Peer Reviewed Publications (*student co-authors)
95. Williams, J. D., Horch, A. P., Ceballos, A., and Heather Bracken-Grissom, H. 2024. Resurrection of the parasitic isopod genus Cryptione Hansen, 1897 (Epicaridea: Bopyridae) and description of a new species of parasitic isopod (Epicaridea: Bopyridae) from the deep-sea shrimp Notostomus gibbosus (Caridea: Acanthephyridae) with an analysis of its phylogenetic position based on molecular data. Marine Biodiversity. 54: 86. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-024-01475-z
94. Boyko, C.B., Williams, J.D., and Sancetta, G.* 2024. The epicaridium larvae of Paragigantione species (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Bopyridae) have external yolk sacs: transfer of the genus to Pleurocryptellinae, description of two new species in the genus and a new species of hyperparasite (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Cabiropidae). Systematic Parasitology. 101: 70. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-024-10190-z
93. Bonavia, C.,* Williams, J., and Krause, M. 2024. Morphological and molecular investigation of Scolelepis agilis (Verrill, 1873) (Annelida: Spionidae) from beaches of the Atlantic coast of North America. African Zoology. 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2024.2373809
92. Brandt, A., Chen, C., Engel. L., Esquete, P., Horton, T., Jażdżewska, A.M., Johannsen, N., Kaiser, S., Kihara, T.C., Knauber, H., Kniesz, K., Landschoff, J., Lörz, A.-N., Machado, F.M., Martínez-Muñoz, C.A., Riehl, T., Serpell-Stevens, A., Sigwart, J.D., Tandberg, A.H.S., Tato, R., Tsuda, M., Vončina, K., Watanabe, H.K., Wenz, C., Williams, J.D. (2024). Ocean Species Discoveries 1–12 — A primer for accelerating marine invertebrate taxonomy. Biodiversity Data Journal. 12: e128431. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e128431
91. Williams, J. D., Boyko, C. B., & Stewart, E. C. D. 2024. The parasitic isopod genus Pleurocryptella Bonnier, 1900 (Isopoda: Epicaridea) infesting squat lobster hosts: establishment of a new subfamily, recognition of novel features including external yolk sacs in their epicaridium larvae, and description of a new hyperparasite genus and species. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 44: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruae034
90. Horch, A. P., Williams, J. D. and Terossi, M. (2024) A new species of Parapleurocrypta Chopra, 1923 (Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae) parasitizing shrimps of the genus Synalpheus Spence Bate, 1888 (Decapoda, Caridea, Alpheidae) from the Fernando de Noronha archipelago, Brazil. Zoological Studies. 63: 13. https://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/63/63-13.html
89. Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D. (2024) New records of bopyrid parasites (Crustacea, Isopoda, Epicaridea) of pea crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pinnotheridae) with descriptions of two new species of Rhopalione Pérez, 1921 and a review of the genus. Zoosystema. 46: 149-175. https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/en/periodiques/zoosystema/46/7
88. Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D. (2023) Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in parasitic isopods (Isopoda: Epicaridea), including two new families and note on the questionable association between monogeneans and bopyrids. Zootaxa. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5258.3.1
87. Williams, J.D., Boyko, C.B. Tepolt, C.K. & Blakeslee, A.M.H. (2023) Cryptic diversity in endoparasitic isopods (Bopyroidea: Entoniscidae) from mud crabs along the Atlantic coast of the USA revealed by molecular and larval characters: the long and the short of it. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 43: 1–20.
86. Detorre, M.,* Williams, J. D., and Boyko, C. B. 2023. A review of the endoparasitic isopods (Epicaridea: Entoniscidae) from hermit crabs, including description of the new subfamily Diogenioninae and a new species of Paguritherium Reinhard, 1945 from the Philippines. Zootaxa. 5249: 12–40.
85. Williams, J.D., Escalante, M.* and Shanks, A.L., 2022. Identification and observations of parasitic isopod larvae (Isopoda: Epicaridea) from the northeastern Pacific: pelagic distribution and association with copepod intermediate hosts. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 42: 1-14.
84. Buhl-Mortensen, L., Neuhaus, J. and Williams, J.D. 2022. Gorgonophilus canadensis (Copepoda: Lamippidae) a parasite in the octocoral Paragorgia arborea–relation to host, reproduction, and morphology. Symbiosis. 87: 189-199.
83. Williams, J. D., Boyko, C. B. and Moritaki, T. 2022. Two new species of spheroid ectoparasitic isopods (Epicaridea: Dajidae) attached to the antennules of brachyuran crab hosts, with description of a new genus and species of hyperparasite (Epicaridea: Cryptoniscoidea). Species Diversity. 27: 227-241. https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.27.227
82. McDermott, J. J., Williams, J. D. and Boyko, C. B. 2022. Rediscovery and redescription of Entoniscus creplinii Giard and Bonnier, 1887 (Isopoda: Bopyroidea: Entoniscidae) parasitizing Polyonyx gibbesi Haig, 1956 (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae), a symbiotic crab from the tubes of Chaetopterus cf. variopedatus (Annelida), from North Carolina and Florida, U. S. A. Nauplius. 30, e2022010. https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2022010
81. Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D. 2021. A review of the genus Zonophryxus Richardson, 1903 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Dajidae) with recognition of Colypurus agassizi Richardson, 1905 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Colypuridae) as a synonym of Zonophryxus similis Searle, 1914 and the requisite sinking of Colypuridae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 134: 243–264.
80. Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D. 2021. New records of species of Holophryxus Richardson, 1905 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Dajidae) from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans with comments on taxonomic issues in the genus. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 62: 111-121. https://doi.org/10.3374/014.062.0203
79. Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D., and Rhodes, A. 2021. First record of a tantulocaridan, Microdajus sp. (Crustacea: Tantulocarida), from the northwestern Atlantic. Nauplius. 29, e2021005. https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2021005
78. David, A. A., Williams, J. D., and Simon, C. A. 2021. A new cryptogenic Dipolydora species (Annelida: Spionidae) in South Africa. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315421000163
77. Eugene, A.*, Burke, R. L., and Williams, J. D. 2021. Of mudsnails, terrapins, and flukes: Use of trematodes as a field- based project in parasitology research. Invertebrate Biology. 140: e12326. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12326
76. Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D. 2021. A review of the parasitic isopod genus Epicepon Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1931 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Epicaridea), parasites of cyclodorippoid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), with description of a new species from New Caledonia. Zoological Studies 60: 4. doi:10.6620/ZS.2021.60-04
75. Williams J. D. and Boyko, C. B. 2021. Out on a limb: novel morphology and position on appendages of dajid ectoparasitic isopods (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Dajidae) with the description of two new genera and three new species from isopod and decapod hosts. Zoosystema. 43: 79-100.
74. Magalhaes, W.F., Hutchings, P., Oceguera-Figueroa, A., Martin, P., Schmelz, R.M., Wetzel, M.J., Wiklund, H., Maciolek, N.J., Kawauchi, G.Y., Williams, J.D. 2021. Segmented worms (Phylum Annelida): a celebration of twenty years of progress through Zootaxa and call for action on the taxonomic work that remains. Zootaxa, 4979: 190–211. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4979.1.18
73. Williams J. D., Boyko, C. B., and Marin, I. N. 2020. A new depth record and species of bopyrid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from Munidopsis of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench. European Journal of Taxonomy. 724: 122–133.
72. Malan, A., Williams, J. D., Abe, H., Sato-Okoshi, W., Matthee, C. A. and Simon, C. A. 2020. Clarifying the cryptogenic species Polydora neocaeca Williams & Radashevsky, 1999 (Annelida: Spionidae): a shell-boring invasive pest of molluscs from locations worldwide. Marine Biodiversity 50: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-020-01066-8
71. Martinelli, J.C., Lopes, H.M., Hauser, L., Jimenez-Hidalgo, I., King, T. L., Padilla-Gamiño, J. L., Rawson, P., Spencer, L. H., Williams, J. D., and Wood, C. L. 2020. Confirmation of the shell-boring oyster parasite Polydora websteri (Polychaeta: Spionidae) in Washington State, USA. Scientific Reports. 10: 3961. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60805-w
70. Boyko, C. B. and Williams, J. D. 2020. A new species of Parthenopea Kossmann, 1874 (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala: Parthenopeidae) from Florida: the first record of a rhizocephalan from a lobster (Decapoda: Nephropoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 133: 1-6.
69. Buhl-Mortensen, L., Williams J. D., and Boyko, C. B. 2020. A new species of Crinoniscus Pérez, 1900 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Crinoniscidae) parasitising the pedunculate barnacle Heteralepas newmani Buhl-Mortensen & Mifsud (Cirripedia: Heteralepadidae) with notes on its ecology and a review of the genus. Systematic Parasitology. doi.org/10.1007/s11230-020-09903-x
68. McDermott, J. J., Williams, J. D., Boyko, C. B. 2020. A new genus and species of parasitic isopod (Bopyroidea: Entoniscidae) infesting pinnotherid crabs (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae) on the Atlantic coast of the USA, with notes on the life cycle of entoniscids. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 40: 97-114.
67. Ribeiro, F. B., Horch, A. P., Williams, J. D. 2019. New occurrences and host records for two species of parasitic isopods (Isopoda, Cymothoida, Bopyridae) associated with caridean shrimps (Decapoda, Caridea) from Brazil. Journal of Natural History. 53: 2437-2447.
66. Williams J.D., Boyko, C.B., Rice, M. E., Young, C. M. 2019. A report on two large collections of the squat lobster Munidopsis platirostris (Decapoda, Anomura, Munidopsidae) from the Caribbean, with notes on their parasites, associates, and reproduction. Journal of Natural History. 53: 159-169.
65. An, J., Wang, M., Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D. 2019. New hosts and new localities for species of the genus Cancricepon Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Bopyridae) with description of two new species and comments on the relationship between Cancricepon and Trapezicepon Bonnier, 1900. Zootaxa. 4559: 136-150.
64. Williams J.D., Boyko, C.B., Madad, A. Z.* 2019. Branchial parasitic isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) of hermit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea) from the western Pacific, with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 67: 83-118.
63. Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D., and Öktener, A. 2018. Redescription of the Mediterranean endemic parasitic isopod Anuropodione amphiandra (Codreanu, Codreanu & Pike, 1966) n. comb. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) from Munida rutllanti Zariquiey Alvarez, 1952, with new records from Turkey and a review of the genus Anuropodione Bourdon, 1967. Mediterranean Marine Science. 19: 611-618.
62. Thomson, S. A, Pyle, R. L., Ahyong, S. T., Alonso-Zarazaga, M., Ammirati, J., Araya, J.F.,...Williams, J.,...et al.(184 authors). (2018) Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLoS Biology 16(3): e2005075.
61. Williams, J. D. 2018. Obituary: Dr. John J. McDermott (1927-2017). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 131: 1-6.
60. Boyko, C. B., Williams, J. D., and Shields, J. D. 2017. Parasites (Isopoda: Epicaridea and Nematoda) from ghost and mud shrimp (Decapoda: Axiidea and Gebiidea) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species of bopyrid isopod and clarification of Pseudione Kossmann, 1881. Zootaxa 4365: 251-301.
59. Brito-Mata, G. del V., Boyko, C., Williams, J. D., Lira, C., and Figueira, A. 2017. Sobre la presencia de Aporobopyrus bonairensis Markham, 1988 (Isopoda: Bopyridae) en Pachycheles monilifer (Dana, 1852) (Decapoda: Porcellanidae) de Playa Cipara, Península de Paria, Estado Sucre, Venezuela. Boletín de Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela 56: 115-122.
58. Ehl, K. M.*, Raciti, S. M., and Williams, J. D. 2017. Recovery of salt marsh vegetation after removal of storm-deposited anthropogenic debris: lessons from volunteer clean-up efforts in Long Beach, NY. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 117: 436-447.
57. Williams J.D., Boyko, C.B. 2016. Abdominal bopyrid parasites (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Athelginae) of diogenid hermit crabs from the western Pacific, with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 33–69.
56. An, J., Williams, J. D. and Jiang, W. 2016. Two new species of Gigantione Kossmann, 1881 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) from Beibu Gulf. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 129: 234-243.
55. Markowitz, K.*, Williams, J. D., and Krause, M. K. 2016. Development of a quantitative PCR assay for detection of the trematode parasite Proctoeces maculatus in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 122: 125-136.
54. Williams, J. D., Anchaluisa, B. *, Boyko, C. B., and McDaniel, N. 2016. Description of a new endoparasitic copepod genus and species (Lamippidae) associated with the sea pen Ptilosarcus gurneyi (Octocorallia) from British Columbia. Marine Biodiversity. doi:10.1007/s12526-016-0593-z.
53. Whitford, T. and Williams, J. 2016. Anterior regeneration in the polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae). Invertebrate Biology. 135: 357-369.
52. Williams J.D., Boyko, C.B. 2016. Introduction to the Symposium: Parasites and Pests in Motion: Biology, Biodiversity and Climate Change. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 56: 556-560.
51. Chodkowski, N.*, Burke, R. L., and Williams, J. D. 2016. Field surveys and experimental transmission of Pleurogonius malaclemys (Trematoda: Digenea), an intestinal parasite of diamondback terrapins Malaclemys terrapin). Journal of Parasitology. 102: 410-418.
50. David, A. A., and Williams, J. D. 2016. The influence of hypoosmotic stress on the regenerative capacity of the invasive polychaete, Maranzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae) from its native range. Marine Ecology. 37:821-830.
49. Boyko, C. B. and Williams, J. D. 2016. Methods of detection, collection and preservation of parasitic isopods (Isopoda: Epicaridea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 129:76-83.
48. Williams, J.D. and Boyko, C.B. 2016. Abdominal bopyrid parasites of diogenid hermit crabs from the western Pacific (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Athelginae), with descriptions of a new genus and four new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64:33-69.
47. Phelan, K.*, Blakeslee, A. M. H., Krause, M., and Williams, J. D. 2016. First documentation and molecular confirmation of three trematode species (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) infecting the polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae). Systematic Parasitology 115:183-194.
46. Shields, J. D., C. B. Boyko, and J. D. Williams. 2015. Chapter 71-12 Parasites and pathogens of Brachyura, pp. 639-774. In: Castro, P., Davie, P.J.F., Guinot, D., Schram, F.R., and von Vaupel Klein, J.C., Vol. 9B, The Crustacea. Treatise on Zoology / Traite de Zoologie, Brill, Leiden.
45. Boyko, C. B. and Williams, J. D. 2015. A new genus for Entophilus mirebiledictu Markham & Dworschak, 2005 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cryptoniscoidea: Entophilidae) with remarks on morphological synapomorphies for epicaridean superfamilies. Systematic Parasitology 92:13-21.
44. Hiller, A., Boyko, C. B., and Williams, J. D. 2015. Description of two new species of Indo-Pacific Thylacoplethus and a new record of Thompsonia japonica (Rhizocephala: Akentrogonida: Thompsoniidae) from hermit, porcelain and mud crabs (Decapoda) based on morphological and molecular data. Journal of Crustacean Biology 35: 202-215.
43. Cericola, M. J.* and Williams, J.D. 2015. Prevalence, reproduction and morphology of the parasitic isopod Athelges takanoshimensis Ishii, 1914 (Isopoda: Bopyridae) from Hong Kong hermit crabs. Marine Biology Research. 11: 236-252.
42. Boyko, C. B., Moss, J. Williams, J. D. and Shields, J. D. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of Bopyroidea and Cryptoniscoidea (Crustacea: Isopoda). Systematics and Biodiversity. 11: 495-506.
41. Williams, J.D. 2013. On the confounded feeding biology of trypetesid burrowing barnacles and their impacts on hermit crab hosts. F&M Scientist, winter 2013: 131-144.
40. Murphy, A.E.* and Williams, J.D. 2013. New records of two trypetesid burrowing barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Acrothoracica: Trypetesidae) and their predation on host hermit crab eggs. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 93: 107–133.
39. An, J., Yu, H., and Williams, J.D. 2012. A new species of Cancricepon Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (Isopoda: Bopyridae) from China. Systematic Parasitology. 83: 243–248.
38. Boyko, C.B. and Williams, J.D. 2012. A new species of Aspidophryxus G. O. Sars, 1883 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Dajidae) from Caribbean mysid shrimp. Acta Parasitologica. 57: 397-401. (with cover illustration)
37. David, A.A.* and Williams, J.D. 2012. Morphology and natural history of the cryptogenic sponge associate Polydora colonia (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Journal of Natural History. 46: 1509-1528.
36. David, A.A.* and Williams, J.D. 2012. Asexual reproduction and anterior regeneration under high and low temperatures in the sponge associate Polydora colonia (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 56: 315-324.
35. Williams, J.D. and Boyko, C.B. 2012. The global diversity of parasitic isopods associated with crustacean hosts (Isopoda: Bopyroidea and Cryptoniscoidea). PLoS ONE. 7(4): e35350. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035350.
34. Boyko, C.B., Williams, J.D. and Markham, J.C. 2012. The Isopoda Bopyridae parasitic on squat lobsters and porcelain crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea), with notes on and solutions to nomenclatural problems. Zootaxa. 3150: 1-35.
33. An, J., Williams, J.D. and Yu, H. 2011. Three abdominal parasitic isopods (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Bopyridae: Athelginae) on hermit crabs from China and Hong Kong. Journal of Natural History 45: 2901-2913.
32. Boyko, C.B. and Williams, J.D. 2011. Chapter 9. Parasites and other symbionts of squat lobsters. Pp. 271-295 in: G. C. B. Poore, S. T. Ahyong & J. Taylor (Eds), The Biology of Squat Lobsters. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne (also issues as Crustacean Issues Volume 20 by CRC Press: Boca Raton with same pagination).
31. Dualan, I.V. * and Williams, J.D. 2011. Palp growth, regeneration, and longevity of the obligate hermit crab symbiont Dipolydora commensalis (Annelida: Spionidae). Invertebrate Biology. 130: 264-276.
30. Williams, J.D., Gallardo, A.* and Murphy, A. E.* 2011. Crustacean parasites associated with hermit crabs from the western Mediterranean Sea, with first documentation of egg predation by the burrowing barnacle Trypetesa lampas (Cirripedia: Acrothoracica: Trypetesidae). Integrative Zoology. 5: 13-27.
29. Boyko, C.B. and Williams, J.D. 2010. A new genus and species of primitive bopyrid (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) parasitizing hermit crabs (Crustacea, Anomura) from deep waters in the eastern Atlantic and Japan. Pp. 145-157 in C. Fransen, S. de Grave and P. Ng, eds., Studies on Malacostraca: Lipke Bijdeley Holthuis Memorial Volume, Crustaceana Monographs, vol. 14. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill.
28. McDermott, J. J., Boyko, C. B., and Williams, J. D. 2010. The unwanted guests of hermits: A global review of the diversity and natural history of hermit crab parasites. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 394: 2-44.
27. McGuire, B.M.* and Williams, J.D. 2010. Utilization of partially predated snail shells by the hermit crab Pagurus longicarpus Say, 1817. Marine Biology. 157: 2129-2142.
26. Williams, J.D. and Boyko, C.B. 2010. First description of the male of Eragia profunda Markham, 1994 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae), with comments on relationships in the subfamily Argeiinae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 123: 149-152.
25. Williams, J.D. and Madad, A.Z.* 2010. A new species and record of branchial parasitic isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) of porcellanid crabs from the Philippines. Experimental Parasitology. 125: 23-29.
24. Williams, J. D. and An, J. 2009. The cryptogenic parasitic isopod Orthione griffenis Markham, 2004 from the eastern and western Pacific. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 49: 114–126. (with cover illustration)
23. Orensky, L. D.* and Williams, J. D. 2009. Morphology and ecology of a new sexually dimorphic species of Polydora (Polychaeta: Spionidae) associated with hermit crabs from Jamaica, West Indies. Zoosymposia. 2: 229–240.
22. An, J., Williams, J. D. and Yu, H. 2009. The Bopyridae (Crustacea: Isopoda) parasitic on thalassinideans (Crustacea: Decapoda) from China. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 122: 225–246.
21. Boyko, C. B. and Williams, J. D. 2009. Crustacean Parasites as Phylogenetic Indicators in Decapod Evolution. Pp. 197-220 in J. W. Martin, K. A. Crandall and D. L. Felder, eds., Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics (Crustacean Issues), vol. 18. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Polydora robi (Polychaeta: Spionidae), an obligate commensal of hermit crabs from the Philippines. Invertebrate Biology 120: 237-247. (with cover illustration)
7. Williams, J. D. 2000. Spermiogenesis and spermatozoon ultrastructure of Polydora neocaeca (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Rhode Island. 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.
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.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications
Williams, J. D. 2003. The Not So Lonely Lives of Hermit Crabs: Studies on Hermit Crab Symbionts. Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2003: 15-18.
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.
