Peer Reviewed Papers (*student co-author)

20. An, J., Yu, H., and Williams, J. D. 2007. Four new records and a new species of Dactylokepon Stebbing, 1910 (Epicaridea: Bopyridae: Ioninae) from Chinese waters. Journal of Natural History. 41: 2063-2079. (pdf copy)

19. Williams, J. D. 2007. New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera Dispio, Malacoceros, Polydora, and Scolelepis, with notes on the palp ciliation patterns of the genus Scolelepis. Zootaxa. 1459: 1–35. (pdf copy)

18. Williams, J. D. and Boyko, C. B. 2006. A new species of Tomlinsonia Turquier, 1985 (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Trypetesidae) in hermit crab shells from the Philippines, and a new parasite species of Hemioniscus Buchholz, 1866 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Hemioniscidae). Zoosystema. 28: 285-305. (pdf copy)

17. Williams, J. D. and Schuerlein, L. M.* 2005. Two new species of branchial parasitic isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) from hermit crabs collected in Singapore. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 118: 96-107.

16. Williams, J. D. and Boyko, C. B. 2004. A new species of Schizobopyrina Markham, 1985 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Bopyrinae) parasitic on a Gnathophyllum shrimp from Polynesia, with description of an associated hyperparasitic isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cabiropidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 55: 439-450. (pdf copy)

15. Boyko, C. B. and Williams, J. D. 2004. New records of marine isopods (Crustacea: Pericarida) from the Bahamas, with description of two new species of epicarideans. Bulletin of Marine Science. 74: 353-383.

14. Williams, J. D. and McDermott, J. J. 2004. Hermit crab biocoenoses: A worldwide review of the diversity and natural history of hermit crab associates. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 305: 1-128. (pdf copy)

13. Williams, J. D. 2004. Reproduction and morphology of Polydorella (Polychaeta: Spionidae), including the description of a new species from the Philippines. Journal of Natural History 38: 1339-1358. (pdf copy)

12. Boyko, C. B. and Williams, J. D. 2003. A revision of Anathelges and Stegophryxus (Isopoda: Bopyridae: Athelginae) with descriptions of two new genera and one new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 23: 795-813.

11. Williams, J. D. 2002. The feeding biology and ecology of two Polydora species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) found to ingest the embryos of host hermit crabs (Anomura: Decapoda) from the Philippines. Journal of Zoology, London. 257: 339-351.

10. Williams, J. D. 2001. Polydora and related genera associated with hermit crabs from the Indo-West Pacific (Polychaeta: Spionidae), with the description of two new species and the second polydorid egg predator of hermit crabs. Pacific Science 55: 429-465. (pdf copy)

9. Boyko, C. B. and Williams, J. D. 2001. A review of Pseudionella Shiino, 1949 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae), with the description of a new species parasitic on Calcinus hermit crabs from Easter Island. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114: 649-659.

8. Williams, J. D. 2001. Reproduction and larval development of Polydorarobi (Polychaeta: Spionidae), an obligate commensal of hermit crabs from the Philippines. Invertebrate Biology 120: 237-247. (with cover illustration)

7. Williams, J. D. 2000. Sperm ultrastructure of Polydoraneocaeca (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the east coast of North America. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 38: 123-129.

6. Williams, J. D. 2000. A new species of Polydora (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Indo-West Pacific and first record of host hermit crab egg predation by a commensal polydorid worm. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129: 537-548. (pdf copy)

5. Radashevsky, V. I. and Williams, J. D. 2000. Comment on the proposed conservation of Polydora websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943 (Annelida, Polychaeta) by a ruling that it is not to be treated as a replacement name for P. caeca Webster, 1879, and designation of a lectotype for P. websteri. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 57: 110-111.

4. Williams, J. D. and Boyko, C. B. 1999. A new species of Pseudostegias Shiino, 1933 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Athelginae) parasitic on hermit crabs from Bali. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112: 714-721.

3. Williams, J. D. and Radashevsky, V. I. 1999. Morphology, ecology, and reproduction of a new Polydora species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the east coast of North America. Ophelia 51: 115-127.

2. Radashevsky, V. I. and Williams, J. D. 1998. Polydora websteri Hartman in Loosanoff & Engle, 1943 (Annelida, Polychaeta): proposed conservation of the specific name by a ruling that it is not to be treated as a replacement name for P. caeca Webster, 1879, and designation of a lectotype for P. websteri. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55: 212-216.

1. Williams, J. D. and McDermott, J. J. 1997. The feeding behavior of Diploydora commensalis (Polychaeta: Spionidae): particle capture, transport and selection. Invertebrate Biology 116: 115-123.

 

Chapters and Semi-Popular Publications

2. Williams, J. D. 2003. The Not So Lonely Lives of Hermit Crabs: Studies on Hermit Crab Symbionts. Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2003: 15-18.

1. Williams, J. D. 2002. Annelida – The Segmented Worms. In Life on Earth: An Encyclopedia of Biodiversity, Ecology, and Evolution. N. Eldredge, ed. ABC-CLIO: Santa Barbara, CA, pages132-135.