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List of works by Christian S Wirkner

7 Chilopoda – Tracheal system

A Silurian ancestral scorpion with fossilised internal anatomy illustrating a pathway to arachnid terrestrialisation

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

A research program for Evolutionary Morphology

scientific article published on 28 March 2014

A wonderful network unraveled - Detailed description of capillaries in the prosomal ganglion of scorpions

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Advances in Crustacean Phylogenetics

scientific article published in 2009

An "ancient" complexity? Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory system in Xiphosura

scientific article published on 22 March 2015

Author Correction: A Silurian ancestral scorpion with fossilised internal anatomy illustrating a pathway to arachnid terrestrialisation

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in krill (Euphausiacea; Crustacea)

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Comparative morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in scorpions--a survey using corrosion casting, MicroCT, and 3D-reconstruction.

scientific article published in May 2007

Constant morphological patterns in the hemolymph vascular system of crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda).

scientific article published on 5 February 2018

Evolutionary and functional substitution of extrinsic musculature in Solifugae (Arachnida)

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

Evolutionary morphology of the circulatory system in Peracarida (Malacostraca; Crustacea)

scientific article published on 09 October 2009

Evolutionary morphology of the hemolymph vascular system in hermit and king crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomala)

scientific article published on 19 March 2013

Evolutionary morphology of the hemolymph vascular system of basal araneomorph spiders (Araneae: Araneomorphae).

scientific article published on 2 July 2015

Evolutionary morphology of the organ systems in squat lobsters and porcelain crabs (crustacea: Decapoda: Anomala): an insight into carcinization.

scientific article

Finding our way through phenotypes

scientific article

High degree of non-genetic phenotypic variation in the vascular system of crayfish: a discussion of possible causes and implications

scientific article published in 2021

Improvement of microanatomical research by combining corrosion casts with MicroCT and 3D reconstruction, exemplified in the circulatory organs of the woodlouse

scientific article published in June 2004

Interaction of the tracheal tubules of Scutigera coleoptrata (Chilopoda, Notostigmophora) with glandular structures of the pericardial septum

scientific article

Morphological description, character conceptualization and the reconstruction of ancestral states exemplified by the evolution of arthropod hearts

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Morphology of the haemolymph vascular system in Tanaidacea and Cumacea: - implications for the relationships of "core group" Peracarida (Malacostraca; Crustacea).

scientific article published on 19 November 2007

Morphology of the tracheal system of camel spiders (Chelicerata: Solifugae) based on micro-CT and 3D-reconstruction in exemplar species from three families

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One hundred years of carcinization – the evolution of the crab-like habitus in Anomura (Arthropoda: Crustacea)

scholarly article by Jonas Keiler et al published 24 March 2017 in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Parallel Saltational Evolution of Ultrafast Movements in Snapping Shrimp Claws.

scientific article published on 27 December 2017

Phylogeny and species diversity of Tasmanian mountain shrimps and their relatives (Crustacea, Anaspidesidae)

scholarly article by Stefan Richter published in November 2017

Revealing their innermost secrets: an evolutionary perspective on the disparity of the organ systems in anomuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)

scholarly article in Contributions to Zoology, vol. 85 no. 4, September 2016

Symmetry variation in the heart-descending artery system of the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish

scientific article

The Circulatory System in Malacostraca – Evaluating Character Evolution on the Basis of Differing Phylogenetic Hypotheses

scientific article published in 2009

The Hemolymph Vascular System in Tethysbaena Argentarii (Thermosbaenacea: Monodellidae) as Revealed by 3D Reconstructions of Semi-Thin Sections

scientific article published in 2009

The Malacostraca (Crustacea) from a neurophylogenetic perspective: New insights from brain architecture in Nebalia herbstii Leach, 1814 (Leptostraca, Phyllocarida)

scientific article published in 2013

The anatomy of the king crab Hapalogaster mertensii Brandt, 1850 (Anomura: Paguroidea: Hapalogastridae) – new insights into the evolutionary transformation of hermit crabs into king crabs

article by Jonas Keiler et al published 4 August 2015 in Contributions to Zoology

The brain in three crustaceans from cavernous darkness

scientific article

The branchiostegal lung of Uca vocans (Decapoda: Ocypodidae): Unreported complexity revealed by corrosion casting and MicroCT techniques

scientific article published on 29 September 2015

The circulatory system in Mysidacea--implications for the phylogenetic position of Lophogastrida and Mysida (Malacostraca, Crustacea)

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

The circulatory system of Penaeus vannamei Boone, 1931-Lacunar function and a reconsideration of the "open vs. closed system" debate

scientific article published on 04 April 2020

The first organ-based free ontology for arthropods (Ontology of Arthropod Circulatory Systems - OArCS) and its integration into a novel formalization scheme for morphological descriptions.

scientific article published on 25 January 2017

The hemolymph vascular system in Araneus diadematuswith special focus on intraspecific variability in artery systems

scientific article published in 2016

The mouthparts of Scutigerella immaculata: Correspondences and variation among serially homologous head appendages

scientific article published on 30 December 2010

Traction reinforcement in prehensile feet of harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones)

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Type specimens of the Chordeumatida in the Natural History Museum Vienna (Diplopoda)

scientific article published in 2002