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Ronald Sluys

Ronald Sluys

Ik wil bijdragen aan onze kennis over de wereldwijde taxische biodiversiteit en evolutie van zoetwater-, mariene en terrestrische platwormen (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida).

Sleutelwoorden

biogeografie, biodiversiteit, platyhelminthes, systematiek, taxonomie, tricladida

Ronald Sluys

Gastonderzoeker
Mariene Evolutie & Ecologie

ronald.sluys@naturalis.nl
+31 (0)71 7519263 

Onderzoek
interesse

In het algemeen wens ik bij te dragen aan onze kennis over de wereldwijde biodiversiteit en evolutie van zoetwater-, mariene en terrestrische platwormen (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida).

De geografische schaal van mijn onderzoek is over het algemeen mondiaal of betreft in ieder geval grote delen van de wereld. Beoordelingen van mondiale hotspots op het gebied van biodiversiteit zijn vertekend doordat de minder charismatische ongewervelde dieren, zoals platwormen, over het algemeen worden verwaarloosd, hoewel ongewervelde dieren de belangrijkste deel van de biodiversiteit vormen.

Hoewel dit op zich al interessant is, kunnen deze dieren ook goede modelorganismen zijn om terrestrialisatie (het aan land gaan) tijdens de evolutie te bestuderen. De terrestrialisatie van dierlijk leven van voorouders in zee of zoetwater is een belangrijke overgang in de geschiedenis van het leven. Planaire platwormen (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) vormen een ideale groep modelorganismen om deze kolonisatie van het land te bestuderen, omdat ze vertegenwoordigers in zowel zoetwater als de zee hebben, en soorten die op het land voorkomen.

De methodologie betreft een integratieve benadering van taxonomie, systematiek en fylogenetica, waarbij morfologie/anatomie meestal gecombineerd wordt met moleculaire karakters.

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Mijn
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Ik ben begonnen als beginnend vogelaar op zevenjarige leeftijd, roeiend in mijn bootje tussen de moerassen en weilanden ten noorden van Amsterdam, ben ik uiteindelijk afgestudeerd aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, afstudeerrichting ornithologie. Aan het eind van mijn Master kwam ik echter ook in aanraking met de groep van de terrestrische platwormen, waarnaar ik mijn wetenschappelijke en professionele aandacht heb verlegd. Hoewel ik nooit zal ophouden naar vogels te kijken, drong het tot mij door dat ongewervelde dieren eigenlijk het grootste deel van de biodiversiteit uitmaken en dat er nog veel te ontdekken valt over hun taxische diversiteit.  En daarom nam ik terrestrische platwormen als modelorganismen om de evolutie, fylogenie en biogeografie van een geselecteerde groep van ongewervelde dieren te bestuderen.

  • MSc, Universiteit van Amsterdam: 23-IX-1981
  • Doctoraat, Universiteit van Amsterdam: 30-IX-1989
  • Tot 1 januari 2012: Assistent-hoogleraar en Onderzoeker bij het Instituut voor Biodiversiteit en Ecosysteem Dynamica en het Zoölogisch Museum van de Universiteit van Amsterdam.
  • Van 1 januari 2012 - 2 augustus 2016: Assistent hoogleraar en onderzoeker bij Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden.
  • Van 2 augustus 2016 - Heden: Emeritus Senior Onderzoeker & Research Associate bij Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden.

Samenwerking
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Samenwerking

Belangrijke onderzoeksgroepen die al met NBC samenwerken bij de studie van triclad platwormen zijn: Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (Dresden, Duitsland); Departament de Genètica, Facultat de Biologia en Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Universitat de Barcelona (Barcelona, ​​Spanje); Museum of Comparative Zoology & Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (Cambridge, VS); Universiteit van Sassari (Sardinië, Italië).

Collecties

Platyhelminthes, Tricladida.

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Publicaties

2023

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Wu M.Q., Liu H.L., Xia M.Y., Zhang Y., Sluys R., Wang A.T. 2023. High degree of independence in the feeding apparatus of planarian flatworms.. Contributions to Zoology 92 (4) : 13 p. 349-361. DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-bja10045
Solà E., Sluys R., Riutort M., Kawakatsu M. 2023. Molecular phylogenetics facilitates the first historical biogeographic analysis of the hammerhead worms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Bipaliinae), with the description of twelve new species and two new genera.. Zootaxa 5335 (1) : 77 p. 1-77. DOI https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5335.1.1
Benítez-Álvarez L., Sluys R., Leal-Zanchet A. M., Leria L., Riutort M. 2023. First molecular phylogeny of the freshwater planarian genus Girardia (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) unveils hidden taxonomic diversity and initiates resolution of its historical biogeography.. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 197 (1) : 20 p. 1-19. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac065
Benítez-Álvarez L., Leria L., Sluys R., Leal-Zanchet A.M., Riutort M. 2023. Niche modelling and molecular phylogenetics unravel the colonisation biology of three species of the freshwater planarian genus Girardia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida).. Hydrobiologia 850: 18 p. 3125-3142. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05239-x
2022

Chapters in book

Álvarez-Presas M., Mateos E., Sluys R., Riutort M. 2022. Cryptic diversity in European terrestrial flatworms of the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae).. In: Monro A.K., Mayo S.J. (eds.) The Systematics Association Special Volume. Cryptic species – Morphological Stasis, Circumscription and Hidden Diversity 89: 13 p. 281-293. Cambridge Univ. Press , Cambridge. ISBN 9781009070553. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009070553.011

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 2022. Biogeography and diversification of the freshwater planarian Crenobia alpina sensu lato (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida): A synthetic review.. Zoologischer Anzeiger 300: 15 p. 12-26. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.05.010
Liu Y., Song X-Y., Sun Z-Y., Li W-X., Sluys R., Li S-F., Wang A-T. 2022. Addition to the known diversity of Chinese freshwater planarians: integrative description of a new species of Dugesia Girard, 1850 (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae).. Zoosystematics and Evolution 98 (2) : 11 p. 233-243. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.98.83184
Grau J. H., Almeida A. L., Sluys R., Carbayo F. 2022. A new genus and two new species of land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from Southern Chile.. Journal of Natural History 56 (1316) : 21 p. 947-967. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2022.2097137
Vásquez-Doorman C., Brusa F. Reyes J., Sluys R., Vila-Farré M., Allende M.L 2022. First finds in North and South America of Pentacoelum kazukolinda (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), a worldwide invasive flatworm.. Bioinvasions Records 11 (4) : 17 p. 1078-1094.
2021

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Oosterbroek P., Sluys R. 2021. On probably the oldest color illustrations of crane flies (Tipulidae).. Fly Times 66: 3 p. 9-11.
Sluys R. 2021. Attaching names to biological species: the use and value of type specimens in systematic zoology and natural history collections. Biological Theory 16: 13 p. 49-61. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-020-00366-3
Waart S., Thunnissen N. de, Sluys R. 2021. Nieuwe vondsten van exotische landplatwormen, waaronder vijf nieuwe soorten voor Nederland (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae).. Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen 56: 13 p. 15-27.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Wang L., Chen J-z, Dong Z-m, Chen G-w, Sluys R., Liu D-z 2021. Two new species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from the tropical monsoon forest in southern China.. ZooKeys 1059: 28 p. 89-116. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1059.65633
Stocchino G.A., Dols-Serrate D., Sluys R., Riutort M., Onnis C., Manconi R. 2021. Amphibioplanidae: a new branch and family on the phylogenetic tree of the triclad flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida), represented by a species from Sardinian caves with a remarkable lifestyle.. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (4) : 28 p. 1364-1391. DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa183
Li M.-Y., Ma X.-Y., Li W.-X., Yang Y., Sluys R., Chen J.-J., Li S.-F., Wang A.-T. 2021. A new species of Pacifides from the Western Pacific Coast and the first fully freshwater species of the maricolan planarian genus Paucumara (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). Systematics and Biodiversity 19 (5) : 19 p. 488-506. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2021.1877846
Sluys R. 2021. Integrative descriptions of two new species of Dugesia from Hainan Island, China (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae). ZooKeys 1028 (3) : 28 p. 1-28. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1028.60838
2020

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Song X-Y., Li W-X., Sluys R., Huang S-X., Li S-F., Wang A-T. 2020. A new species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from China, with an account on the histochemical structure of its major nervous system. Zoosystematics and Evolution 96 (2) : 17 p. 431-447. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.96.52484
Yang Y., Li J-L., Sluys R., Li W-X., Li S-F., Wang A-T. 2020. Unique mating behavior, and reproductive biology of a simultaneous hermaphroditic marine flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). Invertebrate Biology 139: 10 p. e12282. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12282
Dorigo L., Lago T. D., Menchetti M., Sluys R. 2020. First records of two alien land flatworms (Tricladida, Geoplanidae) from Northeastern Italy. Zootaxa 4732 (2) : 3 p. 332-334. DOI https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4732.2.8
Leria L., Vila-Farré M., Álvarez-Presas M., Sánchez-Gracia A., Rozas J., Sluys R., Riutort M. 2020. Cryptic species delineation in freshwater planarians of the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida): Extreme intraindividual genetic diversity, morphological stasis, and karyological variability. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 143: 24 p. 106496. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.05.010
Benítez-Álvarez L., Leal-Zanchet A.M., Oceguera-Figueroa A., Ferreira R.L., de Medeiros Bento D., Braccini J., Sluys R., Riutort M. 2020. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Cavernicola (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida): Relicts of an epigean group sheltering in caves? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 145 (106709) : 15 p. 1-15.
2019

Chapters in book

Sluys R. 2019. Klasse Turbellaria – Strudelwürmer. In: Klausnitzer, B. (eds.) Stresemann – Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland. Band 1: Wirbellose (ohne Insekten). Stresemann – Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland. Stresemann – Exkursionsfauna von Deutschland. Band 1: Wirbellose (ohne Insekten): 10 p. 59-69; 120-121. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. ISBN 9783662553534. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55354-1

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Stocchino G.A., Sluys R., Harrath A.H., Mansour L., Manconi R. 2019. The invasive alien freshwater flatworm Girardia tigrina (Girard, 1850) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in Western Europe: new insights into its morphology, karyology and reproductive biology. Contributions to Zoology 88 (2) : 21 p. 236-256. DOI https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-20191406
Li W-X., Sluys R., Vila-Farré M., Chen J-J., Yang Y., Li S-F., Wang A-T. 2019. A new continent in the geographic distribution of the genus Oregoniplana (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Marcicola), its rediscovery in South Africa and its molecular phylogenetic position. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187: 18 p. 82-99.
Sluys R., Laumer C. 2019. A new genus and species of a terrestrial cavernicolan planarian from Barro Colorado Island, Panama (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Cavernicola). Zootaxa 4586 (1) : 7 p. 187-193. DOI https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4586.1.12
Sluys R. 2019. The evolutionary terrestrialization of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Geoplanidae): a review and research programme. Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 (2) : 14 p. 543-556. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.38727
Harrath A.H., Sluys R., Mansour L., Folefack G.L., Aldahmash W., Alwasel S., Solà E., Riutort M. 2019. Molecular and morphological identification of two new African species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from Cameroon. Journal of Natural History 53: 19 p. 253-271. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2019.1577508
2018

Chapters in book

Winsor L., Sluys R. 2018. Basic histological techniques for planarians. In: Rink J. C. (ed.) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1774: 67 p. 285-351. Humana Press, Springer Science+Business Media.
Sluys R., Riutort M. 2018. Planarian diversity and phylogeny. In: Rink J. C. (ed.) Methods in Molecular Biology. 1774: 56 p. 1-56. Humana Press, Springer Science+Business Media.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Leria L., Sluys R., Riutort M. 2018. Diversification and biogeographic history of the Western Palearctic freshwater flatworm genus Schmidtea (Tricladida: Dugesiidae), with a redescription of Schmidtea nova. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 56 (3) : 17 p. 335-351.
Yang H.-M., Sluys R., Kawakatsu M., Min G.-S. 2018. New molecular sequences for two genera of marine planarians facilitate determination of their position in the phylogenetic tree, with new records for two species (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). ZooKeys 781: 17 p. 1-17. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.781.26324
Sluys R., Vila-Farré M., Rink J., Rasko J.E.J. 2018. An intriguing, new planarian species from Tasmania, with a discussion on protandry in triclad flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Acta Zoologica 99 (4) : 11 p. 404-414. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12243
2017

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Stocchino G.A. 2017. Bipolarity in planarians is not induced by space travel. Regeneration 4: 3 p. 153-155.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Neumann M., Lima R.F. de, Drewes R.C. 2017. Land flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Geoplanidae) of Sao Tome: a first account on their diversity, with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 4221 (3) : 32 p. 291-322.
Stocchino G.A., Sluys R., Kawakatsu M., Sarbu S.M., Manconi, R. 2017. A new species of freshwater flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dendrocoelidae) inhabiting a chemoautotrophic groundwater ecosystem in Romania. European Journal of Taxonomy 342: 21 p. 1-21. DOI https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.342
Stocchinio G. A., Sluys R., Riutort M., Sola E., Manconi R. 2017. Freshwater planarian diversity (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae) in Madagascar: new species, cryptic species, with a redefinition of character states. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181: 30 p. 727-756.
Stocchino G.A., Sluys R., Montanari A., Manconi R. 2017. A new species of stygobiont freshwater planarian (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from a chemoautotrophic ecosystem: the Frasassi karts in Italy. Zootaxa 4323 (4) : 14 p. 547-560.
Mateos E., Sluys R.,Riutort M., Alvarez-Presas M 2017. Species richness in the genus Microplana (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Microplaninae) in Europe: as yet no asymptote in sight. Invertebrate Systematics 31: 33 p. 269-301.
2016

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 2016. Invasion of the flatworms. American Scientist 104: 8 p. 288-295.
Harrath A.H., Mansour L., Lagnika M., Sluys R., Boutin C., Alwasel S., Poch A., Riutort M. 2016. A molecular analysis of the phylogenetic position of the suborder Cavernicola within the Tricladida (Platyhelminthes), with the description of a new species of stygobiont flatworm from Benin. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178: 10 p. 482–491. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12430
Jones H.D., Sluys R. 2016. A new terrestrial planarian species of the genus Marionfyfea (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida) found in Europe. Journal of Natural History 50: 18 p. 2673-2690. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1208907
Sluys R., Mateos E., Riutort M., Alvarez-Presas M. 2016. Towards a comprehensive, integrative analysis of the diversity of European microplaninid land flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Microplaninae), with the description of two peculiar new species. Systematics and Biodiversity 14 (1) : 23 p. 9-31. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/14772000.2015.1103323
Mazza G., Menchetti M., Sluys R., Sola E., Riutort M., Tricarico E., Justine J-L., Cavigioli L., Mori E. 2016. First report of the land planarian Diversibipalium multilineatum (Makino & Shirasawa, 1983) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Continenticola) in Europe. Zootaxa 4067 (5) : 4 p. 577-580. DOI https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.5.4
2015

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Solà E., Sluys R., Sergev O., Blaustein L., Riutort M. 2015. The taxonomic status of Dugesia biblica from Israel and Turkey (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae). ZooKeys 506: 12 p. 1-2. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.506.9663
Sluys R., Vila-Farre M., Alvarez-Presas M., Riutort M., Kawakatsu M., Tulp A.S. 2015. The diet and distribution of Pentacoelum kazukolinda (Kawakatsu & Mitchell, 1984), a maricolan planarian with a freshwater ecology. Zoologica Scripta 44 (1) : 20 p. 72-91. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12084
2014

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Stocchino G.A., Sluys R., Manconi R. 2014. A new and aberrant species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from Madagascar. ZooKeys 425: 18 p. 71-88. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.425.7811
2013

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 2013. The unappreciated, fundamentally analytical nature of taxonomy and the implications for the inventory of biodiversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 22 (4) : 1095-1105. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-013-0472-x
Stocchino G.A., Sluys R., Deri P., Manconi R. 2013. Integrative taxonomy of a new species of planarian from the Lake Ohrid basin, including an analysis of biogeographical patterns in freshwater triclads from the Ohrid region (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae). ZooKeys 313: 25-43. DOI https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.313.5363
Harrath A.H., Sluys R., Aldahmash W., Al-Razaki A., Alwasel S. 2013. Reproductive strategies, karyology, parasites, and taxonomic status of Dugesia populations from Yemen (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae). Zoological Science 30 (6) : 502-508. DOI https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.30.502
Sola E., Sluys R., Gritzalis K., Riutort M. 2013. Fluvial basin history in the northeastern Mediterranean region underlies dispersal and speciation patterns in the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66 (3) : 877-888. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.010
Sluys R., Solà E., Gritzalis K., Vila-Farré M., Mateos E., Riutort M. 2013. Integrative delineation of species of Mediterranean freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Dugesiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169 (3) : 523-547.
2012

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Harrath A.H., Sluys R., Merzoug D., Yacoubi-Khebiza M., Alwasel S., Riutort M. 2012. Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Palearctic section of the African continent: new records, with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3182: 1-15.
Harrath A.H., Sluys R., Ghlala A., Alwasel S. 2012. The first subterranean freshwater planarians from North Africa, with an analysis of adenodactyl structure in the genus Dendrocoelum (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dendrocoelidae). Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 74 (1) : 48-57. DOI https://doi.org/10.4311/2011LSC0215
Stocchino G.A., Sluys R., Manconi R. 2012. A new species of Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae) from the Afromontane forest in South Africa, with an overview of freshwater planarians from the African continent. Zootaxa 3551: 43-58.
Alvarez-Presas M., Mateos E., Vila-Farre M., Sluys R., Riutort M. 2012. Evidence for the persistence of the land planarian species Microplana terrestris (Muller, 1774) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in microrefugia during the Last Glacial Maximum in the northern section of the Iberian Peninsula. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64 (3) : 491-499. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2012.05.001
Sluys R. 2012. A new, sibling species of cave flatworm from Switzerland (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dendrocoelidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 119 (2) : 181-188.
Grau J.H., Sluys R., Froehlich E.M., Carbayo F. 2012. Reflections on the genus Amaga Ogren and Kawakatsu 1990, and description of a new genus of land planarian (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae). Journal of Natural History 46 (2526) : 1529-1546. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.691996
2011

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Vila-Farre M., Sluys R., Almagro I., Handberg-Thorsager M., Romero R. 2011. Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Iberian Peninsula and Greece: diversity and notes on ecology. Zootaxa 2779: 1-57.
Vila-Farre M., Sluys R., Mateos E., Jones H.D., Romero R. 2011. Land planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Geoplanidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: new records and description of two new species, with a discussion on ecology. Journal of Natural History 45 (1516) : 869-891. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2010.536267
2010

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Vila-Farre M., Sluys R., D'aniello S., Cebria F., Ferrer X., Romero R. 2010. Marine planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Maricola) from the western Mediterranean Sea and the Cantabrian coast: new records, one new genus, and immunocytochemistry of the nervous system. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 90 (2) : 409-422. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409990476
Sluys R., Kawakatsu M., Yamamoto K. 2010. Exotic freshwater planarians currently known from Japan. Belgian Journal of Zoology 140: 103-U38.
2009

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Smolders I., Kawakatsu M., Pietsch T.W., Kuranishi R.B. 2009. Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Planariidae) from the Kuril Islands and Kamchatka. Species Diversity 14: 307-322.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Stocchino G.A., Manconi R., Corso G., Sluys R., Casu S., Pala M. 2009. African planarians: Morphology and karyology of Dugesia maghrebiana sp. n. (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Tunisia. Italian Journal of Zoology 76 (1) : 83-91. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/11250000802141683
Harrath A.H., Sluys R., Zghal F., Tekaya S. 2009. First report of adelphophagy in flatworms during the embryonic development of the planarian Schmidtea mediterranea (Benazzi, Baguna, Ballester, Puccinelli & Del Papa, 1975) (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 53 (3) : 117-124.
Lazaro E.M., Sluys R., Pala M., Stocchino G.A., Baguna J., Riutort M. 2009. Molecular barcoding and phylogeography of sexual and asexual freshwater planarians of the genus Dugesia in the Western Mediterranean (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (3) : 835-845. DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.022
Sluys R., Kawakatsu M., Riutort M., Baguna J. 2009. A new higher classification of planarian flatworms (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Journal of Natural History 43 (2930) : 1763-1777. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930902741669
2008

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Vila-Farré M., Romero R., Sluys R., Fernàndez J. 2008. Ecology, karyology, and anatomy of the planarian Pentacoelum hispaniense Sluys, 1989 (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Graellsia 64: 45-54.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Schockaert E.R., Hooge M., Sluys R., Schilling S., Tyler S., Artois T. 2008. Global diversity of free living flatworms (Platyhelminthes, "Turbellaria") in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 41-48. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-007-9002-8
Aliabadian M., Sluys R., Roselaar C.S., Nijman V. 2008. Species diversity and endemism: testing the mid-domain effect on species richness patterns of songbirds in the Palearctic Region. Contributions to Zoology 77 (2) : 99-108.
Vila-Farre M., Mateos E., Sluys R., Romero R. 2008. Terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) from the Iberian Peninsula: new records and description of three new species. Zootaxa 1739: 1-20.
2007

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Grant L.J., Blair D. 2007. Freshwater planarians from artesian springs in Queensland, Australia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Contributions to Zoology 76 (1) : 9-19.
Faubel A., Sluys R., Reid D.G. 2007. A new genus and species of polyclad flatworm found in the mantle cavities of gastropod molluscs in the high-intertidal zone of the Pacific coast of central America. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87 (2) : 429-434. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315407055245
Aliabadian M., Roselaar C.S., Sluys R., Nijman V. 2007. Low predictive power of mid-domain effect to explain geographic species richness patterns in Palearctic songbirds. Contributions to Zoology 76 (3) : 197-204.
Sluys R. 2007. Annotations on freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes Tricladida Dugesiidae) from the Afrotropical region. Tropical Zoology 20 (2) : 229-257.
Roselaar C.S., Sluys R., Aliabadian M., Mekenkamp P.G.M. 2007. Geographic patterns in the distribution of Palearctic songbirds. Journal of Ornithology 148 (3) : 271-280. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-007-0129-1
2006

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Kawakatsu M. 2006. Towards a phylogenetic classification of dendrocoelid freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes): a morphological and eclectic approach. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 44 (4) : 274-284. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00371.x
Grant L.J., Sluys R., Blair D. 2006. Biodiversity of Australian freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida: Paludicola): new species and localities, and a review of paludicolan distribution in Australia. Systematics and Biodiversity 4 (4) : 435-471. DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/S1477200006002064
Slay M.E., Elliott W.R., Sluys R. 2006. Cavernicolous Missouri triclad (Platyhelminthes: Turbellaria) records. Southwestern Naturalist 51 (2) : 251-252.
Aliabadian M., Roselaar C.S., Nijman V., Sluys R., Vences M. 2006. The mid-domain effect on the pattern of geographic species richness in Palearctic songbirds. Journal of Ornithology 147 (5) : 80-80.
2005

Chapters in book

Sluys R. 2005. Platwormen (Platyhelminthes).: 114-120.

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Kawakatsu M. 2005. A replacement name for Ichthyophaga Syromiatnikova, 1949 (Platyhelminthes: Prolecithophora), with a nomenclatural analysis of its avian senior homonym. Species Diversity 10: 63-68.
Wu S.-K., Kawakatsu M., Lue K.-Y., Lee J.-D., Tsai C.-L., Lin H.-H., Sluys R., Sasaki G.-Y. 2005. A preliminary study on land planarians of Taiwan. Endemic Species Research (Taiwain) 7: 23-40.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Kawakatsu M., Sluys R., Ogren R.E. 2005. Seven new species of land planarian from Japan and China (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Bipaliidae), with a morphological review of all Japanese bipaliids and a biogeographic overview of Far Eastern species. Belgian Journal of Zoology 135 (1) : 53-77.
Agapow P.M., Sluys R. 2005. The reality of taxonomic change. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 20 (6) : 278-280.
Sluys R., Faubel A., Rajagopal S., Velde G. van der 2005. A new and alien species of "oyster leech" (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Stylochidae) from the brackish North Sea Canal, The Netherlands. Helgoland Marine Research 59 (4) : 310-314. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-005-0006-3
Aliabadian M., Roselaar C.S., Nijman V., Sluys R., Vences M. 2005. Identifying contact zone hotspots of passerine birds in the Palaearctic region. Biology Letters 1 (1) : 21-23. DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2004.0258
Sluys R., Kawakatsu M., Leon R.P. de 2005. Morphological stasis in an old and widespread group of species: Contribution to the taxonomy and biogeography of the genus Girardia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 40 (2) : 155-180. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/01650520500070220
2004

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Charni M., Harrath A.H., Sluys R., Tekaya S., Zghal F. 2004. The freshwater planarian Dugesia sicula Lepori, 1948 (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) in Tunisia: ecology, karyology, and morphology. Hydrobiologia 517 (13) : 161-170.
Harrath A.H., Charni M., Sluys R., Zghal F., Tekaya S. 2004. Ecology and distribution of the freshwater planarian Schmidtea mediterranea in Tunisia. Italian Journal of Zoology 71 (3) : 233-236.
2002

Chapters in book

Sluys R. 2002. Heen en weer: bereisde platwormen.: 35.
2001

Chapters in book

Sluys R. 2001. Towards a phylogenetic classification and characterization of dugesiid genera (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae): A morphological perspective.: 57-73.

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Kawakatsu M. 2001. Contribution to an inventory of the freshwater planarians of Australia and New Zealand (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae), with distribution maps of the species examined. Beaufortia 51: 163-198.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Kawakatsu M., Sluys R., Timoshkin O.A., Naumova T.V., Nishino M., Takai M. 2001. Redescription of Japanese Bdellocephala annandalei from Lake Biwa-ko with comparative redescription of the Far Eastern and Kamchatkan Bdellocephala species (Tricladida, Paludicola). Belgian Journal of Zoology 131: 205-211.
Ogren R.E., Sluys R. 2001. The genus Humbertium gen. nov., a new taxon of the land planarian family Bipaliidae (Tricladida, Terricola). Belgian Journal of Zoology 131: 201-204.
Sluys R., Kawakatsu M., Timoshkin O.A. 2001. Taxonomic redescription of Phagocata sibirica and comparison with Phagocata vivida (Tricladida, Paludicola). Belgian Journal of Zoology 131: 193-199.
2000

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Kawakatsu M. 2000. New, southermost record of Paucumara trigonocephala (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola) from Queensland, with documentation of earlier records from Japan. Queensland Naturalist 38: 24-30.
1999

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1999. Global diversity of land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola): a new indicator-taxon in biodiversity and conservation studies. Biodiversity and Conservation 8 (12) : 1663-1681.
Sangster G., Hazevoet C.J., Berg A.B. van den, Roselaar C.S.K., Sluys R. 1999. Dutch avifaunal list: Species concepts, taxonomic instability, and taxonomic changes in 1977-1998. Ardea -Wageningen- 87 (1) : 139-166.
Tekaya S., Sluys R., Zghal F. 1999. Cocoon production, deposition, hatching, and embryonic development in the marine planarian Sabussowia dioica (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 35 (3) : 215-223.
Gibbons M.J., Sluys R. 1999. The taxonomic richness of South Africa's marine fauna: a crisis at hand. South African Journal of Science 95 (1) : 8-12.
1998

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Kawakatsu M., Winsor L. 1998. The genus Dugesia in Australia, with its phylogenetic analysis and historical biogeography (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Zoologica Scripta 27 (4) : 273-289.
Sluys R. 1998. Land planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) in biodiversity and conservation studies. Pedobiologia 42 (56) : 490-494.
Sluys R., Timoshkin O.A., Kawakatsu M. 1998. A new species of giant planarian from Lake Baikal, with some remarks on character states in the Dendrocoelidae (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Hydrobiologia 383: 69-75.
Ogren R.E., Sluys R. 1998. Selected characters of the copulatory organs in the land planarian family Bipaliidae and their taxonomic significance (Tricladida: Terricola). Hydrobiologia 383: 77-82.
Caceres-Martinez J., Vasquez-Yeomans R., Sluys R. 1998. The turbellarian Urastoma cyprinae from edible mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis and Mytilus californianus in Baja California, NW Mexico. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 72 (3) : 214-219.
1997

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Hauser J., Wirth Q.J. 1997. Deviation from the Groundplan: A unique new species of freshwater planarian from South Brazil (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Journal of Zoology 241: 593-601.
Tekaya S., Sluys R., Zghal F. 1997. Sperm transfer and fertilization in the marine planarian Sabussowia dioica (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 32 (2) : 143-147.
Sluys R. 1997. An old problem in a new perspective: The enigmatic evolutionary relationships of some Australian freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 75 (3) : 459-471.
1996

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Cáceres-Martinez J., Vásquez-Yeomans R., Sluys R. 1996. Urastoma cyprinae in natural and cultured Mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lmk) populations in México. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists 16: 200-202.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1996. The notion of homology in current comparative biology. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 34 (3) : 145-152.
Sluys R. 1996. Reconsiderations of the species status of some South American planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109 (2) : 229-235.
1995

Chapters in book

Sluys R., Schalk P.H., Schram F.R. 1995. Systematic Cirripedology in the 21st century: multimedia biodiversity information systems.: 43-48.

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Joffe B., Cannon L.R.G. 1995. An alien flatworm in Australian waters. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 38: 642.
Sluys R., Kawakatsu M. 1995. Taxon names of the Tricladida Maricola (Platyhelminthes): additions and emendations. Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 14: 153-160.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1995. Platyhelminths as paleogeographic indicators. Hydrobiologia 305 (13) : 49-53.
Sluys R., Ribas M., Baguna J. 1995. Taxonomy, ecology, and karyology of a new species of Phagocata from Spain, with a discussion on the phylogenetic systematics of the genus Phagocata s.l. (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Canadian Journal of Zoology - Revue Canadienne de Zoologie 73 (3) : 557-568.
1994

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1994. Explanations for biogeographic tracks across the Pacific Ocean - a challenge for paleogeography and historical biogeography. Progress in Physical Geography 18 (1) : 42-58.
Robledo J.A.F., Caceres-Martinez J., Sluys R., Figueras A. 1994. The parasitic turbellarian Urastoma cyprinae (Platyhelminthes, Urastomidae) from blue mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis in Spain - occurrence and pathology. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 18 (3) : 203-210.
1993

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Estep K., Sluys R., Syvertsen E.E. 1993. "Linnaeus" and beyond: workshop report on multimedia tools for the identification and database storage of biodiversity. Hydrobiologia 269: 519-525.
1992

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1992. Synopsis of the freshwater triclads of the Caribbean (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region 71: 1-23.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Benazzi M. 1992. A new finding of a subterranean endrocoelid flatworm from Italy (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Stygologia 7 (4) : 213-217.
Sluys R. 1992. A synopsis of Antarctic Plagiostomids (Platyhelminthes, Prolecithophora), with the description of a new species and remarks on taxonomy, phylogeny, and biogeography. Polar Biology 12 (5) : 507-518.
1991

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1991. Species concepts, process analysis, and the hierarchy of nature. Experientia 47 (1112) : 1162-1170.
Vries E.J. de, Sluys R. 1991. Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Dugesia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Journal of Zoology 223: 103-116.
Sluys R., Rohde K. 1991. A new species of freshwater triclad from Australia (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Paludicola). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 102 (2) : 153-162.
1990

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Ball I.R. 1990. The aquatic triclads (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) of the Bismarck Archipelago. Steenstrupia 16: 13-20.
Sluys R. 1990. On Bdellasimilis barwicki (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) and its phyletic position. Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 149-158.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Riutort M., Ribas M., Baguna J. 1990. On Pentacoelum hispaniensis, a marine triclad from Spanish fresh-water (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). Hydrobiologia 199 (2) : 101-106.
Rohde K., Watson N., Sluys R. 1990. Ultrastructure of the flame bulbs and protonephridial capillaries of Romankenkius sp. (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Dugesiidae). Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology 22 (4) : 489-496.
Sluys R. 1990. A monograph of the Dimarcusidae (Platyhelminthes, Seriata, Tricladida). Zoologica Scripta 19 (1) : 13-29.
1989

Books as editor

Sluys R. (ed.) 1989. A Monograph of the Marine Triclads.: 480 p. A.A. Balkema, Brookfield, Rotterdam. ISBN 9789061918721.

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Cannon L.R.G. 1989. A new species of marine triclad from the West Pacific (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 149-153.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Ginkel W. van 1989. New records of Fecampia abyssicola (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela, Fecampiidae). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 30 (2) : 235-241.
Sluys R. 1989. Phylogenetic relationships of the triclads (Platyhelminthes, Seriata, Tricladida). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 59 (1) : 3-25.
Sluys R. 1989. Sperm resorption in triclads (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). International Journal of Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 15 (2) : 89-95.
Sluys R. 1989. Rampant parallelism - an appraisal of the use of nonuniversal derived character states in phylogenetic reconstruction. Systematic Zoology 38 (4) : 350-370.
1988

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1988. Structural and functional morphology within the genus Synsiphonium. Fortschritte der Zoologie 36: 413-417.
Sluys R., Ball I.R. 1988. A synopsis of the marine triclads of Australia and New Zealand (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). Invertebrate Taxonomy 2: 915-959.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Bush L.F. 1988. On Pentacoelum punctatum, an amphi-Atlantic marine triclad (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 107 (2) : 162-170.
Sluys R., Vries E.J. de 1988. The aquatic triclads of the Crozet Islands (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 94 (3) : 203-217.
Sluys R. 1988. On adaptation, the assessment of adaptations, and the value of adaptive arguments in phylogenetic reconstruction. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 26 (1) : 12-26.
1987

Books as editor

Hovenkamp P., Gittenberger E., Hennipman E., Jong R. de, Roos M.C., Sluys R., Zandee M. (eds.) 1987. Systematics and Evolution: A Matter of Diversity.: 341 p. Utrecht University. ISBN 9789090019673.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1987. The taxonomy of three species of the genus Procerodes (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 67 (2) : 373-384.
1986

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1986. First representative of the order Macrostomida in Australia (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomidae). Records of the South Australian Museum 19: 399-404.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1986. Taxonomic studies on marine triclads (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Maricola). Hydrobiologia 132: 257-262.
1985

Chapters in book

Sluys R. 1985. Various chapters (The Birds of the Western Palearctic, vol. IV).: 182-183; 194-195; 206-207; 217-219; 228-229; 230; 242-243.

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Ball I.R. 1985. On Bothrioplana semperi from Australia, with a review of the species (Platyhelminthes, Proseriata, Bothrioplanidae). Beagle: Records of the museums and art galleries of the Northern Territory 2: 129-137.
1984

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Jong H. de 1984. Chromosome morphological studies of Dugesia gonocephala s.l. (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida). Caryologia: International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics 37 (12) : 9-20.
Sluys R. 1984. The meaning and implications of genealogical tree diagrams. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 22 (1) : 1-8.
1983

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Ball I.R. 1983. On the status and identity of Procerodes warreni (Girard, 1850) (Turbellaria, Tricladida, Maricola). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 59: 3-10.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1983. On a functional-morphological approach to phylogenetic reconstruction: a critique. Acta Biotheoretica 32 (1) : 29-41.
Sluys R. 1983. Geographical variation and distribution of the bearded tit Panurus-biarmicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Aves). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 53 (1) : 13-32.
Sluys R. 1983. Evidence for hybrid murre reconsidered. Auk 100 (1) : 236-237.
Sluys R. 1983. A new marine triclad ectoparasitic on Malaysian and Indonesian horseshoe crabs (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria, Tricladida). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 53 (2) : 218-226.
1982

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1982. Geographical variation of the Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Gerfaut: Revue Belge d'Ornithologie 72: 221-230.
Sluys R. 1982. Bearded Tits Panurus biarmicus in The Netherlands and England: comments on the hybridization theory. Journal of Ornithology 123: 175-182.

Journals SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R., Berg M. van den 1982. On the specific status of the Cyprus pied wheatear Oenanthe-cypriaca. Ornis Scandinavica 13 (2) : 123-128.
1981

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1981. Ostracods (Ostracoda, Crustacea) from two freshwater lakes near Maarssen, The Netherlands. Hydrobiological Bulletin: Netherlands Journal of Aquatic Ecology 15: 175-182.
1979

Journals non-SCI, peer-reviewed

Sluys R. 1979. Notes on the characters and synonymy of Physocypria kliei Schäfer, 1934 and Potamocypris unicaudata Schäfer, 1943 (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam 6: 169-176.