Peer-Reviewed
Surugiu, V., Schwentner, M., Meißner, K. (2022): Fixing the identity of Scolelepis squamata (annelida: Spionidae) - neotype designation, redescrption and DNA barcode sequence. Systematics and Biodiversity 20: 2003906.

Kürzel, K., Kaiser, S., Lörz, A.-N., Rossel, S., Paulus, E., Peters, J., Schwentner, M., Martinez Arbizu, P., Coleman, C.O., Svarvarsson, J., Brix, S. (2022): Ceorrect species identification and its implications for conservation using Haploniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) in Icelandic waters as a proxy. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 795196

Paulus, E., Brix, S., Siebert, A., Martínez Arbizu, P., Rossel, S., Peters, J., Svavarsson, J., Schwentner, M. (2022): Recent speciation and hybridization in Icelandic deep-sea isopods: an integrative approach using genomics and proteomics. Molecular Ecology 31: 313-330.

Timms, B., Schwentner, M., Rogers, D.C (2021): On the biodiversity hotspot of large branchiopods (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in the central Paroo in semiarid Australia. Zoodiversity 55: 439-450. DOI 10.15407/zoo2021.06.439

Brenneis, G., Schwentner, M., Giribet, G., Belz, B. (2021): Insights into the genetic regulatory network underlying neurogenesis in the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish Procambarus virginalis. Developmental Neurobiology 81: 939-974 https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22852

Uhlir, C., Schwentner, M., Meland, K., Konsgrund, J.A., Glenner, H., Brandt, A., Thiel, R., Svarvarsson, J., Lörz, A.N., Brix, S. (2021): Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean. PeerJ 9: e12379 DOI 10.7717/peerj.12379

Xu, S.-L., Han, B.-P., Martínez, A., Schwentner, M., Fontanetao, D., Dumont, H.J., Kotov, A.A. (2021): Mitogenomics of Cladocera (Branchiopoda): Marked gene order rearrangements and independent predation roots. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164: 107275 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107275

Schwentner, M., Zahiri, R., Yamamoto, S., Husemann, M., Kullmann, B., Thiel, R. (2021): eDNA as a tool for non-invasive monitoring of the fauna of a turbid, well-mixed system, the Elbe estuary in Germany. PLoS ONE 16: e0250452. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250452

Ewers-Saucedo, C., Allspach, A., Barilaro, C., Bick, A., Brandt, A., Fiege, D., Füting, S., Hausdorf, B., Hayer, S., Husemann, M., Joger, U., Kamcke, C., Küster, M., Lohrmann, V., Martin, I., Michalik, P., Reinicke, G.-B., Schwentner, M., Stiller, M., Brandis, D. (2021): Natural history collections recapitulate 200 years of faunal change. Royal society Open Science 8: 201983. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201983

Timm, R., Schwentner, M., Bober, S., Lörz, A.-N. (2021): Testing the impact of non-destructive DNA extraction on setae structure of Amphipoda (Crustacea). Zootaxa 4950, 181-188. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4950.1.10

Schwentner, M., Lörz, A. (2021): Population genetics of cold‐water coral associated Pleustidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) reveals cryptic diversity and recent expansion off Iceland. Marine Ecology 42: e12625. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12625

Rogers, D.C., Schwentner, M., Dalu, T., Wasserman, R.J. (2021): A review of Triops granarius (Lucas, 1864) sensu lato (Notostraca: Triopsidae) of southern Africa and Madagascar, with comments on the group. Journal of Crustacean Biology 41: 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa089

Brenneis, G., Arango, C.P., Sharma, P.P., Schwentner, M. (2020): The more the merrier: unparalleled sympatric species richness in a sea spider genus (Pycnogonida : Callipallenidae : Pallenella) from Tasmanian waters. Invertebrate Systematics 34: 837-870.

Schwentner, M., Rabet, N., Richter, S., Giribet, G., Padhye, S., Cart, J.-F., Bonillo, C., Rogers, D.C. (2020): Phylogeny and biogeography of Spinicaudata (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Zoological Studies 59: 44. doi:10.6620/ZS.2020.59-44

Schwentner, M., Rudov, A.V., Rajaei, H. (2020): Some like it hot: Phallocryptus fahimii sp.n. (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) from the Lut desert, the hottest placed on Earth. Zoology in the Middle East 66: 331-341. doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2020.1805139

Timms, B.V., Schwentner, M. (2020): A redescription of Paralimnadia urukhai Webb and Bell 1979 with the description of a new species P. minyspinosa (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Limnadiidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 142: 1-14. openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/LIN/index

Guggolz, T., Meißner, K., Schwentner, M., Dahlgren, T.G., Wiklund, H., Bonifácio, P., Brandt, A. (2020): High diversity and pan-oceanic distribution of deep-sea polychaetes: Prionospio and Aurospio (Annelida: Spionidae) in the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 20: 171-187. doi.org/10.1007/s13127-020-00430-7)

Schwentner, M., Giribet, G., Combosch, D.J., Timms, B.V. (2020): Genetic differentiation in mountain-dwelling clam shrimp Paralimnadia (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata), in eastern Australia. Invertebrate Systematic 34: 88-100. doi.org/10.1071/IS19027

Gerdes, K.H., Martínez Arbizu, P., Schwentner, M., Freitag, R., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Brandt, A., Kihara, T.C. (2019): Megabenthic assemblages at the southern Central Indian Ridge – Spatial segregation of inactive hydrothermal vents from active-, periphery- and nonvent sites. Marine Environmental Research 151: 104776. doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2019.104776

Bober, J., Brandt, A., Frutos, I., Schwentner, M. (2019): Diversity and distribution of Ischnomesidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota) along the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench - A Gentic perspective. Progress in Oceanography 178: 102174. doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102174

Guggolz, T., Meißner, K., Schwentner, M., Brandt, A. (2019): Diversity and distribution of Laonice species (Annelida: Spionidae) in the tropical North Atlantic and Puerto Rico Trench. Scientific Reports 9: 9260. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-45807-7

Gerdes, K., Martínez Arbizu, P., Schwentner, M., Kihara, T. C. (2019): Detailed Mapping of Hydrothermal Vent Fauna: A 3D Reconstruction Approach Based on Video Imagery. Frontiers in Marine Science 6: 96. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00096

Schwentner, M., Richter, S., Rogers, D. C., Giribet, G. (2018): Tetraconatan phylogeny with special focus on Malacostraca and Branchiopoda: highlighting the strength of taxon-specific matrices in phylogenomics. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 285: 20181524. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1524

Schwentner, M., Giribet, G. (2018): Phylogeography, species delimitation and population structure of a Western Australian short-range endemic mite harvestman (Arachnida: Opiliones: Pettalidae: Karripurcellia). Evolutionary Systematics 2:81-87. DOI 10.3897/evolsyst.2.25274

Tippelt, L., Schwentner, M. (2018): Taxonomic assessment of Australian Eocyzicus species (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata). Zootaxa 4410(3):401-452. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.1

Bober, S., Brix, S., Riehl, T., Schwentner, M., Brandt, A. (2018): Does the Mid-Atlantic Ridge affect the distribution of benthic crustaceans across the Atlantic Ocean? Deep-Sea Research Part II 148:91-104. doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.02.007

Richter, S., Schwentner, M., Wirkner, SC. S., Ahyong, S. T. (2018): Phylogeny and Diversity of Tasmanian Mountain Shrimps (Crustacea, Malacostraca, Anaspidacea Anaspidesidae) – independent immigration from surface to subterranean habitats. Zoologica Scripta 47:84-105. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12263

Augustin, R., Schröder, K., Murillo Rincón, A. P., Herbst, E.-M., Fraune, S., Anton-Erxleben, F., Schwentner, M., Grötzinger, J., Wassenaar, T. M., Bosch, T. C. G. (2017): A secreted antibacterial neuropeptide shapes the microbiome of Hydra. Nature Communications 8: 698. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00625-1

Ahyong, S., Schwentner, M., Richter, S. (2017): The Tasmanian Lake Shrimps, Paranaspides Smith 1908 (Crustacea, Syncarida, Anaspididae). Records of the Australian Museum 69:259-275. doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1679

Timms, B.V., Schwentner, M. (2017): A revision of the clam shrimp Australimnadia Timms and Schwentner, 2012 (Crustacea: Spinicaudata: Limnadiidae) with two new species from Western Australia. Zootaxa 4291:081-098. doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4291.1.5

Schwentner, M., Combosch, D.J., Pakes Nelson, J., Giribet, G. (2017): A Phylogenomic Solution to the Origin of Insects by Resolving Crustacean-Hexapod Relationships. Current Biology 27:1818-1824. /dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.040

Meusel, F., Schwentner, M. (2017): Molecular and morphological delimitation of Australian Triops species (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Notostraca)—large diversity and little morphological differentiation. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 17:137-156. DOI 10.1007/s13127-016-0306-2
 

Rogers, D.C., Schwentner, M., Olesen, J., Richter, S. (2015): Evolution, classification, and global diversity of large Branchiopoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology 35(3): 297-300. DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002344

Schwentner, M., Timms, B.V., Richter, S. (2015): Spinicaudata (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in Australia’s arid zone: Unparalleled diversity at regional scales and within water bodies. Journal of Crustacean Biology 35(3): 366-378. DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002339

Schwentner, M., Richter, S. (2015): Stochastic effects associated with resting egg banks lead to genetically differentiated active populations in large branchiopods from temporary water bodies. Hydrobiologia 760: 239-253. DOI 10.1007/s10750-015-2382-2

Schwentner, M., Bosch, T.C.G. (2015): Revisiting the age, evolutionary history and species level diversity of the genus Hydra (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 91: 41-55. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.013
 

Schwentner, M., Just, F., Richter, S. (2015): Evolutionary systematics of the Australian Cyzicidae (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Spinicaudata) with the description of a new genus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173: 271-295. doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12209

Kaji, T., Fritsch, M., Schwentner, M., Olesen, J., Richter, S. (2014): Male claspers in clam shrimps (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) in the light of evolution: A case study on homology versus analogy. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 322: 269-280. 10.1002/jez.b.22574

Schwentner, M., Timms, B.V., Richter, S. (2014): Evolutionary systematics of the Australian Eocyzicus fauna (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) reveals hidden diversity and phylogeographic structure. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 52: 15-31. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12038

Schwentner, M., Clavier S., Fritsch M., Olesen J., Padhye S., Timms, B.V., Richter, S. (2013): Cyclestheria hislopi (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): a group of morphologically cryptic species with origins in the Cretaceous. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 80-810. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.005

Timms, B.V., Schwentner, M. (2012): A new genus and species of large limnadiid clam shrimp from Australia (Spinicaudata: Limnadiidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 32(6): 981-990. DOI: 10.1163/1937240X-00002098

Schwentner, M., Timms, B.V., Richter, S. (2012): Flying with the birds? Recent large-area dispersal of four Australian Limnadopsis species (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata). Ecology and Evolution 2(7):1605–1626. doi: 10.1002/ece3.265

Schwentner, M., Timms, B.V., Richter, S. (2012): Description of four new species of Limnadopsis from Australia (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata). Zootaxa 3315:42-64. dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3315.1.2

Schwentner, M., Timms, B.V., Richter, S. (2011): An integrative approach to species delineation incorporating different species concepts: a case study of Limnadopsis (Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104: 575-599. doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01746.x

Schwentner, M., Timms, B.V., Bastrop, R., Richter, S. (2009): Phylogeny of Spinicaudata (Branchiopoda, Crustacea) based on three molecular markers – An Australian origin for Limnadopsis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 716-725. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.021
 
Published Abstracts
Schwentner, M., Timms, B.V., Bastrop, R., Richter, S. (2008): Combining morphological and molecular characters to distinguish spinicaudatan species (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) with special focus on the male claspers. Journal of Morphology 269 (12): 1485-1486