Refereed Scientific Publications

Hochberg, R. Peptidergic and serotonergic innervation of the atrial complex in Gyratrix hermaphroditus (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) revealed with CLSM. Zoomorphology 128: 169-181.

Hochberg, R. Three dimensional reconstruction and neural map of the serotonergic brain of Asplanchna brightwellii (Rotifera, Monogononta). Journal of Morphology 270: 430-441.

Hochberg, R. 2008. Gastrotricha of Bocas del Toro, Panama: A preliminary report. Meiofauna Marina 16: 101-107.

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.

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). Zoologiscer 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. See the Cover.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 (characters, Excel matrix)

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.

Hochberg, R.  1998. Post-embryonic growth and morphological variability in Turbanella mustela (Gastrotricha: Macrodasyida). Journal of Morphology 237: 116-127.