Dr. L.P. (Leen) van Ofwegen
soft corals
- ofwegen@yahoo.com; ofwegen@naturalis.nl
- Phone
- +31 (0)71 5687653
- Fax
- +31 (0)71 5687666
- Room Number
- C.03.08
Research interests
Taxonomy Octocorallia (Coelenterata)
Current focus:
- Revision of the soft coral genera Litophyton, Nephthea and Stereonephthya.
- The position of the centre of maximum octocoral biodiversity in the Indo-Pacific.
Publications
Naturalis Repository2011
Kaveh Samimi-Namin, Leen P. van Ofwegen, Simon C. Wilson and Michel R. Claereboudt , 2011. The first in situ and Shallow-water Observation of the Genus Pseudothelogorgia (Octocorallia: Keroeididae).-- Zoological Studies 50 (2): 256.
Hoeksema B.W., J. van der Land, S.E.T. van der Meij, L.P. van Ofwegen, B.T. Reijnen, R.W.M. van Soest & N.J. de Voogd, 2011 Unforeseen importance of historical collections as baselines to determine biotic change of coral reefs: the Saba Bank case.-- Marine Ecology 32: 135-141.
Daowan Lai, Yongxin Li, Minjuan Xu, Zhiwei Deng, Leen van Ofwegen, Peiyuan Qian, Peter Proksch, Wenhan Lin, 2011 Sinulariols A-S, 19-oxygenated cembranoids from the Chinese soft coral Sinularia rigida.-- Tetrahedron 67: 6018-6029.
Ernestina Tentori & Leen P. van Ofwegen, 2011. Patterns of Distribution of Calcite Crystals in Soft Corals Sclerites.-- Journal of Morphology 272 (5): 614–628.
Benayahu, Y. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2011. New Species of Octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan.-- Zoological Studies 50 (3): 350-362.
Reijnen, B.T., S.E.T. van der Meij & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2011. Fish, fans and hydroids: host species of pygmy seahorses.-- ZooKeys 103: 1-26.
Benayahu, Y. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2011. New species of the genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Singapore, with notes on the occurrence of other species of the genus.-- The raffles bulletin of zoology 59(2): 117–125.
Yan, P., Deng, Z., Ofwegen, L. van, Proksch, p. & Lin, W. 2011. Lobophytones U–Z1, Biscembranoids from the Chinese Soft Coral Lobophytum pauciflorum.-- Chemistry & Biodiversity 8 (2011): 1724-1734.
Lai, D., Yu, S., Ofwegen, L. van, Totzke, F., Proksch, P. & Lin, W. 2011. 9,10-Secosteroids, protein kinase inhibitors from the Chinese gorgonian Astrogorgia sp.-- Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry 19 (2011): 6873–6880.
Ofwegen, L.P. van, Haddad, M.A. 2011. A probably invasive new genus and new species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Brazil.-- Zootaxa 3107: 38–46.
Friday, December 16, 2011