Lab Publications
Malan, A., Williams, J.D., Abe, H., Sato-Okoshi, W., Matthee, C.A., 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, pp 51. doi: 10.1007/s12526-020-01066-8
Simon, C.A., Kara, J., Naidoo, C., Matthee, C.A. 2020. Genetic structure of bloodworm, Arenicola loveni (Annelida; Arenicolidae) suggests risk of local extinction in the face of overexploitation is lower than expected. African Zoology, doi:10.1080/15627020.2020.
Species delineation in the speciation grey zone – The case of Diopatra (Annelida, Onuphidae).
Elgetany, A.H., van Rensburg, H., Hektoen, M.,Matthee, C., Budaeva, N., Simon, C.A., Struck, T.H. 2020. Species delineation in the speciation grey zone – The case of Diopatra (Annelida, Onuphidae). Zoologica Scripta. doi:10.1111/zsc.12421
Sedick, S., Simon, C.A. 2019. Three new species of Syllis Savigny in Lamarck, 1818 (Annelida: Syllidae) from the south coast of South Africa. Zootaxa 4688. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4688.4.10
Elías, R., Saracho-Bottero M.A.,Simon, C.A. 2019. Protocirrineris (Polychaeta:Cirratulidae) in South Africa and description of two new species. V Simposio Latinoamericano de Polycheata (V Silpoly) 67 : S5. doi:10.15517/RBT.V67IS5.38931
Simon, C.A., Du Toit, A., Smith, F., Smith, P., Smith, K., Claassens, L. 2019. Bait collecting by subsistence and recreational fishers in Knysna Estuary may impact management and conservation. African Zoology 54 , pp 91-103. doi:10.1080/15627020.2019.1608862
Simon, C.A., van Niekerk, H.H., Burghardt, I., ten Hove, H.A., Kupriyanova, E.K. 2019. Not out of Africa: Spirobranchus kraussii (Baird, 1865) is not a global fouling and invasive serpulid of Indo-Pacific origin. Aquatic Invasions 14, pp221–249. doi:10.3391/ai.2019.14.2.05
Hidden diversity within the cosmopolitan species, Pseudopolydora antennata (Spionidae: Annelida)
Simon, C.A., Sato-Okoshi, W., Abe, H. 2019. Hidden diversity within the cosmopolitan species, Pseudopolydora antennata (Spionidae: Annelida). Marine Biodiversity 49, pp 25–42. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0751-y
A new species of Rhynchospio (Annelida: Spionidae) in South Africa.
Simon, C.A., Williams, L.-G., Henninger T. 2018. A new species of Rhynchospio (Annelida: Spionidae) in South Africa. Marine Biodiversity 49, pp 663–672. doi:10.1007/s12526-017-0842-9
Kara, J., Macdonald, A.H.H., Simon, C.A. (2018). Integrative taxonomic methods reveal an incorrect synonymisation of the South African Pseudonereis podocirra (Schmarda) as the widespread Pseudonereis variegata (Grube) from Chile. Invertebrate Systematics, 32(6): 1282-1297. doi:10.1071/IS18016
Williams, L-G, Karl, S. Rice, S., Simon, C.A. 2017. Molecular identification of polydorid polychaetes (Annelida: Spionidae): is there a quick way to identify pest and alien species? African Zoology 52, pp 105-117. doi:10.1080/15627020.2017.1313131
Sato-Okoshi, W., Abe, H., Nishitani, G., Simon, C.A. 2016. And then there was one: Polydora uncinata and Polydora hoplura (Annelida: Spionidae), the problematic polydorid pest species represent a single species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 97, pp 1675-1684. doi:10.1017/S002531541600093X
Williams, L.-G., Matthee, C.A., Simon, C.A. 2016. Elucidating the population genetic structure of two polydorids (Annelida: Spionidae), Boccardia polybranchia and Polydora hoplura in South Africa: natural and anthropogenic influences on dispersal and implications for on-shore and off-shore oyster farms. Aquaculture 465, pp 235-244. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2016.09.001
Predicting the dispersal potential of an invasive polychaete pest along a complex coastal biome.
David, A.A., Matthee, C.A., Loveday, B.R., Simon, C.A. 2016. Predicting the dispersal potential of an invasive polychaete pest along a complex coastal biome. Integrative and Comparative Biology 56, pp 600-610. doi:10.1093/icb/icw011
Robinson, T.B., Alexander, M.E., Simon, C.A., Griffiths, C.L., Peters, K., Sibanda, S., Miza, S., Groenewald, B., Majiedt, P., Sink, K.J. 2016. Lost in translation? Standardising the terminology used in marine invasion biology and updating South African alien species lists. African Journal of Marine Science 38, pp 129-140. doi:10.2989/1814232X.2016.1163292
Back to the future: reflections and directions of South African marine bio-invasions.
Alexander, M.E., Simon, C.A., Griffiths, C.L., Peters, K., Sibanda, S., Miza, S. Groenewald, B., Majiedt, P., Sink, K.J., Robinson, T.B. 2016. Back to the future: reflections and directions of South African marine bio-invasions. African Journal of Marine Science. doi:10.2989/1814232X.2016.1159984
Weidhase, M., Bleidorn, C., Simon C.A. 2016. On the taxonomy and phylogeny of Ctenodrilus (Annelida: Cirratulidae) with a first report from South Africa. Marine Biodiversity 46, pp 243-252. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0355-3
Simon, C.A. and Sato-Okoshi, W. 2015. Polydorid polychaetes on farmed molluscs: distribution, spread and factors contributing to their success. Aquaculture Environment Interactions 7, pp 147–166. doi:10.3354/aei00138
Simon, C. A. 2015. Observations on the composition and larval developmental modes of polydorid pests of farmed oysters (Crassostrea gigas) and abalone (Haliotis midae) in South Africa. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 59, pp 124-130. doi:10.1080/07924259.2015.1044675
Boonzaaier, M. Neethling, S., Mouton, A. and Simon, C. 2014. Polydorid polychaetes (Spionidae) on farmed and wild abalone (Haliotis midae) in South Africa: an epidemiological survey. African Journal of Marine Science 36, pp 369–376. doi:10.2989/1814232X.2014.952249
David, A.A. and Simon, C.A. 2014. The effect of temperature on larval development of two non-indigenous poecilogonous polychaetes (Annelida: Spionidae) with implications for life history theory, establishment and range expansion. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461, pp 20–30. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2014.07.012
David, A.A., Matthee, C.A., Simon, C.A. 2014. Poecilogony in Polydora hoplura (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from commercially important molluscs in South Africa. Marine Biology 161, pp 887–898. doi:10.1007/s00227-013-2388-0
Simon, C.A., San Martín, G, Robinson, G. 2014. Two new species of Syllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from South Africa, one of them viviparous, with remarks on larval development and vivipary. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94, pp 729–746. doi:10.1017/S0025315413001926
Simon, C.A. 2011. Polydora and Dipolydora (Polychaeta: Spionidae) associated with molluscs on the south coast of South Africa, with descriptions of two new species. African Invertebrates 52, pp 39–50. doi:10.5733/afin.052.0104
Stofberg, R.L., Simon, C.A., Snyman, R.G. 2011. Effects of heavy metals and a diatom-derived aldehyde on the development and survival of Haliotis midae. African Journal of Marine Science 33, pp 339–345. doi:10.2989/1814232X.2011.600465
2,4-Decadienal: exploring a novel approach for the control of polychaete pests on cultured abalone.
Simon, C.A., Bentley, M.G., Caldwell, G.S. 2,4-Decadienal: exploring a novel approach for the control of polychaete pests on cultured abalone. Aquaculture, 310: 52-60. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.10.031
Simon, C.A., Worsfold, T. Lange, L, Sterley, J. 2010. The genus Boccardia (Polychaeta: Spionidae) associated with mollusc shells on the south coast of South Africa. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, U.K. 90, pp 585–598. doi:10.1017/S0025315409990452
Simon, C.A., Thornhill, D.J., Oyarzun,F., Halanych, K.H. 2009. Genetic similarity between Boccardia proboscidea from Western North America and cultured abalone, Haliotis midae, in South Africa. Aquaculture 294, pp18-24. doi:10.1016/j.
Simon, C.A. 2009. Pseudopolydora species associated with mollusc shells on the south coast of South African, with a description of dayii sp. nov.. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, U.K. 89(4): 681-687. doi:10.1017/S0025315409000034