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List of works by Renzo Perissinotto

A Tribute to William Hummon – Gastrotrich Biologist Extraordinaire

scholarly article in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 130 no. 1, January 2017

A review of fiddler crabs (genusUcaLeach, 1814) in South Africa

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An invasive polychaete species found in living marine stromatolites

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Assessing phytoplankton composition and structure within micro-estuaries and micro-outlets: a community analysis approach

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Assessment of the physicochemical characteristics of surface waterbodies in a region earmarked for shale gas exploration (Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa)

Benthic assemblages of wetlands invaded byTarebia granifera(Lamarck, 1822) (Caenogastropoda: Thiaridae) in the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

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Biodiversity census of Lake St Lucia, iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa): Gastropod molluscs

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Biophysical drivers of fiddler crab species distribution at a latitudinal limit

scholarly article by Nasreen Peer published in August 2018

Breviclypeus, a new South African Trichiina genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

scientific article published in 2017

Census of the fruit and flower chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) of the Macau SAR, China

scientific article

Census of the longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae and Vesperidae) of the Macau SAR, China

scientific article published on 22 July 2021

Chemical cues released by an alien invasive aquatic gastropod drive its invasion success

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Chemical cues released by heterospecific competitors: behavioural responses of native and alien invasive aquatic gastropods

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Chordodes ferox, a new record of horsehair worms (Nematomorpha, Gordiida) from South Africa

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Coexistence of Habitat Specialists Under Environmental Change: Investigating Dietary Overlap in Two Brachyuran Species at Peritidal Stromatolite Ecosystems

Coexisting living stromatolites and infaunal metazoans

scientific article published on 22 June 2016

Declines in benthic macroinvertebrate community metrics and microphytobenthic biomass in an estuarine lake following enrichment by hippo dung

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Description and ecology of a new species of Eriopeltastes Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini), from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article (publication date: 20 March 2013)

Description and ecology of a new species ofEdwardsiade Quatrefages, 1842 (Anthozoa, Actiniaria) from the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

scientific article published in 2012

Description and ecology of two new species of Gyronotus van Lansberge, 1874 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) from southern Africa

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Description of Callophylla macrocephala sp. n. from southern Tanzania

scholarly article by Renzo Perissinotto published 2019 in ZooKeys

Description of a New Species and a New Subspecies ofOdontorrhinaBurmeister, 1842 (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), with Ecological Notes on the Genus

Description of a new species of Apterotoxitiades Adlbauer, 2008 (Cerambycidae, Dorcasominae, Apatophyseini) and the female of A.vivesi Adlbauer, 2008, with notes on the biology of the genus

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Description of a new species of Lamellothyrea Krikken (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)

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Description of a new species of Potamonautes MacLeay, 1838, from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa

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Description of a new species of Rhinocoeta Burmeister, 1842 (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the South African Northern Cape

scientific article published on 20 May 2019

Description of adult and third instar larva of Trichostetha curlei sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from the Cape region of South Africa

scientific article published on 23 July 2014

Description of the female of Haematonotus jenisi Krajcik, 2006 and placement of the species within the genus Atrichiana Distant, 1911 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

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Development of a Halotolerant Community in the St. Lucia Estuary (South Africa) during a Hypersaline Phase

scientific article published on January 6, 2012

Distribution and diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages in a semi-arid region earmarked for shale gas exploration (Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa).

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Diversity and distribution of polyphagan water beetles (Coleoptera) in the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa

scientific article (publication date: 14 February 2017)

Ecology and distribution of large branchiopods (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Notostraca, Laevicaudata, Spinicaudata) of the Eastern Cape Karoo, South Africa

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Effects of silt loading on the feeding and mortality of the mysid Mesopodopsis africana in the St. Lucia Estuary, South Africa

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Environmental influences on living marine stromatolites: insights from benthic microalgal communities.

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Fatty acid analyses provide novel insights on hippo defecation and consequences for aquatic food webs

scientific article published on 21 July 2020

Feeding dynamics of Terebralia palustris (Gastropoda: Potamididae) from a subtropical mangrove ecosystem

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Feeding dynamics of the invasive gastropod Tarebia granifera in coastal and estuarine lakes of northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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First records of Gastrotricha from South Africa, with description of a new species of Halichaetonotus (Chaetonotida, Chaetonotidae)

scientific article published on October 31, 2011

Genetics and shell morphometrics of assimineids (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Truncatelloidea) in the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

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Grazer responses to variable macroalgal resource conditions facilitate habitat structuring

scientific article published on 17 January 2018

Idiosyncratic responses of meiofaunal assemblages to hippo dung inputs in an estuarine lake

article published in 2020

Immature stages and ecology of two species of the South African genus Stripsipher Gory & Percheron, 1833 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini)

scientific article

Impact of fiddler crab activity on microphytobenthic communities in a South African mangrove forest

scientific article published on 07 August 2019

In situ growth rate of Solen cylindraceus (Mollusca: Euheterodonta: Solenidae) in the St Lucia estuarine lake, South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2013

Increasing salinity drastically reduces hatching success of crustaceans from depression wetlands of the semi-arid Eastern Cape Karoo region, South Africa.

scientific article published on 13 April 2018

Lophorrhinides muellerae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae): a new genus and species from southern Tanzania

scientific article published on 26 March 2019

Meso-zooplankton movement through the newly constructed Mfolozi channel into and out of the St Lucia Estuary, South Africa

journal article; published in African Zoology in 2014

Microphytobenthos diversity and community structure across different micro-estuaries and micro-outlets: Effects of environmental variables on community structure

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Modern active microbialite-metazoan relationships in peritidal systems on the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa: Ecological significance and implication for the palaeontological record

scholarly article

MtDNA lineage diversity of a potamonautid freshwater crab in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Neoclita pringlei (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), a new relict genus and species from the Drakensberg Range of South Africa

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Neogosseidae (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from the iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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New records of the Fluffy Tit butterfly, Hypolycaena amasa Hewitson, [1865] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae), from Macau and Hong Kong

scholarly article published in 2022

New species of Eriopeltastes Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae, Trichiini) from South Africa

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New species of Xiphoscelis Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae) from arid regions of South Africa and Namibia

scholarly article

Non-reliance of metazoans on stromatolite-forming microbial mats as a food resource

scientific article published on 16 February 2017

Patterns and drivers of benthic macrofaunal communities dwelling within extant peritidal stromatolites

scholarly article by Gavin M. Rishworth published in May 2017

Persistent Phytoplankton Bloom in Lake St. Lucia (iSimangaliso Wetland Park, South Africa) Caused by a Cyanobacterium Closely Associated with the Genus Cyanothece (Synechococcaceae, Chroococcales)

scientific article published on July 8, 2011

Phytoplankton community dynamics within peritidal pools associated with living stromatolites at the freshwater–marine interface

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Plant selection and grazing activity of the invasive snail Theba pisana in coastal Algoa Bay, South Africa

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Polar and neutral lipid composition in the pelagic tunicate Pyrosoma atlanticum

scientific article published on 02 June 2007

Population Structure of an Invasive Parthenogenetic Gastropod in Coastal Lakes and Estuaries of Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on August 31, 2011

Population irruption of the clam Meretrix morphina in Lake St Lucia, South Africa

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Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications

scientific article (publication date: 2 June 2016)

Redescription of Potamonautes sidneyi (Rathbun, 1904) (Decapoda, Potamonautidae) and description of a new congeneric species from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article (publication date: 16 February 2017)

Respiratory responses of the mysid Gastrosaccus brevifissura (Peracarida: Mysidacea), in relation to body size, temperature and salinity.

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Review of Afraustraloderes rassei Bouyer, 2012: description of its female and a new species of Pixodarus Fairmaire, 1887 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Prioninae)

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Review of Mausoleopsis amabilis (Schaum, 1844) (Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), with Description of a New Species and a New Subspecies

scientific article published in 2022

Review of the genera Anelaphinis Kolbe, 1892 and Atrichelaphinis Kraatz, 1898 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

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Review of the genera Elaphinis and Parelaphinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) with description of three new species from South Africa

scientific article published on 30 April 2022

Robust photosystem I activity by Cyanothece sp. (Cyanobacteria) and its role in prolonged bloom persistence in lake St Lucia, South Africa.

scientific article published on 12 April 2018

Salinity and temperature tolerance of the invasive freshwater gastropod Tarebia granifera

Shell crushing resistance of alien and native thiarid gastropods to predatory crabs in South Africa

scientific article published in 2016

Shining leaf chafers (Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) and rhino beetles (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of the Macau SAR, China

scientific article published in 2022

Sinelobus stromatoliticus sp. nov. (Peracarida: Tanaidacea) found within extant peritidal stromatolites

Stable Isotope Evidence for Dietary Overlap between Alien and Native Gastropods in Coastal Lakes of Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

scientific article published on February 21, 2012

Systematics and biology of the Ichnestomina, including new genera and species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)

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The role of pioneers as indicators of biogeographic range expansion caused by global change in southern African coastal waters

scholarly article by Alan K. Whitfield et al published April 2016 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Tufa stromatolite ecosystems on the South African south coast

scholarly article by Renzo Perissinotto et al published 2014 in South African Journal of Science

Two new marine Gastrotricha from the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa

scientific article (publication date: 12 January 2015)

Variable niche size of the giant mangrove whelk Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) in a subtropical estuary

scholarly article by Jacqueline L. Raw et al published 5 May 2017 in Hydrobiologia

Working together for our oceans: A marine spatialplan for Algoa Bay, South Africa