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Rob W. M. Van Soest
Researcher at Naturalis
Publications - 239
Citations - 8767
Rob W. M. Van Soest is an academic researcher from Naturalis. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poecilosclerida & Sponge spicule. The author has an hindex of 42, co-authored 236 publications receiving 8163 citations. Previous affiliations of Rob W. M. Van Soest include Kyushu University & University of Tokyo.
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Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges
TL;DR: In this article, the relevance of sponges and what are sponge taxonomy are discussed. But who would read such a book, and why would anyone want to read it, etc.
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The magnitude of global marine species diversity
Ward Appeltans,Shane T. Ahyong,Shane T. Ahyong,Gary L. Anderson,Martin V. Angel,Tom Artois,Nicolas Bailly,Roger N. Bamber,Anthony Barber,Ilse Bartsch,Annalisa Berta,Magdalena Błażewicz-Paszkowycz,Phil Bock,Geoff A. Boxshall,Christopher B. Boyko,Simone N. Brandão,R. A. Bray,Niel L. Bruce,Niel L. Bruce,Stephen D. Cairns,Tin-Yam Chan,Lanna Cheng,Allen Gilbert Collins,Thomas H. Cribb,Marco Curini-Galletti,Farid Dahdouh-Guebas,Farid Dahdouh-Guebas,Peter J. F. Davie,Michael N Dawson,Olivier De Clerck,Wim Decock,Sammy De Grave,Nicole J. de Voogd,Daryl P. Domning,Christian C. Emig,Christer Erséus,William N. Eschmeyer,William N. Eschmeyer,Kristian Fauchald,Daphne G. Fautin,Stephen W. Feist,Charles H. J. M. Fransen,Hidetaka Furuya,Óscar García-Álvarez,Sarah Gerken,David I. Gibson,Arjan Gittenberger,Serge Gofas,Liza Gómez-Daglio,Dennis P. Gordon,Michael D. Guiry,Francisco Hernandez,Bert W. Hoeksema,Russell R. Hopcroft,Damià Jaume,Paul M. Kirk,Nico Koedam,Stefan Koenemann,Jürgen B. Kolb,Reinhardt Møbjerg Kristensen,Andreas Kroh,Gretchen Lambert,David Lazarus,Rafael Lemaitre,Matt Longshaw,Jim Lowry,Enrique Macpherson,Laurence P. Madin,Christopher L. Mah,Gill Mapstone,Patsy A. McLaughlin,Jan Mees,Jan Mees,Kenneth Meland,Charles G. Messing,Claudia E. Mills,Tina N. Molodtsova,Rich Mooi,Birger Neuhaus,Peter K. L. Ng,Claus Nielsen,Jon L. Norenburg,Dennis M. Opresko,Masayuki Osawa,Gustav Paulay,William F. Perrin,John F. Pilger,Gary C. B. Poore,P.R. Pugh,Geoffrey B. Read,James Davis Reimer,Marc Rius,Rosana M. Rocha,J.I. Saiz-Salinas,Victor Scarabino,Bernd Schierwater,Andreas Schmidt-Rhaesa,Kareen E. Schnabel,Marilyn Schotte,Peter Schuchert,Enrico Schwabe,Hendrik Segers,Caryn Self-Sullivan,Noa Shenkar,Volker Siegel,Wolfgang Sterrer,Sabine Stöhr,Billie J. Swalla,Mark L. Tasker,Erik V. Thuesen,Tarmo Timm,M. Antonio Todaro,Xavier Turon,Seth Tyler,Peter Uetz,Jacob van der Land,Bart Vanhoorne,Leen van Ofwegen,Rob W. M. Van Soest,Jan Vanaverbeke,Genefor Walker-Smith,T. Chad Walter,Alan Warren,Gary C. Williams,Simon P. Wilson,Mark J. Costello +125 more
TL;DR: The first register of the marine species of the world is compiled and it is estimated that between one-third and two-thirds of marine species may be undescribed, and previous estimates of there being well over one million marine species appear highly unlikely.
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Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Zhi-Qiang Zhang,John Na Hooper,Rob W. M. Van Soest,Andrzej Pisera,Andrea L. Crowther,Seth Tyler,Stephen Schilling,William N. Eschmeyer,Jon D. Fong,David C. Blackburn,David B. Wake,Don E. Wilson,DeeAnn M. Reeder,Uwe Fritz,Mike Hodda,Roberto Guidetti,Roberto Bertolani,Georg Mayer,Ivo de Sena Oliveira,Jonathan M. Adrain,Roger N. Bamber,Adriano B. Kury,Lorenzo Prendini,Mark S. Harvey,Frédéric Beaulieu,Ashley P. G. Dowling,Hans Klompen,Gilberto J. de Moraes,David Evans Walter,Qing-Hai Fan,Vladimir Pešić,Harry Smit,Andre V. Bochkov,AA Khaustov,Anne S. Baker,Andreas Wohltmann,Tinghuan Wen,James W. Amrine,P Beron,Jianzhen Lin,Grzegorz Gabrys,Robert W. Husband,Samuel J. Bolton,M Uusitalo,Heinrich Schatz,Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier,Barry M. OConnor,Roy A. Norton,Jason A. Dunlop,David Penney,Alessandro Minelli,William A. Shear,Shane T. Ahyong,James K. Lowry,Miguel Alonso,Geoffrey A. Boxshall,Peter Castro,Sarah Gerken,Gordan S. Karaman,Joseph W. Goy,Diana S. Jones,Kenneth Meland,D. Christopher Rogers,Jrundur Svavarsson,Frans Janssens,Kenneth Christiansen,Sigfrid Ingrisch,Paul D. Brock,Judith Marshall,George W. Beccaloni,Paul Eggleton,Laurence A. Mound,S. A. Slipinski,Rab Leschen,John F. Lawrence,Ralph W. Holzenthal,John C. Morse,Karl M. Kjer,Erik J. van Nieukerken,Lauri Kaila,Ian J. Kitching,Niels P. Kristensen,David C. Lees,Joël Minet,Charles Mitter,Marko Mutanen,Jerome C. Regier,Thomas J. Simonsen,Niklas Wahlberg,Shen-Horn Yen,Reza Zahiri,David Adamski,Joaquin Baixeras,Daniel Bartsch,Bengt Å. Bengtsson,John W. Brown,Sibyl R. Bucheli,Donald R. Davis,Jurate De Prins,Willy De Prins,Marc E. Epstein,Patricia Gentili-Poole,Cees Gielis,Peter Haettenschwiler,Axel Hausmann,Jeremy D. Holloway,Axel Kallies,Ole Karsholt,Akito Y. Kawahara,Sjaak J C Koster,Mikhail V. Kozlov,J. Donald Lafontaine,Gerardo Lamas,Jean-François Landry,Sangmi Lee,Matthias Nuss,Kyu-Tek Park,Carla M. Penz,Jadranka Rota,Alexander Schintlmeister,B. Christian Schmidt,Jae-Cheon Sohn,M. Alma Solis,Gerhard M. Tarmann,Andrew D. Warren,Susan J. Weller,Roman V. Yakovlev,Vadim V. Zolotuhin,Andreas Zwick,Thomas Pape,Vladimir Blagoderov,Mikhail B. Mostovski,Christian C. Emig,Hendrik Segers,Scott Monks,Dennis J. Richardson +135 more
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Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera)
Rob W. M. Van Soest,Nicole Boury-Esnault,Jean Vacelet,Martin Dohrmann,Dirk Erpenbeck,Nicole J. de Voogd,Nadiezhda Santodomingo,Bart Vanhoorne,Michelle Kelly,John N. A. Hooper +9 more
TL;DR: Results obtained demonstrate that regional approaches to analytical biogeography are at present more likely to achieve insights into the biogeographic history of sponges than a global perspective, which appears currently too ambitious.
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Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases.
Mark J. Costello,Philippe Bouchet,Geoff A. Boxshall,Kristian Fauchald,Dennis P. Gordon,Bert W. Hoeksema,Gary C. B. Poore,Rob W. M. Van Soest,Sabine Stöhr,T. Chad Walter,Bart Vanhoorne,Wim Decock,Ward Appeltans +12 more
TL;DR: The scale of the problems with species names, synonyms, and their classification is illustrated, and how WoRMS publishes online quality assured information on marine species is described to show increased taxonomic efficiency and quality control in marine biodiversity research and management.