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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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. 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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53. Whitford, T. and Williams, J. 2016. Anterior regeneration in the polychaete Marenzelleria viridis (Annelida: Spionidae). Invertebrate Biology. 135: 357-369. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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)

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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). 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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)

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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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. 

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

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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) 

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7. Williams, J. D. 2000. Spermiogenesis and spermatozoon ultrastructure of Polydora neocaeca (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from Rhode Island. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 38: 123-129. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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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. 

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Non-Peer Reviewed Publications

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

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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. 

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