All Publications
1) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 1987. Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Indian Ocean and the Malay Archipelago.— Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 239: 1-57.
2) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 1989. On Wrightella coccinea (Ellis & Solander, 1786) and Wrightella stiasnyi spec. nov. (Anthozoa: Gorgonacea: Melithaeidae).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 63 (3): 27-34.
3) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 1990. Notes on the Keroeididae (Anthozoa: Gorgonacea) collected in 1963 and 1964 by the International Indian Ocean Expedition of the R/V "Anton Bruun", in the Indian Ocean, with the description of a new species, Lignella hartogi spec. nov.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 63 (13): 163-168.
4) Ofwegen, L.P. van & J. Vennam, 1991. Notes on Octocorallia from the Laccadives (SW India).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 65 (9): 143-154.
5) Verseveldt, J. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 1991. Five new species of the genus Dendronephthya Kükenthal, 1905 (Octocorallia: Nephtheidae) from the Indian Ocean.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 65 (10): 155-169.
6) Ofwegen, L.P. van & Y. Benayahu, 1992. Notes on Alcyonacea (Octocorallia) from Tanzania.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 66 (6): 139-154.
7) Verseveldt, J. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 1992. New and redescribed species of Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758 (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 66 (7): 155-181.
8) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 1994. Pseudothelogorgia, a New Genus of Gorgonacean Octocorals from the Indian Ocean.— Precious Corals & Octocoral Research 3: 19-22.
9) Ofwegen, L.P. van & M. Slierings, 1994. Octocorallia. In: Oceanic reefs of the Seychelles (ed. J. van der Land): 93-95.— National museum of Natural History Leiden.
10) Ofwegen, L.P. van & J. Vennam, 1994. Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 3. The Alcyoniidae (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 68 (14): 135-158.
11) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 1996. Octocorallia from the Bismarck Sea (part II).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 70 (13): 207-215.
12) Vennam, J. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 1996. Soft corals (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Laccadives (SW India), with a re-examination of Sinularia gravis Tixier-Durivault, 1970.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 70 (29): 437-452.
13) Casas, C., F. Ramil & L.P. van Ofwegen, 1997. Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) from the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic Ocean. I. The genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 71 (26): 299-311.
14) Handayani, D., A.E. Ru, P. Proksch, V. Wray, L. Witte, L. van Ofwegen & A. Kunzmann, 1997. New Oxygenated Sesquiterpenes from the Indonesian Soft Coral Nephthea chabrolii.— Journal of Natural Products 60: 716-718.
15) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 1997. The present status of taxonomic knowledge of octocorals in Indonesia. In: Tomascik et al. The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas I: 345-346.— Periplus, Hongkong.
16) Ofwegen, L.P. van & M.H. Schleyer, 1997. Corals of the South-west Indian Ocean V. Leptophyton benayahui gen. nov. & spec. nov. (Cnidaria, Alcyonacea) from deep reefs off Durban and on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, South Africa.— South African Association for Marine Biological Research, Oceanographic Research Institute Investigational Report 71: 1-12.
17) Benayahu, Y., L.P. van Ofwegen & P. Alderslade, 1998. A case study of variation in two nominal species of Sinularia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia), S. brassica May, 1898, and S. dura (Pratt, 1903), with a proposal for their synonymy.— Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 323: 277-309.
18) Ru, A.E., P. Proksch, V. Wray, L. Witte & L. van Ofwegen, 1998. Four new bioactive diterpenes of the soft coral Lobophytum paucifl orum from Mindoro, Philippines.— Journal of Natural Products 61: 358-361.
19) Morris, L.A., E.M. Christie, M. Jaspars & L.P. van Ofwegen, 1998. A bioactive Secosterol with an Unusual A- and B-Ring Oxygenation Pattern Isolated from an Indonesian Soft Coral Lobophytum sp.— Journal of Natural Products 61: 538-541.
20) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 1999. Lobophytum jasparsi spec. nov. from Indonesia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 73 (8): 177-185.
21) Reinicke, G.B. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 1999. Soft corals (Alcyonacea: Octocorallia) from shallow water in the Chagos Archipelago: species assemblages and their distribution. In: Ecology of the Chagos Archipelago (eds C.R.C. Sheppard & M.R.D. Seaward): 67-85. Linnean Society Occasional Publications 2.— Westbury academic & scientifi c publishing, Otley.
22) Cinel, B., M. Roberge, H. Behrisch, L. van Ofwegen, C.B. Castro & R.J. Andersen, 2000. Antimitotic Diterpenes from Erythropodium caribaeorum Test Pharmacophore Models for Microtubule Stabilization.— Organic Letters 2000 2 (3): 257-260.
23) Ofwegen, L.P. van, N.K.C. Goh & L.M. Chou, 2000. The Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of Singapore.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 73 (19): 285-304.
24) Lin, X., B.O. Patrick, M. Roberge, T. Allen, L. van Ofwegen & R.J. Andersen, 2000. New Diterpenoids from the Octocoral Pachyclavularia violacea Collected in Papua New Guinea.— Tetrahedron 56: 9031-9037.
25) Ru, A.E., V. Wray, L. Witte, L. van Ofwegen & P. Proksch, 2000. Bioactive Terpenes from the Soft Coral Heteroxenia sp. from Mindoro, Philippines.— Zeitschrift für Naturforschung 55c: 82-86.
26) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 2001. Sinularia vanderlandi spec. nov. (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Seychelles.— Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 334: 103-114.
27) Ofwegen, L.P. van & B.W. Hoeksema, 2001. Astrogorgia bayeri, a new gorgonian octocoral species from South Sulawesi (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Plexauridae).— Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 10: 66-70.
28) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 2002. Status of knowledge of the Indo Pacific soft coral genus Sinularia May, 1898 (Anthozoa: Octocorallia).— Proceedings 9th international Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, 2000, 1: 167-171.
29) Ocaña, O. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2003. Two new genera and one new species of stoloniferous octocorals (Anthozoa: Clavulariidae).— Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 345: 269-274.
30) Hoeksema, B.W. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2004. Reef corals of Indonesia and SE Asia: a generic overview.— World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series ETI, Amsterdam.
31) Ocaña, O., J.C. den Hartog & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2004. Ring Sea anemones, an overview (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Actiniaria).— Graellsia 60 (2): 143-154.
32) Schleyer, M.H., L.P. van Ofwegen & G.B. Reinicke, 2004. Soft Corals of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea.— CORDIO CD ROM.
33) Li, G., Z. Deng, H. Guan, L. van Ofwegen, P. Proksch & W. Lin, 2005. Steroids from the soft coral Dendronephthya sp.— Steroids 70 (1): 13-18.
34) Li, G., Y. Zhang, Z. Deng, L. van Ofwegen, P. Proksch & W. Lin, 2005. Cytotoxic cembranoid diterpenes from a soft coral Sinularia gibberosa.— Journal of Natural Products 68 (5): 649-652.
35) Jin, P., Z. Deng, Y. Pei, H. Fu, J. Li, L. van Ofwegen, P. Proksch & W. Lin, 2005. Polyhydroxylated steroids from the soft coral Sinularia dissecta.— Steroids 70 (8): 487-493.
36) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 2005. A new genus of nephtheid soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae from the Indo-Pacific.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79-4: 1-236.
37) Ofwegen, L.P. van, S.D. Cairns & J. van der Land (eds), 2006. Catalogue of life: 2006 Annual Checklist.— CD ROM.
38) Ofwegen, L.P. van & Y. Benayahu, 2006. A new genus of Paralcyoniid soft corals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Paralcyoniidae) from the Indo-West Pacific.— Galaxea 8: 25-37.
39) Ofwegen, L.P. van, V. Häussermann & G. Försterra, 2006. A new genus of soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile.— Zootaxa 1219: 47-57.
40) Huang, X.-P., Z.-W. Deng, L. van Ofwegen, J. Li, H.-Z. Fu, X.-B. Zhu & W.-H. Lin, 2006. Two new pregnane glycosides from soft coral Cladiella krempfi .— Journal of Asian Natural Products Research 8 (4): 287-291.
41) Huang, X., Z. Deng, X. Zhu, L. van Ofwegen, P. Proksch & W. Lin, 2006. Krempenes A–D: A Series of Unprecedented Pregnane-Type Steroids from the Marine Soft Coral Cladiella krempfi .— Helvetica Chimica Acta 89: 2020-2026.
42) McFadden, C.S., P. Alderslade, L.P. van Ofwegen, H. Johnsen & A. Rusmevichientong, 2006. Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia).— Invertebrate Biology 125 (4): 288–305.
43) Hermanlimianto, M.I.Y.T. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2006. A new species of Astrogorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Plexauridae) from Bali.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 80-4 (10): 103-108.
44) Stokvis, F.R. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2006. New and redescribed encrusting species of Alcyonium from the Atlantic Ocean (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 80-4 (13): 165-183.
45) Yu, S., Z. Deng, L. van Ofwegen, P. Proksch & W. Lin, 2006. 5,8-Epidioxysterols and related derivatives from a Chinese Soft Coral Sinularia flexibilis.— Steroids 71 (11-12): 955-959.
46) Manuputty, A.E.W. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2007. The genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Ambon and Seram (Moluccas, Indonesia).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 81 (11): 187-216.
47) Ofwegen, L.P. van & P. Alderslade, 2007. A New species of Alertigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Anthothelidae) from the Indo Malayan region.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 81 (13): 241-249.
48) Ofwegen, L.P. van & D.S.J. Groenenberg, 2007. A centuries old problem in nephtheid taxonomy approached using DNA data (Coelenterata: Alcyonacea).— Contributions to Zoology 76 (3): 153-178.
49) Ofwegen, L.P. van, V. Häussermann & G. Försterra, 2007. The genus Alcyonium (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Chile.— Zootaxa 1607: 1-19.
50) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 2007. Annotated check list of New Caledonian soft corals. In: C.E. Payri & B.Richer de Forges (eds). Compendium of marine species from New Caledonia, second edition.— Documents Scientifiques et Techniques 117: 139-144.
51) K. Ma, W. Li, H. Fu, K. Koike, W. Lin, L.P van Ofwegen & H. Fu, 2007. New 4α-methyl steroids from a Chinese soft coral Nephthea sp.— Steroids 72 (14), 2007: 901-907.
52) Ofwegen, L.P van, 2008. The genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Bremer and West Woody islands (Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia).— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 82 (16): 131-165.
53) T. Wen, Y. Ding, Z.i Deng, L.P. van Ofwegen, P. Proksch, & W. Lin, 2008. Sinulaflexiolides A-K, Cembrane-Type Diterpenoids from the Chinese Soft Coral Sinularia flexibilis.— Journal of Natural Products 71 (7): 1133-1140.
54) A. Ma, Z.i Deng, L.P. van Ofwegen, M. Bayer, P. Proksch, & W. Lin, 2008. Dendronpholides A-R, Cembranoid Diterpenes from the Chinese Soft Coral Dendronephthya sp.— Journal of Natural Products 71 (7): 1152-1160.
55) C. Cárdenas, L.P. van Ofwegen, A. Montiel & D. Schories, 2008. First records of Octocorallia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of the Cape Horn biosphere reserve, Magellan region, Chile.— Anales Instituto Patagonia (Chile) 36 (1): 45-51.
56) Ofwegen, L.P. van, 2008. The genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) at Palau, Micronesia.— Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 82 (51), 37.xii.2008: 631-735.
57) Hoeksema, B.W. and L.P. van Ofwegen, 2008. Oceanic distribution ranges and conservation status of extant soft and hard reef coral genera. In: Leewis, R.J. and M. Janse (editors), 2008. Advances in Coral Husbandry in Public Aquariums. Public Aquarium Husbandry Series, vol. 2. Burgers'Zoo, Arnhem, The Netherlands: 427-438.
58) Samimi Namin, K. & L.P van Ofwegen, 2009. Some shallow water octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of the Persian Gulf.— Zootaxa 2058: 1-52.
59) Samimi Namin, K. & L.P van Ofwegen, 2009. The second observation of a live Trimuricea species (Octocorallia: Plexauridae).— Coral Reefs 28 (2): 517.
60) Benayahu, Y.& L.P van Ofwegen, 2009. New species of Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Hong Kong.— Zoologische Mededelingen 83 (30): 863-876.
61) McFadden, C.S., L.P. van Ofwegen, E.J. Beckman, Y. Benayahu & P. Alderslade, 2009. Molecular systematics of the speciose Indo-Pacific soft coral genus, Sinularia (Anthozoa: Octocorallia).— Invertebrate Biology 128(4): 303–323.
62) Vreni Häussermann & Leen van Ofwegen, 2009. Class Anthozoa - Anthozoans. In: Häussermann, V. & Förstera, G. (eds.). Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia: 174-176.— Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile.
63) Leen van Ofwegen, Odalisca Breedy & Stephen Cairns, 2009. Octocorallia - Octocorals. In: Häussermann, V. & Förstera, G. (eds.). Marine Benthic Fauna of Chilean Patagonia: 177-214.—Nature in Focus, Santiago de Chile.
64) Ofwegen, L.P. van & C.S. McFadden, 2010. A new family of octocorals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from Cameroon waters.— Journal of Natural History 44 (1–2): 23–29.
65) Pengcheng Yan, Yang Lv, Leen van Ofwegen, Peter Proksch, & Wenhan Lin, 2010 Lobophytones A-G, New Isobiscembranoids from the Soft Coral Lobophytum pauciflorum.— Organic letters 12 (11): 2484-2487.
66) David E. Williams, Ashraf Amlani, Ariyanti S. Dewi, Brian O. Patrick, Leen van Ofwegen, Alice L.-F. Mui & Raymond J. Andersen, 2010. Australin E Isolated from the Soft Coral Cladiella sp. Collected in Pohnpei Activates the Inositol 5-Phosphatase SHIP1.— Australian Journal of chemistry 63 (6): 895-900.
67) Samimi Namin K. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2010. An overview of Bebryce (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae) species with tiny rosettes, with the description of a new species from the Gulf of Oman.— Zoosystema 32 (3): 479-493.
68) Dautova, T.N., L.P. van Ofwegen & O.V. Savinkin, 2010. New species of the genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Nha Trang Bay, South China Sea, Vietnam.— Zool. Med. Leiden 84 (5): 47-91.
69) Pengcheng Yan, Zhiwei Deng, Leen van Ofwegen, Peter Proksch and Wenhan Lin, 2010. Lobophytones O–T, New Biscembranoids and Cembranoid from Soft Coral Lobophytum pauciflorum.— Mar. Drugs 8(11): 2837-2848.
70) Pengcheng Yan, Zhiwei Deng, Leen van Ofwegen, Peter Proksch, and Wenhan Lin, 2010.-- Lobophytones H-N, Biscembranoids from the Chinese Soft Coral Lobophytum pauciflorum.— Chem. Pharm Bull. 58 (12): 1591-1595.
71) 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.
72) 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.
73) Ernestina Tentori & Leen P. van Ofwegen, 2011. Patterns of Distribution of Calcite Crystals in Soft Corals Sclerites.-- Journal of Morphology 272 (5): 614–628.
74) Benayahu, Y. & L.P. van Ofwegen, 2011. New Species of Octocorals (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) from the Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan.-- Zoological Studies 50 (3): 350-362.
75) 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.
76) 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.
77) 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.
78) 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.
79) 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.
80) 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.
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