Claude MEISCH

Research associate of the

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Research: Crustacea Ostracoda 

The taxonomy and distribution of the freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea), mainly of  Europe, and the evolutionary morphology of the Ostracoda are the prevailing themes of my research interests. 

List of scientific publications

(Last updated November  2007)

OSTRACODA

2007 MEISCH, C., N. MARY-SASAL, J.-P. COLIN & K. WOUTERS. - Freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) collected from the islands of Futuna and Wallis, Pacific Ocean, with a check-list of the non-marine Ostracoda of the Pacific Islands. - Bulletin de la Société des naturalistes luxembourgeois 108: 89-103. Free download at http://snl.lu/cgi-bin/baseportal.pl?htx=/snl/liste

2007 MEISCH, C.  - On the origin of the putative furca of the Ostracoda (Crustacea). - Hydrobiologia 585 (1): 181-200. DOI 10.1007/s10750-007-0637-2.

2007 ROSSETTI, G., K. MARTENS, C. MEISCH, S. TAVERNELLI & V. PIERI. - Small is beautiful: diversity of freshwater ostracods (Crustacea, Ostracoda) in marginal habitats of the province of Parma (Northern Italy). - Journal of Limnology 65 (2): 121-131.

2006 MEISCH, C., F. STOCH & R. GERECKE. - Krebstiere (Crustacea: Copepoda, Ostracoda, Amphipoda et Isopoda) im Kalkquellmoor "Benninger Ried" bei Memmingen, Bayern. - Lauterbornia 57: 95-105.

2006.GERECKE, R., C.  MEISCH & F. STOCH. -  Krebstiere (Crustacea und Wasserwanzen (Heteroptera). - In:  Das Benninger Ried. Insel der Vielfalt. Regierung von Schwaben (Hrg.), Augsburg: 62-67.

2006 MEISCH, C. - Ostracoda (Muschelkrebse). - In: Das Benninger Ried. Insel der Vielfalt. Regierung von Schwaben (Hrg.), Augsburg: 96.

2006 MEISCH, C. - Ostracoda (Muschelkrebse). In B. Sambugar, G. Dessi, A. Sapelza, A. Stenico, B. Thaler & A. Veneri: Südtiroler Quellfauna (315-317). - Biologisches Landeslabor, Autonome Provinz Bozen, Südtirol, Italien.

2006 MEISCH, C.  - Muschelkrebse (Ostracoda). In R. Gerecke & H. Franz (eds): Quellen im Nationalpark Berchtesgaden. Lebensgemeinschaften als Indikatoren des Klimawandels. Nationalpark Berchtesgaden, Forschungsbericht. 51: 149-152.

2005 GERECKE, R., F. STOCH, C. MEISCH & I. SCHRANKEL. - Die Fauna der Quellen und des hyporheischen Interstitials in Luxemburg. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Acari, Ostracoda und Copepoda. - Ferrantia. Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle 41: 1-134.

2004 MEISCH, C & K. WOUTERS. - Valve surface structure of Candona neglecta Sars, 1887 (Crustacea, Ostracoda).  - In C. Steinberg & A. Witkowski (eds): From Ostracods to in-lake restoration measures. Studia Quaternaria 21: 15-18.

2004 MEISCH, C. - Burkard Scharfs Beitrag zur Erforschung der Muschelkrebse (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - In C. Steinberg & A. Witkowski: From Ostracods to in-lake restoration measures. Studia Quaternaria 21: 11-14

2003 KÜLKÖYLÜOGLU, O., C. MEISCH & R.W. RUST. - Thermopsis thermophila n. gen. n. sp. from hot springs in Nevada, U.S.A. (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Hydrobiologia 499: 113-123.

2002 MARTENS, K., S.S. SCHWARTZ, C. MEISCH & L. BLAUSTEIN. - Non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea) of Mount Carmel (Israel), with taxonomic notes on Eucypridinae and circum-mediterranean Heterocypris . - Israel Journal of Zoology 48: 53-70.

2002 BELLAVERI, C., G. BENASSI, M. CALZOLARI, C. MEISCH, K.G. McKENZIE & V. ROSSI. - Heterocypris (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the Isole Pelagie (Sicily, Italy): the coexistence of different morphotypes. - Italian Journal of Zoology 69: 53-57.

2001 NAMIOTKO, T., C. MEISCH, Z. GIDO & D.L. DANIELOPOL. - Redescription, taxonomy, distribution and ecology of Cryptocandona dudichi (Klie, 1930) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois 102: 109-130.

2000 MEISCH, C. - Freshwater Ostracoda of Western and Central Europe. - In J. Schwoerbel and P. Zwick, editors: Suesswasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 8/3. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin. 522 pages.
ISBN 3-8274-1001-0.
REMARK: The synopsis covers the British Isles, France north of the parallel through Lyon, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

1999 MEISCH, C. - Taxonomy and distribution of Recent freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) of Europe. Part I: Evolutionary, morphologic and taxonomic studies (173 pages). Part II: Faunistic synopsis (553 pages). - Unpublished thesis of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

1998 GERECKE, R., C. MEISCH, F. STOCH, F. ACRI & H. FRANZ. - Eucrenon-hypocrenon ecotone and spring typology in the Alps of Berchtesgaden (Upper Bavaria, Germany). A study of microcrustacea (Crustacea: Copepoda, Ostracoda) and water mites (Acari: Halacaridae, Hydrachnellae). - In L. Botosaneanu (editor): Studies in crenobiology. The biology of springs and springbrooks: 167-182. Backhuys Publishers Leiden.

1998 MEISCH, C. & L. FORRO. - Checklist of Recent Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Hungary. - Miscellanea Zoologica 11 (1997): 33-48.

1997 MALMQVIST, B., C. MEISCH & A.N. NILSSON. - Distribution pattern of freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) in the Canary Islands with regards to habitat use and biogeography. - Hydrobiologia 347: 159-170.

1997 BEYER G., C. MEISCH & K. WOUTERS. - New records of freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) from La Gomera, El Hierro, Fuerteventura and Tenerife (Canary Islands). - Bull. Soc. Nat. luxemb. 98: 239-259.

1996 MEISCH, C. - Contribution to the taxonomy of Pseudocandona and four related genera, with the description of Schellencandona nov. gen., a list of the Candoninae genera, and a key to the European genera of the subfamily (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Bull. Soc. Nat. luxemb. 97: 211-237.

1996 MEISCH, C., R. FUHRMANN & K. WOUTERS. - Ilyocypris getica Masi, 1906 (Crustacea, Ostracoda): Taxonomy, Ecology, Life History, Distribution, Fossil Occurrence and First Record for Germany. - Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, 23: 3-28.

1996 BEYER, G. & C. MEISCH.- Ostracoda (Crustacea) collected on La Gomera (Canary Islands), with a redescription of Cypridopsis obesa (Brady & Robertson, 1869). - Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, 23: 29-56.

1996 PETKOVSKI, T.K. & C. MEISCH. - Species of the genus Stenocypris Sars, 1889 from the rice-fields of Macedonia (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Travaux scientifiques du Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, 23: 57-85.

1995 MEISCH, C., B. MALMQVIST & A.N. NILSSON. - Freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) collected in Tenerife, Canary Islands. - Mitteilungen des hamburgischen zoologischen Museums und Instituts, 92 (Ergbd.): 281-293.

1995 PETKOVSKI, T.K. & C. MEISCH. - Interesting freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Macedonia. - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 96: 167-183.

1994 PETKOVSKI, T.K. & C. MEISCH. - Cypria bicolor n. sp., a new crenobiont freshwater ostracod (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Slovenia. - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 95: 229-236.

1993 MEISCH, C. - Heterocypris reptans (Kaufm.), a rare freshwater ostracod new to France (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 94: 209-218.

1993 PETKOVSKI, T., C. MEISCH & K. WOUTERS. - Taxonomic revision of the freshwater ostracod species Cypridopsis lusatica Schäfer, 1943 (Crustacea). - Trav. sci. Mus. nat. hist. nat. Luxemb., 19: 49-66.

1993 MEISCH, C. & N.W. BROODBAKKER. - Freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) collected by Prof. J.H. Stock on the Canary and Cabo Verde Islands. With a review of the Ostracoda fauna of the Azores, Madeira, the Canary, Selvagens and Cape Verde Islands. - Trav. Sci. Musée nat. d'hist. nat. Luxemb., 19: 3-47.

1992 MARTENS, K., R. ORTAL & C. MEISCH. - The ostracod fauna of Mamilla Pool (Jerusalem, Israel) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Zoology in the Middle East, 7: 95-114.

1991 STAUDER, A. & C. MEISCH. - Freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) collected in a stream of the Island of Madeira. - Bocagiana Museu Municipal do Funchal 147: 1-9.

1991 MARTENS, K., C. MEISCH & P. MARMONIER. - On Klieopsis n. gen., with a redescription of Cypridopsis horai Klie, 1927 (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Bull. Inst. Roy. Sc. Nat. Belgique, Biologie, 61: 55-64.

1991 MEISCH, C. - Revision of the freshwater ostracod species Cypridopsis hartwigi and Cypridopsis elongata . With a key to the European Cypridopsinae. - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 92: 159-178.

1990 MEISCH, C. & N. BROODBAKKER. - On Freshwater Ostracoda (Crustacea) collected on the Canary Islands. - Beaufortia, 41 (21): 151-157.

1990 MEISCH, C. - Ostracodes et écologie de deux étangs de gravières d'Alsace et du Luxembourg. - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 90: 183-197.

1990 MEISCH, C., K. WOUTERS & K. MARTENS. - Liste annotée des Ostracodes actuels non-marins trouvés en France. - Trav. Sci. Musée Nat. Hist. Nat., Luxembourg, 15: 1-48.

1989 MEISCH, C. & K. WOUTERS. - Deux espèces du genre Potamocypris (Crustacea, Ostracoda) nouvelles pour le Luxembourg. Avec une diagnose du genre. - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 89: 279-285.

1989 MARMONIER, P., C. MEISCH & D.L. DANIELOPOL. - A review of the genus Cavernocypris Hartmann (Ostracoda, Cypridopsinae): Systematics, Ecology and Biogeography. - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 89: 221-278.

1988 MEISCH, C. - Ostracodes récoltés à Paris. Avec une clé pour la détermination des espèces européennes du genre Ilyocypris . - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 88: 145-163.

1988 FORRO L. & C. MEISCH & H. PETERSEN & K. MARTENS. - Ostracoda taxa described by E. Daday, together with a catalogue of pertinant material in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. - Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica, 4 (1987): 33-63

1987 MEISCH, C. - Liste commentée des Ostracodes trouvés au Luxembourg. - Archives de l'Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg, section des Sciences, tome XL: 47-51.

1987 MEISCH, C. - Ostracodes récoltés dans le sud-ouest de la France. - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 87: 89-118.

1985 MEISCH, C. & K. WOUTERS - Potamocypris arcuata (Sars, 1903) new to Hungary (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica, 3: 73-76.

1985 MARTENS, K. & C. MEISCH - Description of the male of Potamocypris villosa (Jurine, 1820) (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Hydrobiologia, 127: 9-15.

1985 MEISCH, C. - Revision of the Recent West European Species of the Genus Potamocypris . Part II: Species with long swimming setae on the second antennae. - Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg, 6: 1-95.

1984 MEISCH, C. - Revision of the Recent Western Europe Species of Genus Potamocypris . Part I: Species with short swimming setae on the second antennae. - Travaux scientifiques du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg, 3: 1-55.

1982 MEISCH, C. - Contribution to the taxonomy of Physocypria kraepelini and Cypricercus alacer (Crustacea, Ostracoda). - Archives de l'Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg, section des Sciences, tome 39 (1979-1980): 43-53.

1980 MEISCH, C. - Note sur une Isocypris de la vallée de la Moselle et ses relations taxonomiques avec une espèce voisine. - Bulletin de la Société des Naturalistes Luxembourgeois, 82 (1977): 19-3.

1979 MEISCH, C. - Cypricercus alacer n.sp. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) en provenance du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. - Archives de l'Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg, section des Sc. nat., phys. et math., 38 (1977-1978): 191-196

OTHER GROUPS

1977 MEISCH, C., Faune des Thysanoures du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. - Archives de l'Institut Grand-Ducal de Luxembourg. Section des Sc. nat., phys. et math., 37 (1974-1976): 103-135.

1978 FABER T. & C. MEISCH. - Bilan provisoire du recensement des populations de chauves-souris au Grand-Duché de Luxembourg. - Bulletin du Centre de baguement et de recherche cheiroptérologique de Belgique, 5: 68-73.

1982 FAIRON, J., R. GILSON, R. JOORIS, T. FABER & C. MEISCH. - Cartographie provisioire de la faune chiroptérologique belgo-luxembourgeoise. - Bulletin du Centre de baguement et de recherche cheiroptérologique de Belgique, 7: 1-125.