Publications
Peer reviewed papers in international journals: 108
Peer reviewed scientific books & book chapters (see below): 16
Scientific reports (with ISBN #) & popular/non-reviewed papers (page 9-): 19
Conference abstracts (not listed): +70
Peer reviewed publications: 29 as first author, 56 as last author, ca. 40 as corresponding author
H-index: 28 (calculated as in PNAS 102:16569-16572, 2005). 2898 citations (according to Google Scholar). Full list of publications (and citation indices) available at Google Scholar/Katrine Worsaae
Peer reviewed papers in international journals: 108
2023-
Martínez García A, Bonaglia S, Di Domenico M, Fonseca G, Ingels J, Jörger K, ..., Worsaae K, Yamasaki H, Fontaneto. 2023. Fundamental questions in meiofauna—how small but ubiquitous animals can help to better understand Nature. EcoEvoRxiv. https://doi.org/10.32942/X2WP43.
Dreyer N, Olesen J, Grygier MJ, Eibye-Jacobsen D, Høeg JT, Kerbl A, ... Worsaae K, Palero F, Chan, B. K. 2023. The Biology and Life Cycle of Enigmatic Crustacean Y-Larvae: A Review. Oceanography and Marine Biology, 81-126.
2022-
90 Boscaro V, Holt CC, Van Steenkiste NWL, Herranz M, Irwin NAT, P Àlvarez-Campos, K Grzelak, O Holovachov, A Kerbl, V Mathur, N Okamoto, RS Piercey, K Worsaae, BS Leander, PJ Keeling. 2022. Microbiomes of microscopic marine invertebrates do not reveal signatures of phylosymbiosis. Nature Microbiology 7 (6): 810-819. DOI: 10.1038/s41564-022-01125-9. [30.96]
89 Brodnicke OB, Hansen CE, Huie JM, Brandl SJ, Worsaae K. 2022. Functional impact and trophic morphology of small, sand‐sifting fishes on coral reefs. Functional Ecology 36 (8): 1936-1948. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.14087 [IF: 6.28]
88 Herranz M, Stiller J, Worsaae K, Sørensen MV. 2022. Phylogenomic analyses of mud dragons (Kinorhyncha). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 168: 107375. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107375. [IF: 4.29]
2021-
87 Herranz M, Park T, Domenico MD, Leander BS, Sørensen MV, Worsaae K. 2021. Revisiting kinorhynch segmentation: variation of segmental patterns in the nervous system of three aberrant species. Frontiers in Zoology 18 (54)(23 pages). DOI: 10.1186/s12983-021-00438-5. [IF: 3.17]
86 Rimskaya-Korsakova NK, Pimenov T, Rapp HT, Southward E, Temereva E, Worsaae K. 2021. Myogenesis in Siboglinum fiordicum sheds light on body regionalization in beard worms (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Frontiers in Zoology. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-517176/v1. [IF: 3.17]
85 Allentoft-Larsen M, Gonzalez BC, Daniels J, Katija K, Osborn K, Worsaae K. 2021. Parapodial myoanatomy reveals adaptations in swimming Polynoidae (Aphroditiformia, Annelida). Royal Society Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210541. [IF: 2.96]
84 Garm A, Simonsen SH, Mendoza-Gonzalez P, Worsaae K. 2021. Have the eyes of bioluminescent scale worms adapted to see their own light? A comparative study of eyes and vision in Harmothoe imbricata and Lepidonotus squamatus. Journal of Experimental Biology 224(14): jeb242501. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.242501. [IF: 3.31]
83 Worsaae K, Hansen MJ, Axelsen O, Kakui K, Møller PR, Osborn KJ, Martínez A, Gonzalez BC, Miyamoto N, Fujita Y. 2021. A new cave dwelling Nerillidae (Annelida) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. Marine Biodiversity 51(4): 1-18. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01199-4. [IF:2.05]
82 Ballou L, Iliffe TL, Kakuk B, Gonzalez BC, Osborn KJ, Worsaae K, Meland K, Broad K, Bracken-Grissom H, Olesen J. 2021. Monsters in the Dark: Systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago. European Journal of Taxonomy 751 (1): 115-139. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.751.1383. [IF: 1.37]
81 Gonzalez BC, Martínez A, Worsaae K, Osborn KJ. 2021. Morphological convergence and adaptation in cave and pelagic scale worms (Polynoidae, Annelida). Scientific report 11(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-89459-y. [IF: 4.38]
80 Herranz M, Worsaae K, Park T, Di Domenico M, Leander BS, Sørensen MV. 2021. Myoanatomy of three aberrant kinorhynch species: similar but different? Zoomorphology. DOI: 10.1007/s00435-021-00519-3. [IF: 1.18]
79 Garraffoni A, Sørensen MV, Worsaae K, Di Domenico M, Sales LP, Santos J, Lourenço, A. 2021 (publ. online). Geographical sampling bias on the assessment of endemism areas for marine meiobenthic fauna. Cladistics. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12453. [IF: 5.25]
78 Worsaae K, Kerbl A, Domenico MD, Gonzalez BC, Bekkouche N, Martínez A. 2021. Interstitial Annelida. Diversity 13(2): 77(57 pages). DOI:10.3390/d13020077 [IF:2.05].
77 Martín-Durán JM§, Vellutini BC*, Marlétaz F*, Cetrangolo V, Cvetesic N, Thiel D, Henriet S, Grau-Bové X, Carrillo-Baltodano AM, Gu W, Kerbl A, Marquez Y, Bekkouche N, Chourrout D, Gómez-Skarmeta JL, Irimia M, Lenhard B, Worsaae K†, Hejnol A§,†. 2021 (Epub 2020). Conservative route to genome compaction in a miniature annelid. Nature Ecology & Evolution 5(2): 231-242. DOI:10.1038/s41559-020-01327-6; † = I am shared senior author. [IF: 15.46]
2020-
76 Sigvardt ZMS, Worsaae K, Savatenalinton S, Kerbl A, Olesen J. 2020. Transitions in functional morphology from “large branchiopods” to Cladocera: Video and confocal microscopic studies of Cyclestheria hislopi (Cyclestherida) and Sida crystallina(Cladocera: Ctenopoda). Journal of Morphology 281: 1241-1259. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.21244. [IF: 1.59]
75 Herranz M, Sørensen MV, Park T, Leander BS, Worsaae K. 2020. Insights into mud dragon morphology (Kinorhyncha, Allomalorhagida): myoanatomy and neuroanatomy of Dracoderes abei and Pycnophyes ilyocryptus. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 20 (3): 467-493. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-020-00447-y. [IF: 2.94]
74 Gonzalez BC, Martínez A, Olesen J, Truskey SB, Ballou L, Allentoft-Larsen M, Daniels J, Heinerth P, Parrish M, Manco N, Ward J, Iliffe TM, Osborn K, Worsaae K. 2020. Anchialine biodiversity in the Turks and Caicos Islands: New discoveries and current faunal composition. International Journal of Speleology 49: 1. DOI: 10.5038/1827-806X.49.2.2316. [IF: 1.57]
73 Worsaae K, Frykman T, Nielsen C. 2020. The neuromuscular system of the cyclostome bryozoan Crisia eburnea (Linnaeus, 1758). Acta Zoologica. DOI: 10.1111/azo.12252. [IF: 1.26]
2019-
72 Worsaae K, Kerbl A, Vang A, Gonzalez BC. 2019. Broad North Atlantic distribution of a meiobenthic annelid – against all odds. Scientific Report 9: 15497(13 pages). DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-51765-x [IF: 4.38]
71 Di Domenico M, Martínez A, Worsaae K. 2019. Saccocirridae (Annelida) from the Canary Islands with a description of Saccocirrus slateri sp. nov. Marine Biodiversity 4: 2125-2139. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-00991-7. [IF: 2.05]
70 Worsaae K, Mikkelsen M, Martínez A. 2019. Description of six new species of Mesonerilla (Nerillidae, Annelida) and an emended description of M. intermedia Wilke, 1953, from marine cave environments. Marine Biodiversity 49: 2141-2165. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-00984-6. [IF: 2.05]
69 Martínez A, Di Domenico M, Leasi F, Curini-Galletti M, Todaro MA, Dal Zotto M, Gobert S, Artois T, Norenburg J, Jörger KM, Núñez J, Fontaneto D, Worsaae K. 2019. Patterns of diversity and endemism of soft-bodied meiofauna in an oceanic island, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. Marine Biodiversity 49: 2033-2055. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-01007-0. [IF: 2.05]
68 Kerbl A, Tolstrup EW, Worsaae K. 2019. Nerves innervating copulatory organs show common FMRFamide, FVRIamide, MIP and serotonin immunoreactivity patterns across Dinophilidae (Annelida) indicating their conserved role in copulatory behavior. BMC Zoology 4:8. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-019-0045-x. [IF: 2.44]
67 Beckers P, Helm C, Purschke G, Worsaae K, Hutchings P, Bartolomaeus T. 2019. The central nervous system of Oweniidae (Annelida) and its implications for the structure of the ancestral annelid brain. Frontiers in zoology 16: 6. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-019-0305-1. [IF: 3.17]
66 Nielsen C, Bekkouche N, Worsaae K. 2019. Neuromuscular structure of the larva to early ancestrula stages of the cyclostome bryozoan Crisia eburnea. Acta Zoologica 100: 268-281. DOI: 10.1111/azo.12252. [IF: 1.26]
2018 -
65 Helm C, Beckers P, Bartolomaeus T, Drukewitz SH, Kourtesis I, Weigert A, Purschke G, Worsaae K, Struck TH, Bleidorn C. 2018. Convergent evolution of the ladder-like ventral nerve cord in Annelida. Frontiers in Zoology 15: 36. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-018-0280-y. [IF: 3.17]
64 Pérez-García JA, Díaz-Delgado Y, García-Machado E, Martínez-García A, Gonzalez BC, Worsaae K, Armenteros M. 2018. Nematode diversity of freshwater and anchialine caves of Western Cuba. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington131: 144-155. DOI: 10.2988/17-00024. [IF: 0.56]
63 Worsaae K, Gonzalez BC, Kerbl A, Holdflod S, Jørgensen JT, Armenteros m, Iliffe TM, Martínez AG. 2018, Online first. Diversity and evolution of the stygobitic Speleonerilla nom. nov. (Nerillidae, Annelida) with description of three new species from anchialine caves in the Caribbean and Lanzarote. Marine Biodiversity 49: 2167-2192. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-018-0906-5. [IF: 2.05]
62 Stamatis SA, Worsaae K, Garm A. 2018. Regeneration of the rhopalium and the rhopalial nervous system in the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora. Biological Bulletin 234: 22-36. DOI: 10.1086/697071. [IF: 1.82]
61 Kerbl A, Vereide EH, Gonzalez BC, Rouse GW, Worsaae K. 2018. Two new meiofaunal species of Trilobodrilus (Dinophilidae, Annelida) from California, USA. European Journal of Taxonomy 421. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.421. [IF: 1.37]
60 Worsaae K, Gonzalo G, Martínez AG. 2018. The role of progenesis in the diversification of the interstitial annelid lineage Psammodrilidae. Invertebrate Systematics 32: 774-793. DOI: 10.1071/IS17063. [IF: 2.51]
59 Gonzalez BC, Worsaae K, Martínez A, Fontaneto D. 2018. Anophthalmia and elongation of body appendages in cave scale worms (Annelida: Aphroditiformia). Zoologica Scripta 47: 106-121. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12258. [IF: 2.94]
2017
58 Gąsiorowski L, Bekkouche N, Sørensen MV, Kristensen RM, Sterrer W, Worsaae K. 2017. New insights on the musculature of filospermoid Gnathostomulida. Zoomorphology 136(4): 413-424. DOI: 10.1007/s00435-017-0367-6. [IF: 1.18]
57 Kerbl A, Conzelmann M, Jékely G, Worsaae K. 2017. High diversity in neuropeptide patterns among three closely related species of Dinophilidae (Annelida). Journal of Comparative Neurology 525(17): 3596-3635. DOI: 10.1002/cne.24289. [IF: 3.22]
56 Gonzalez BC, Martínez A, Borda E, Iliffe TM, Eibye-Jacobsen D, Worsaae K. 2017. Phylogeny and systematics of Aphroditiformia. Cladistics 34(3): 225-259(35 pages). DOI:10.1111/cla.12202 [IF: 5.25]
55 Gonzalez BC, Petersen HC, Di Domenico MD, Martínez AM, Armenteros M, García-Machado E, Møller PR, Worsaae K. 2017. Phylogeny and biogeography of the scaleless scale worm Pisione (Sigalionidae, Annelida). Ecology and Evolution 7: 2894-2915. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2853. [IF: 2.91]
54 Gasiorowski L, Bekkouche N, Worsaae K. 2017. Morphology and evolution of the nervous system in Gnathostomulida (Gnathifera, Spiralia). Organisms Diversity and Evolution 17(2): 447-475. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-017-0324-8. [IF: 2.94]
53 Gonzalez BC, A Martínez, E Borda, TM Iliffe, D Fontaneto, Worsaae K. 2017. Genetic spatial structure of an anchialine cave annelid indicates connectivity within-but not between-islands of the Great Bahama Bank. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 109: 259–270. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.003. [IF: 4.29]
52 Martínez A, Kvindebjerg K, Iliffe T, Worsaae K. 2017. Evolution of cave suspension feeding in Protodrilidae (Annelida). Zoologica Scripta 46: 214-226. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12198. [IF: 2.94]
2016
51 Bekkouche N, Worsaae K. 2016. Nervous system and ciliary structures of Micrognathozoa (Gnathifera) – evolutionary insight from an early branch in Spiralia. Royal Society Open Science 3(10): 160289(17 pages). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160289 [IF: 2.96]
50 Bekkouche N, Worsaae K. 2016. Neuromuscular study of early branching Diuronotus aspetos (Paucitubulatina) yields insights into the evolution of organs systems in Gastrotricha. Zoological Letters 2: 21. DOI: 10.1186/s40851-016-0054-3. [IF: 2.84]
49 Kerbl A, Fofanova EG, Mayorova T, Voronezhskaya EE, Worsaae K. 2016. Comparison of nervous, muscular and ciliary development in two dinophilid species (Annelida) suggests progenetic origin of Dinophilus gyrociliatus. Frontiers in Zoology13(1): 49(39 pages). DOI:10.1186/s12983-016-0181-x [IF: 3.17].
48 Kerbl A, Martín-Durán JM, Worsaae K, Hejnol A. 2016. Molecular regionalization in the compact brain of the meiofaunal annelid Dinophilus gyrociliatus (Dinophilidae). Evolution and Development 7: 20. DOI: 10.1186/s13227-016-0058-2. [IF: 1.93]
47 Gusmão F, Di Domenico M, Amaral CZ, Martínez A, González BC, Worsaae K, Ivar do Sul J, Lana PC. 2016. In situ microplastic ingestion by meiofauna from sandy beaches. Environmental Pollution 216: 584-590. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.015. [IF: 8.07]
46 Petersen HC, González B, Martínez A, Worsaae K. 2016. New species of Pisionidens (Sigalionidae, Annelida) from Akumal, México. Zootaxa 4136(1): 165-173. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.1.8 [IF: 1.09]
45 Worsaae K, Rimskaya-Korsakova NN, Rouse GW. 2016. Neural reconstruction of bone-eating Osedax spp. (Annelida) and evolution of the siboglinid nervous system. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16: 83. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0639-7. [IF: 3.26]
44 Rubio F, Rolán E, Worsaae K, Martínez A, Gonzalez BC. 2016. First anchialine gastropod from a Yucatán cenote (Tornidae, Teinostoma), with new in vivo and morphological descriptions for the genus. Journal of Molluscan Studies 82: 169-177. DOI:10.1093/mollus/eyv049. [IF: 1.46]
2015
43 Kerbl A, Bekkouche N, Sterrer W, Worsaae K. 2015. Detailed reconstruction of the nervous and muscular system of Lobatocerebridae with an evaluation of its annelid affinity. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15: 277(34 pages). DOI:10.1186/s12862-015-0531-x [IF: 3.26]
42 Worsaae K, Kvindebjerg K, Martínez A. 2015. Morphology of a new interstitial Psammodrilus (Psammodrilidae, Annelida) from Sardinia, Italy. Zoologischer Anzeiger 259: 13-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2015.09.001. [IF: 1.52]
41 Laumer C, Bekkouche N, Kerbl A, Goetz F, Neves RC, Sørensen MV, Kristensen RM, Hejnol A, Dunn CW, Giribet G,Worsaae K. 2015. Spiralian phylogeny informs on evolution of microscopic lineages. Current Biology 25: 2000-2006(8 pages). DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.068 [IF: 10.83]
40 Andrade S, Novo M, Kawauchi G, Worsaae K, Pleijel F, Giribet G, Rouse G. 2015. Articulating “archiannelids”: Phylogenomics and annelid relationships, with emphasis on meiofaunal taxa. Molecular Biology and Evolution 32: 2860-2875. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv157. [IF: 16.24]
39 Rouse GW, Wilson NG, Worsaae K, Vrijenhoek RC. 2015. A dwarf male reversal in bone-eating worms. Current Biology25:236-241(6 pages). DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.032 [IF: 10.83, SJR: 3.82].
38 Kristof A, Maiorova AS, Worsaae K, Wanninger A. 2018 (published online 2015). Sipuncula in evolutionary developmental biology. In Boyle MJ & Kawauchi GY (eds), Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on the Biology of the Sipuncula 2012. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington DC. Smithsonian contribution to the marine sciences 42: 35-40(6 pages) DOI:10.5479/si.1943-667X.42
37 Martínez A, Di Domenico M, Rouse G, Worsaae K. 2015. Phylogeny and systematics of Protodrilidae inferred with total evidence analyses. Cladistics 31: 250-276. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12089. [IF: 5.25]
2014
36 Salvo F, Wiklund H, Dufour SC, Hamoutene D, Pohle G, Worsaae K. 2014. A new annelid species from whalebones in Greenland and aquaculture sites in Newfoundland: Ophryotrocha cyclops, sp. nov. (Eunicida: Dorvilleidae). Zootaxa 3887: 555–568. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.5.3. [IF: 1.09]
35 Bekkouche N, Hejnol A, Kristensen RM, Sørensen MV, Worsaae K. 2014. Detailed reconstruction of the musculature inLimnognathia maerski (Micrognathozoa) and comparison with other Gnathifera. Frontiers in Zoology 11:71. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-014-0071-z. [IF: 3.17]
34 Di Domenico M, Martínez A, Amaral C, Lana PC, Worsaae K. 2014. Saccocirridae (Annelida) from the southern and southeastern Brazilian coasts. Marine Biodiversity 44: 313-325. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-014-0208-5. [IF: 2.05]
33 Di Domenico M, Martínez A, Almeida TCM, Martins MO, Worsaae K, Lana PC. 2014. Response of the meiofaunal annelid Saccocirrus pussicus (Saccocirridae) to sandy beach morphodynamics. Hydrobiologia 734: 1-16. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1858-9. [IF: 2.69]
32 Di Domenico M, Martínez A, Lana PC, Worsaae K. 2014. Molecular and morphological phylogeny of Saccocirridae (Annelida) reveals two cosmopolitan clades with specific habitat preference. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 75: 202-218. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.003. [IF: 4.29]
2013
31 Rodriguez M, Muniz P, Venturini N, Di Domenico M, Martínez A, Worsaae K. 2013. First occurrence of the interstitial polychaete Sacoccirrus pussicus in exposed beaches of Uruguay. Panamerican Journal of Aquatic Sciences 09/2013 8:194-198. [IF: 0.52]
30 Di Domenico M, Martínez A, Lana PC, Worsaae K. 2013. Protodrilus (Protodrilidae, Annelida) from the southern and southeastern Brazilian coasts. Helgoland Marine Research 67: 733–748. DOI: 10.1007/s10152-013-0358-z. [IF: 1.30]
29 Martínez A, Di Domenico M, Worsaae K. 2013. Evolution of cave Axiokebuita and Speleobregma (Scalibregmatidae, Annelida). Zoologica Scripta 42: 623–636. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12024. [IF: 2.94]
28 Martínez A, Di Domenico M, Worsaae K. 2013. Gain of palps within a lineage of ancestrally burrowing annelids (Scalibregmatidae). Acta Zoologica 95: 421-429. DOI: 10.1111/azo.12039. [IF: 1.26]
27 Martínez A, Di Domenico M, Jörger K, Norenburg J, Worsaae K. 2013. Description of three new species of Protodrilus(Protodrilidae, Annelida) from Central America. Marine Biology Research 9:676-691. DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2013.765574. [IF: 1.3]
2012
26 Worsaae K, Sterrer W, Sabrina Kaul-Strehlow, Hay-Schmidt A, Giribet G. 2012. An anatomical description of a miniaturized acorn worm (Hemichordata, Enteropneusta) with asexual reproduction by paratomy. PLoS ONE 7: e48529. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048529 [IF: 3.24]
25 Huusgaard R, Vismann B, Kühl M, Macnaughton M, Rouse G, Colmander V, Dahlgren T, Glover A, Worsaae K. 2012. The potent respiratory system of Osedax: a prerequisite for Osedax mucofloris (Siboglinidae, Annelida) - a prerequisite for the origin of bone-eating Osedax? PloS ONE 7: e35975. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035975. [IF: 3.24]
24 Leasi F, Neves RC, Worsaae K, Sørensen MV. 2012. Musculature of Seison nebaliae Grube, 1861 and Paraseison annulatus(Claus, 1876) revealed with CLSM: a comparative study of the gnathiferan key taxon Seisonacea (Rotifera). Zoomorphology 131: 185-195. DOI: 10.1007/s00435-012-0155-2. [IF: 1.18]
23 Curini-Galletti M, Artois T, Delogu V, Willem H. De Smet WH, Fontaneto D, lf Jondelius U, Leasi F, Martínez A, Meyer-Wachsmuth I, Nilsson KS, Tongiorgi P, Worsaae K, Todaro AM. 2012. Patterns of Diversity in Soft-Bodied Meiofauna: Dispersal Ability and Body Size Matter. PLoS ONE 7: e33801. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033801. [IF: 3.24]
2011
22 Edgecombe G, Giribet G, Dunn CW, Hejnol A, Kristensen RM, Neves RC, Rouse GW, Worsaae K, Sørensen MV. 2011. Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions. Organisms Diversity and Evolution 11: 151-172(22 pages) DOI:10.1007/s13127-011-0044-4 [IF: 2.49](GS citations: 327)
21 Macnaughton MO, Eibye-Jacobsen D, Worsaae K. 2011. Comparative studies of jaw morphology and ontogeny in two species of asexually reproducing Dorvilleidae (Annelida). Zoologischer Anzeiger 250:134-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2011.01.001. [IF: 1.52]
2010
20 Macnaughton MO, Worsaae K, Eibye-Jacobsen. 2010. Jaw morphology and ontogeny in five species of Ophryothrocha. Journal of Morphology 271: 324-339. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10800 [IF: 1.59]
19 Nielsen C, Worsaae K. 2010. Structure and occurrence of cyphonautes larvae (Bryozoa, Ectoprocta). Journal of Morphology 271: 1094-1109. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10856. [IF: 1.59]
18 Worsaae K, Rouse GW. 2010. The simplicity of males: dwarf males of four species of Osedax (Siboglinidae; Annelida) investigated by confocal laser scanning microscopy. Journal of Morphology 271: 127-142. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10786. [IF: 1.59]
2009
17 Martínez A, Palmero AM, Brito MC, Núñez J & Worsaae K. 2009. Anchialine fauna of the Corona lava tunnel (Lanzarote, Canary Islands): diversity, endemism and distribution. Marine Biodiversity 39: 169-182. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-009-0023-6. [IF: 2.05]
16 Worsaae K, Martínez A, Núñez J. 2009. Nerillidae (Annelida) from the Corona lava tube, Lanzarote, with description of Meganerilla cesari, n. sp.. Marine Biodiversity 39: 195-207. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-009-0027-2. [IF: 2.05]
15 Worsaae K & Rouse GW. 2009. Mesonerilla neridae, n. sp. (Nerillidae): First meiofaunal annelid from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Zoosymposia 2: 297-303. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOSYMPOSIA.2.1.20
2008
14 Rouse GW, Worsaae K, Johnson SB, Jones WJ & Vrijenhoek RC. 2008. Acquisition of dwarf male "harems" by recently settled females of Osedax roseus n. sp. (Siboglinidae; Annelida). Biological Bulletin 214: 67-82. DOI: 10.2307/25066661. [IF: 1.82]
13 Worsaae K & Rouse GW. 2008. Is Diurodrilus an annelid? Journal of Morphology 269: 1426-1455. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10686. [IF: 1.59]
2006
12 Müller MCM, Worsaae K. 2006. CLSM analysis of the phalloidin stained muscle system in Nerilla antennata, Nerillidiumsp. and Trochonerilla mobilis (Polychaeta: Nerillidae). Journal of Morphology 267: 885-896. [IF: 1.59]
11 Worsaae K, Sterrer W. 2006. Description of two new interstitial species of Psammodrilidae Swedmark (Annelida) from Bermuda. Marine Biology Research 2: 431-445. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10292. [IF: 1.30]
2005
10 Worsaae K. 2005. Systematics of Nerillidae (Polychaeta, Annelida). Meiofauna Marina 14: 49-74.
9 Worsaae K. 2005. Phylogeny of Nerillidae (Polychaeta, Annelida) as inferred from combined 18S rDNA and morphological data. Cladistics 21: 143-162. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2005.00058.x. [IF: 5.25]
8 Worsaae K, Kristensen RM. 2005. Evolution of interstitial polychaetes. Hydrobiologia 535/536: 319-340. DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3240-4_18. [IF: 2.69]
7 Worsaae K, Nygren A, Rouse GW, Giribet G, Persson J, Sundberg P, Pleijel F. 2005. Phylogenetic position of Nerillidae and Aberranta (Polychaeta, Annelida), analyzed by direct optimization of combined molecular and morphological data. Zoologica Scripta 34: 313-328. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00190.x. [IF: 2.94]
2004
6 Worsaae K, Müller MCM. 2004. Nephridial and gonoduct distribution patterns in Nerillidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) - examined by tubulin staining and cLSM. Journal of Morphology 261: 259-269. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10153. [IF: 1.59]
5 Worsaae K, Sterrer W, Iliffe TM. 2004. Longipalpa saltatrix, a new genus and species of the meiofaunal family Nerillidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from an anchihaline cave in Bermuda. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 117: 346-362. [IF: 0.56]
2003
4 Worsaae K. 2003. Palp morphology in two species of Prionospio (Polychaeta: Spionidae) Hydrobiologia 496: 259-267. DOI: 10.1023/A:1026109301892. [IF: 2.69]
3 Worsaae K, Kristensen RM. 2003. A new species of Paranerilla (Polychaeta: Nerillidae). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 44: 23-39. [IF: 0.47]
2001
2 Worsaae K. 2001. The systematic significance of palp morphology in the Polydora complex (Polychaeta: Spionidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 240: 45-57. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00005. [IF: 1.52]
1999
1 Worsaae K. 1999. On the taxonomy of Spio filicornis (Spionidae, Polychaeta) - Nipisat, Disko, Greenland. In Brandt A, Thomsen HA, Heide-Jørgensen H, Kristensen RM & H Ruhberg (eds.): The 1998 Danish-German Excursion to Disko Island, West Greenland. Berichte zur Polarforschung 330: 164-169.
Peer reviewed books and book chapters: 15
- Worsaae K, Vinther J, Sørensen MV. Accepted for press. Chapter 1: Bilaterian Evolution From a Meiofauna Perspective – Miniaturization in the Focus. In Giere O (ed): Frontiers in Meiobenthos Research. Springer Nature.
15 Sørensen MV, Kristensen RM, Worsaae K. Accepted for press. Chapter 11. The Gnathifera. Phyla Gnathostomulida, Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), and Micrognathozoa. In Brusca RC & Giribet G (eds.): Invertebrates.
14 Gonzalez BC, Worsaae K, Eibye-Jacobsen D. 2022 (2018. Online version). Pisioninae. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W, (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida. Volume 4: Annelida. Errantia. DeGruyter, Berlin. http://www.degruyter.com/view/Zoology.
13 Worsaae K, Kristensen RM. 2021. 7.8 Sedentaria incertae sedis: Diurodrilidae Kristensen & Niilonen, 1982. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 3: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I. DeGruyter, Berlin. Pp 202-214. DOI:10.1515/9783110291704-010
12 Worsaae K. 2021 (2014, Online version). 7.9 Errantia incertae sedis: Nerillidae Levinsen, 1883. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 3: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I. DeGruyter, Berlin. Pp 215-227. DOI:10.1515/9783110291704-016
11 Martinez A, Worsaae K, Purschke G. 2021 (2018, Online version). Protodriloididae Purschke & Jouin, 1988. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W, (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 3: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I. DeGruyter, Berlin. Pp 338-353. http://www.degruyter.com/view/Zoology.
10 Martinez A, Purschke G, Worsaae K. 2021 (2017, Online version). 7.11.3 Protodrilidae Hatchek, 1888. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 3: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I. DeGruyter, Berlin. Pp 299-337. DOI:10.1515/9783110291704-015
9 DiDomenico M, Worsaae K, Purschke G. 2021 (2020, Online version). Saccocirridae Cherniavsky, 1881. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W, (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 3: Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria III and Errantia I. DeGruyter, Berlin. Pp 280-298. http://www.degruyter.com/view/Zoology.
8 Kaul-Strehlow S, Worsaae K. 2020. Enteropneusta. In (ed.) A. Schmidt-Rhaesa. Guide to the identification of meiofauna. Pfeil Verlag, München, Germany. Chapter 32: 585-587. ISBN: 978-3-89937-244-1
7 Worsaae K. 2020. Annelida (excluding Clitellata and Oligochaeta). In (ed.) A. Schmidt-Rhaesa. Guide to the identification of meiofauna. Pfeil Verlag, München, Germany. Chapter 11: 239-270. ISBN: 978-3-89937-244-1.
6 Kerbl A, Worsaae K. 2019. 6.2 Lobatocerebridae Rieger, 1980. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W, (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 1: Annelida Basal Groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria I. DeGruyter, Berlin. Pp 201-216. DOI:10.1515/9783110291582-006.
5 Martínez A, Worsaae K, Nunez J. 2019. Acrocirridae. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W, (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 1: Annelida Basal Groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria I. DeGruyter, Berlin. Pp 422-439. http://www.degruyter.com/view/Zoology.
4 Worsaae K. 2019. 5.2 Psammodrilidae Swedmark, 1952. In Purschke G, Böggemann, Westheide W, (eds), Handbook of Zoology. Annelida Volume 1: Annelida Basal Groups and Pleistoannelida, Sedentaria I. DeGruyter, Berlin. Pp 143-155. DOI:10.1515/9783110291582-005.
3 Martínez A, Gonzalez B, Núñez J, Wilkens H, Oromi P, Iliffe TM, Worsaae K. 2016. Guide to the anchialine ecosystems from Jameos del Agua and Túnel de la Atlántida (Lanzarote, Spain). Published by Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Cabildo de Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain. [Book available in separate English and Spanish versions]. 350p.
2 Sørensen MV, Kristensen RM, Worsaae K. 2015. Chapter 16. The Gnathifera. Phyla Gnathostomulida, Rotifera (including Acanthocephala), and Micrognathozoa. In Brusca RC (ed.): Invertebrates.
1 Nygren A, Worsaae K. 2015. Nerillidae - kaninoronmaskar. In Samuelsson H, Nygren A, Pleijel F (eds) Nationalnyckeln till sveriges flora och fauna. Ringmaskar: Havsborstmaskar. Annelida: Polychaeta: 309-313.
Scientific reports (with ISBN #) and popular/non-reviewed papers: 19
Worsaae K. 2014. Ny viden om små dyr bidrager til fortællingen om vores oprindelse. Villum Fonden & Velux Fonden, årsskrift2013: 62-65.
Worsaae K. 2013. Opdagelsesrejse til havs og dyrerigets evolution. KU Science Magazine. Temahæfte: Ekspeditionen: 20-23.
Worsaae K. 2010. Coordination and development of a master course with many teachers - using a "Competence matrix" for the planning process. In Voetmann Christiansen F, Rump C & Degn L (eds.): Improving University Science Teaching and Learning - Pedagogical Projects 2008, vol. 1. ISSN: 1904-2019, pp.183-189.
Nørby-Johansen L, Gourani S, Sahl-Madsen C, Møller JØ, Mølmer K, Nielsen SB, Riis J & Worsaae K. 2008. Report from the future panel: 12 challenges for science policy [Danish]. Ministeriet for Videnskab, Teknologi og Udvikling, ISBN 978-87-92311-11-5, pp. 113.
Worsaae K. 2007. The process [Danish]. Politiken (27 May).
Worsaae K. 2007. Climate policy without visions [Danish]. Politiken (8 April).
Worsaae K. 2007. Drop shyness towards natural sciences [Danish]. Politiken (25 February).
Worsaae K. 2007. Danish scientists appreciate family life [Danish]. Politiken (14 January).
Worsaae K. 2006. Important knowledge in 'the deep' [Danish]. Politiken (10/12).
Worsaae K. 2006. Belief is not science [Danish]. Politiken (29/10).
Worsaae K. 2004. Morphology and phylogeny of Nerillidae (Polychaeta, Annelida). Ph.D. thesis, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, ISBN-no. 87-87519-51-8, pp. 228.
Worsaae K. 2003. Functional morphology of two mud-dwelling meiofauna polychaetes of the family Nerillidae (Annelida). InHansen JG (ed.): Arctic Biology Field Course, Qeqertarsuaq, 2002. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, ISBN-no. 87-87519-58-5, pp. 119-128.
Worsaae K. 2003. Worm hunting at Vodrup Flak [Danish]. Ærø Naturskole's medlemsblad, Januar 2003:4-8.
Worsaae K. 2001. Wealth of details on bristle worm palps [Danish]. Dyr i natur og museum 2: 10-12.
Worsaae K. 2000. The Systematic Significance of Palp Morphology in Spionidae (Polychaeta) - an SEM and LM Study. Master's Thesis. Zoologisk Museum, University of Copenhagen. 113 pp.
Bruntse B, Kongsrud JA, Worsaae K. 1999. Species associated with stipes and holdfast of Laminaria hyperborea. In Bruntse G, Lein TE & Nielsen R (eds): Marine Benthic Algae and Invertebrate Communities from the Shallow Waters of the Faroe Islands. Kaldbak Marine Biological Laboratory, Faroe Islands, ISBN-no.: 99918-3-065-0, pp. 50-51, 58-65.
Worsaae K. 1999. Worm hunting in USA [Danish]. Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening, 9. Årsskrift for 1997/98: 14-17.
Worsaae K. 1999. A taxonomic study of the genus Spio (Spionidae, Polychaeta) from Nipisat, Disko, Greenland. [Danish] In Thomsen HA (ed.): Arktisk Biologisk Feltkursus, Qeqertarsuaq 1998. Botanisk Institut, Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen, ISBN-no. 87-987317-2-6, pp. 181-212.
Worsaae K. 1998. Multi-storey communities in kelp holdfast [Danish]. Dyr i Natur og Museum 98(2): 13-16.