate a flexible endopod of the 518 mya old Chengjiang arthropod Ercaicunia multinodosa using 3D-kinematics (Cambrian, China). Microscopy, Research and Technique. 2020: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jemt.23628

151. Pillukat A, Melzer RR (2020) Dr. Martin Baehr (10.3.1943 – 17.4.2019) Obituary honouring his scientific achievements. Spixiana 43: 1-35.

152. Al-Hindi AN, Wranik W, Apel M, Forster S, Melzer RR (2020) First record of eight brachyuran crab species (Crustacea – Decapoda) in Socotra archipelago in the Indian Ocean – Yemen. Electron. J. Univ. Aden Basic Appl. Sci. [Internet]. 2020 Dec.30 [cited 2021Feb.2];1(4):193-207. Available from: https://ejua.net/index.php/EJUA-BA/article/view/57

153. Lehmann T, Spelda J, Melzer RR, Bursic M (2021) Pycnogonida from Northern Adriatic Corallina officinalis beds. Mediterranean Marine Science 22(1), 102-107. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/mms. 23223

154. Lehmann & Melzer (2021) Outsourcing a visual neuropil – The central visual system of the median eyes of Galeodes granti Pocock, 1903 (Arachnida: Solifugae). Arthropod Structure and Development 60: 101024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2020.101024

155. Torres G, Melzer RR, Spitzner F, Šargač Z, Harzsch S, Gimenez L (2021) Methods to study organogenesis in decapod crustacean larvae I: larval rearing, preparation and fixation. Helgoland marine research Helgol Mar Res 75, 3 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10152-021-00548-x

156. Melzer RR, Spitzner F, Šargač Z, Hörnig M, Krieger J, Haug C, Haug J, Kirchhoff T, Meth R, Torres G, Harzsch S (2021) Methods to study organogenesis in decapod crustacean larvae II: analyzing cells and tissues. Helgoland marine research Helgol Mar Res 75, 2 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s10152-021-00547-y

157. Lehmann T, Neusser TP, Jörger KM, Melzer RR (2021) Drifting postlarva of Callipallene brevirostris (Johnston, 1837) (Pycnogonida: Callipallenidae) from Roscoff (France). Marine Biodiversity Oceanarium 51: 36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-021-01181-0

158. Schmidt M, Liu Y, Hou X, Haug JT, Haug C, Mai H, Melzer RR (2021) Intraspecific variation in the Cambrian: new observations in the morphology of the chinese Chengjiang euarthropod Sinoburius lunaris. BMC Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01854-1

159. Melzer RR (2021) Biodiversität der Nordadria - zwischen Naturschutz und Artenschwund. SNSB-Jahresheft 2021: 14-15.

160. Liu Y, Edgecombe GD, Schmidt M, Bond AD, Melzer RR, Zhai D, Mai H, Zhang M, Hou X (2021) Exites in Cambrian arthropods and homology of arthropod limb branches. Nature communications 12: 4619. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24918-8

161. Schmidt M, Melzer RR, Bicknell RDC (2021) Kinematics of whip spider pedipalps: a 3D comparative morpho-functional approach. Integrative Zoology 2021; 0: 1–12 doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12591

162. Bicknell RDC, Melzer RR, Schmidt M (2022) Three-dimensional kinematics of euchelicerate limbs uncover functional specialisation in eurypterid appendages. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135.1: 174-183. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blab108

163. Schmidt M, Melzer RR, Plotnick RE, Bicknell RD (2021) Spines and baskets in apex predatory sea scorpions uncover unique feeding strategies using 3D-kinematics. Iscience, 103662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci. 2021.103662

164. Belojević J, Weß V, Jaklin A, Pfannkuchen M, Melzer RR (2022) Decapods on Adriatic gas platforms – benthic climbers or planktonic drifters? Spixiana 45: 27-33.

165. Schmidt M, Hou X, Belojević J, Zhai D, Mai H, Melzer RR, Ortega-Hernández J, Liu Y (2022) Before trilobite legs – Pygmaclypeatus daziensis revised and the ancestral appendicular organization of Cambrian artiopods. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 377: 20210030. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2021.0030

166. Wolf L, Melzer RR, Lehmann T (2022) Rediscovery after 25 years – first photographic documentation and DNA barcoding of the deep-sea pycnogonid species Ascorhynchus hippos Turpaeva, 1994 (Chelicerata, Pycnogonida, Ascorhynchidae) from the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. Zoosyst. Evol. 98 (2) 2022, 257–262; DOI 10.3897/zse.98.84864

167. Zhang Y, Liu Y, O’Flynn RJ, Schmidt M, Melzer RR, Hou X, Mai H, Guo J, Yu M, Ortega-Hernandez J (2022) Ventral organisation of Jianfengia multisegmentalis Hou 1987, and its implications for the head segmentation of megacheirans. Palaeontology 65: e12624.

168. Zhang M, Liu Y, Hou X, Ortega-Hernández J, Mai H, Schmidt M, Melzer RR, Guo J (2022) Ventral morphology of the non-trilobite artiopod Retifacies abnormalis Hou, Chen & Lu, 1989 from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota, China. Biology 11(8), 1235.

169. Al-Hindi A, Forster S, Apel M, Melzer RR (2023) New records of brachyuran crab species (Crustacea: Decapoda) in Gulf of Aden - Yemen. EJUA-BA Vol. 4 (1) https://doi.org/10.47372/ejua-ba.2023.1.227.

170. Sikora B, Unsoeld M, Melzer RR, Friedrich S, Skoracki M (2023) First Records of Picobiine Mites Associated with Birds-of-Paradise. Can Interspecific Sexual Behaviour of Hosts Play a Role in the Distribution of Quill Mite Parasites? Animals 2023, 13, 1509.

171. Melzer RR, Pfannkuchen M, Djumovič S, Mavrič B, Heß M (2023) First record of the golden coral shrimp, Stenopus spinosus Risso, 1827, in the Gulf of Venice. Annals for Istrian and Mediterranean Studies Series Historia Naturalis [Annales, Series Historia Naturalis] 33: 113-118.

172. Bicknell RDC, Schmidt M, Rahman IA, Edgecombe GD, Gutarra S, Daley AC, Melzer RR, Wroe S, Paterson JR (2023) Raptorial appendages of an iconic Cambrian apex predator are built for soft prey and speed. Proc. R. Soc B 290: 20230638. https://doi.org/10.1098/ rspb.2023.0638

173. Schmidt, M., Martin, I., & Melzer, R. R. (2024). Just a matter of size? Evaluating allometry and intersexual heterometry in Pagurus bernhardus using ratios and indices (Decapoda, Anomura). Integrative Zoology 19(5), 807-823. https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12794

174. Hendrickx, C., Trapman, T. H., Wills, S., Holwerda, F. M., Stein, K. H., Rauhut, O. W., Melzer RR, van Wunsel J. V., Reumer, J. W. (2024). A combined approach to identify isolated theropod teeth from the Cenomanian Kem Kem Group of Morocco: cladistic, discriminant, and machine learning analyses. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, e2311791. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2311791

175. Skoracki, M., Unsöld, M., Kosicki, J. Z., Melzer, R. R., Friedrich, S. & Sikora, B. (2024). Enigmatic host-mite relationships: unravelling the distribution of quill mites on Birds-of-Paradise. International Journal for Parasitology 54: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpara.2024.03.007

176. Schmidt M, Melzer RR (2024) The ´elongate chelicera-problem‘: a virtual approach in an extinct pterygotid sea scorpion from a 3D kinematic point of view. Ecology and Evolution 14(5), e11303. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11303.

177. Schmidt, M., Hou, X., Mai, H., Zhou, G., Melzer, R. R., Zhang, X., & Liu, Y. (2024). Unveiling the ventral morphology of a rare early Cambrian great appendage arthropod from the Chengjiang biota of China. BMC Biology, 22(1), 96. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-01889-y

178. Schmidt, M., Achterhold, K., Pfeiffer, F., & Melzer, R. R. (2024). Kinematics of elongate harvestmen chelicerae: Comparative range of motion analyses in extant Ischyropsalis (Dyspnoi, Opiliones). Zoology, 167: 126219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2024.126219

179. Le Cadre J, Melzer RR, Müller P, Haug C, Haug JT (2024) Three previously undescribed lithobiomorphan centipedes found in Cretaceous Myanmar amber, a clue on the geological record of Lithobiomorpha. Mesozoic 1: 493-505. https://doi.org/10.11646/mesozoic.1.4.7

180. Melzer RR, Raupach M, Schrödl M, Pillukat A (2024) Spixiana – the one and only? Editorial. Spixiana 47: 12.

181. Sikora B, Unsöld M, Melzer RR, Friedrich S, Hromada M (2025) Revealing the complexity of host-parasite relationships between syringophilid mites and Sunbirds in their global range. Animals 2025, 15, 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ani15010110.

182. Haug C, Braig F, Linhart JS, Briggs DEG, Melzer RR, Caballero A, Fu Y, Haug T, Hörnig MK, Haug JT (2025) Fossil lacewing larvae with binocular vision demonstrate the convergent evolution of sophisticated simple eyes about 100 million years ago. Insect Science 0, 1-12, doi: 10.1111/1744-7917.13509

183. Schmidt M, Melzer RR, Mai H, Hou X Liu Y (2025) Drishti, Amira and the visualization of early Cambrian Chengjiang arthropods from China: A comparative view. Palaeontologia electronica 28: a5

184. Schmidt M, Schoenemann B, Hou X, Melzer RR, Liu Y (2025) Pygmaclypeatus daziensis, a unique lower Cambrian arthropod with two different compound eye systems. Communications Biology 8: 317.

185. Sikora B, Unsöld M, Melzer RR , Friedrich S, Hromada M, Skoracki M (2025) Quill mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) parasitising birds of the subfamily Euphoninae (Passeriformes: Fringillidae). Animals 2025, 15, 764. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15050764.

186. Ng, P. K., Ahyong, S. T., Melzer, R. R., & Tsang, L. M. (2025). The familial position of Eurypodius Guérin, 1828 (Brachyura, Majoidea). Crustaceana, 98(7-8), 679-710.

187. Ceseña, F., Meyer, R., Mergl, C. P., Häussermann, V., Försterra, G., & Melzer, R. R. (2025). Biodiversity gradients in Chilean fjords: latitude and habitat exposure to wave and wind shape decapod assemblages. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 109558.

188. Christina Egger, Catarina Melo, Bailey Marquardt, Aschwin H. Engelen, Roland R. Melzer, Elsa Santos, Margarida Fernandes, Núria Baylina, Ester A. Serrao, Márcio A. Coelho (2025) Reproductive phenology and sexual propagation of the pink sea fan Eunicella verrucosa for coral restoration. Coral Reefs, 1-25.

189. Mavrič B, Schliewen U, Heß M, Hervat M, Melzer RR (2025) First record for the Gulf of Venice: Mediterranean Cardinal fish, Apogon imberbis (Linnaeus, 1758), spotted in the Brijuni Marine Protected Area and marine caves at the slopes of Banjole Island (Croatia). Spixiana 47: 259.

190. Le Cadre, J., Hammel, J. U., Melzer, R. R., Short, M., & Arce, S. I. (2025). When opposites attract: a syninclusion of extinct mites and a bradytelic bristly millipede in Baltic amber: J. Le Cadre et al. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 144(1), 45.

Books, book chapters and reviews

1. Ludwig P, Melzer RR (1998) Fangtrichter und Tellereisen: Jäger des Sandes. Biologie in unserer Zeit 28:20-25.

2. Melzer RR, Brandhuber P, Zimmermann T, Smola U (2001) Farben aus dem Meer: Der Purpur. Biologie in unserer Zeit 31:30-39

3. Melzer RR, Mannes Y (2001) Aristoteles: der erste mediterrane Meeresbiologe. Pp. 38-41 in: Hofrichter R (ed.) Das Mittelmeer, Band I, Spektrum-Verlag, Heidelberg.

4. Melzer RR, Herzer K (2001) Das Litoral. Pp. 308-325 in: Hofrichter R (ed.) Das Mittelmeer, Band I, Spektrum-Verlag, Heidelberg.

5. Melzer RR (2002) Erasmus Darwin und die Nachtwachen des Bonaventura. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 55: 420-422

6. Melzer RR (2002) Mantophasmatodea. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 55: 553-554.

7. Brandhuber P, Melzer RR (2003) Farben aus dem Meer: Ein Schwamm, eine Schnecke und eine Erbkrankheit. Pp. 370 in: Hofrichter R (ed.) Das Mittelmeer, Band II/1, Spektrum-Verlag, Heidelberg.

8. Kühmstedt J, Melzer RR (2006) Das gläserne Insekt – Einblick in die inneren Organe von Arthropoden. Biol. Unserer Zeit 36: 308-312.

9. Friedrich, S. & Melzer, R. (2006). Krebstiere. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (Hrsg.) & Emrich, U. (Red.): Faszination Natur, Tiere. Bd. 2, Wirbellose II.- S. 98-101; Leipzig, Mannheim: F.A. Brockhaus

10. Friedrich, S. & Melzer, R. (2006). Zehnfußkrebse. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (Hrsg.) & Emrich, U. (Red.): Faszination Natur, Tiere. Bd. 2, Wirbellose II.- S. 140-141; Leipzig, Mannheim: F.A. Brockhaus

11. Friedrich, S. & Melzer, R. (2006). Asseln. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (Hrsg.) & Emrich, U. (Red.): Faszination Natur, Tiere. Bd. 2, Wirbellose II.- S. 130-131; Leipzig, Mannheim: F.A. Brockhaus

12. Friedrich, S. & Melzer, R. (2006). Kiemenfüßer. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (Hrsg.) & Emrich, U. (Red.): Faszination Natur, Tiere. Bd. 2, Wirbellose II.- S. 102-103; Leipzig, Mannheim: F.A. Brockhaus 13. Friedrich, S. & Melzer, R. (2006). Scherenasseln. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (Hrsg.) & Emrich, U. (Red.): Faszination Natur, Tiere. Bd. 2, Wirbellose II.- S. 134-135; Leipzig, Mannheim: F.A. Brockhaus 14. Friedrich, S. & Melzer, R. (2006). Leuchtgarnelen. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (Hrsg.) & Emrich, U. (Red.): Faszination Natur, Tiere. Bd. 2, Wirbellose II.- S. 138-139; Leipzig, Mannheim: F.A. Brockhaus 15. Friedrich, S. & Melzer, R. (2006). Kumazeen. In: Brockhaus-Redaktion (Hrsg.) & Emrich, U. (Red.): Faszination Natur, Tiere. Bd. 2, Wirbellose II.- S. 136-137; Leipzig, Mannheim: F.A. Brockhaus

16. Meyer R, Lochner S, Melzer RR (2009) Decapoda – crabs, shrimps & lobsters. Pp. 623-670 In: Häussermann, V. & Förstera, G. (eds) 2009. Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia, Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, 1000 pp. Spanish version: Häussermann, V. & Förstera, G. (eds.) 2009. Fauna Marina Bentonica de la Patagonia Chilena, Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, 1000 pp. ISBN 978-956-332-243-9 spanish;
978-956-332-244-6 english.

17. Melzer RR (2009) Pycnogonida – sea spiders. Pp. 583-590 In: Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (eds.) 2009. Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia, Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, 1000 pp. Spanish version: Häussermann, V. & Förstera, G. (eds.) 2009. Fauna Marina Bentonica de la Patagonia Chilena, Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, 1000 pp. ISBN 978-956-332-243-9 spanish; 978-956-332-244-6 english.

18. Melzer RR (2009) Phylum Arthropoda. Pp. 455-460 In: Häussermann, V. & Försterra, G. (eds.) 2009. Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia, Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, 1000 pp. Spanish version: Häussermann, V. & Förstera, G. (eds.) 2009. Fauna Marina Bentonica de la Patagonia Chilena, Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, 1000 pp. ISBN 978-956-332-243-9 spanish; 978-956-332-244-6 english.

19. Guerrero Kommritz J, Melzer RR (2009) Cephalopoda – octopus, squid & cuttlefish. In: Häussermann, V. & Förstera, G. (eds.) 2009. Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia, Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, 1000 pp. Spanish version: Häussermann, V. & Förstera, G. (eds.) 2009. Fauna Marina Bentonica de la Patagonia Chilena, Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile, 1000 pp. ISBN 978-956-332-243-9 spanish; 978-956-332-244-6 english.

20. Lehmann T, Melzer RR, Hörnig MK, Michalik P, Sombke A, Harzsch S (2015): Arachnida (exkl. Scorpiones) pp. 453-477 in: Schmidt-Rhaesa, A., Harzsch, S. and Purschke, G. (eds): Structure and evolution of invertebrate nervous systems. Oxford University Press.

21. Robinson NM, Fernández-García C, Riosmena-Rodríguez R, Rosas-Alquicira EF, Konar B, Chenelot H, Jewett SC, Melzer RR, Meyer R, Försterra G, Häussermann V, Macaya EC (2017) Eastern Pacific. Pp. 319-333. In: R. Riosmena-Rodríguez et al. (eds.), Rhodolith/Maërl Beds: A Global Perspective, Coastal Research Library 15, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29315-8_1

22. Melzer RR, Ceseña F, Buršić M, Lehmann T, Meyer R, Mavrič B, Makovec T, Pfannkuchen M, McHenry J, Heß M (2019) Knights, ballerinas and invisibles: The Decapod Crustaceans of the Brijuni Marine Protected Area. Vizetovi, balerine I nedvidlji: Rakovi deseteronošci zaštićenog morskog područja Nacionalnog parka Brijuni. Brijuni National Park, Pula, 124 pp. ISBN: 978-953-7264-11-6

23. Melzer RR, Hübner J, Dietz L (2020) Deep-water Pycnogonida collected by the SoKhoBio and KuramBio campaigns along the NW Pacific. Pp 267-276, in: Saedi H, Brandt A (eds) Biogeographic atlas of the deep NW Pacific fauna. Sofia, Pensoft.

24. Melzer RR, Pfannkuchen M (2020) Das stille Sterben infralitoraler Phytalgemeinschaften in der Nordadria. P. 1076-1079 in: Hofrichter R (ed.) Das Mittelmeer, Band 1, 2. Auflage.

25. Melzer RR, Cämmerer Y (2020) Aristoteles. P. 98-101 in: Hofrichter R (ed.) Das Mittelmeer, Band 1, 2. Auflage.

26. Melzer RR (2020) Das Litoral. P. 698-717 in: Hofrichter R (ed.) Das Mittelmeer, Band 1, 2. Auflage.

27. Melzer RR, Brenzinger B, Lehmann T, Makovec T, Mavrič B, Meyer R, Staggl MA, Heß M (2022) Marine microworlds – expeditions to the bottom of the Adriatic Sea. Pfeil Verlag, München, 320 pp.

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