Charles G. Messing

Charles G. Messing, American echinodermologist

• Halmos College of Natural Sciences and Oceanography, Nova Southeastern University, 8000 North Ocean Drive, Dania Beach, FL 33004

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 10 taxon names authored by Charles G. Messing

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1977

• Messing, C.G. 1977. Neotanais persephone, a New Species of Hadal Tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida). Bulletin of Marine Science. 17: 511–519. Reference page. 

1978

• Messing, C.G. 1978. Pentametrocrinus atlanticus (Perrier) (Crinoidea: Echinodermata): a review. Journal of Natural History. 12(6): 699–708. DOI: 10.1080/00222937800770531
• Meyer, D.L., Messing, C.G., Macurda Jr., D.B. 1978. Zoogeography of Tropical Western Atlantic Crinoidea (Echinodermata). Bulletin of Marine Science. 28(3): 412–441. Online Reference page. 
• Messing, C.G. 1978. A Revision of the Comatulid Genus Comactinia A. H. Clark (Crinoidea: Echinodermata). Bulletin of Marine Science. 28(1): 49–80. Online Reference page. 

1981

• Messing, C.G. 1981. Reclassification and redescription of the comatulid Comatonia cristata (Hartlaub) (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 94(1): 240–253. BHL Reference page. 
• Messing, C.G. 1981. Notes On Recent Changes in Tanaidacean Terminology. Crustaceana. 41(1): 96–101. DOI: 10.1163/156854081X00129

1983

• Messing, C.G. 1983. Postmarsupial Development and Growth of Pagurapseudes Largoensis Mcsweeny (Crustacea, Tanaidacea). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 3(3): 380–408. DOI: 10.1163/193724083X00058

1984

• Grimmer, J.C., Holland, N.D., Messing, C.G. 1984. Fine structure of the stalk of the bourgueticrinid sea lily Democrinus conifer (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Marine Biology. 81(2): 163–176. DOI: 10.1007/BF00393115
• Messing, C.G. 1984. Brooding and paedomorphosis in the deep-water feather star Comatilia iridometriformis (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Marine Biology. 80(1): 83–91. DOI: 10.1007/BF00393131

1985

• Messing, C.G. 1985. Submersible observations of deep-water crinoid assemblages in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean, pp. 185-193. In: Keegan, B. O. and B. S. O'Connor (eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth International Echinoderm Conference, Galway, Ireland. Balkema, Rotterdam. DOI: 10.1201/9781003079224-39

1988

• Messing, C.G., Rose-Smyth, M.C., Mailer, S.R., Miller, J.E. 1988. Relocation Movement in a Stalked Crinoid (Echinodermata). Bulletin of Marine Science. 42(3): 480–487. Online

1990

• Messing, C.G., Dearborn, J.H. 1990. Marine Flora and Fauna of the Northeastern United States. Echinodermata: Crinoidea. NOAA Technical Report NMFS. 91: 1–34. hdl: 1834/20578 Reference page. 
• Messing, C.G., Neumann, A.C., Lang, J.C. 1990. Biozonation of Deep-Water Lithoherms and Associated Hardgrounds in the Northeastern Straits of Florida. PALAIOS. 5(1): 15–33. DOI: 10.2307/3514994 PDF

1993

• Llewellyn, G., Messing, C.G. 1993. Compositional and Taphonomic Variations in Modern Crinoid-Rich Sediments from the Deep-Water Margin of a Carbonate Bank. PALAIOS. 8(6): 554–573. DOI: 10.2307/3515032 PDF

2011

• Hess, H., Messing, C.G. 2011. Comatulida. In: Hess H, Messing CG, Ausich WI. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part T, Echinodermata 2 Revised, Crinoidea, vol. 3. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, pp. 70–146 Reference page. 

2013

• Messing, C.G., Stanley, K., Reed, J.K. & Gilmore, J.G. 2013: The first in situ habitat observations and images of the Caribbean roughshark, Oxynotus caribbaeus Cervigón, 1961 (Squaliformes: Oxynotidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 126(3): 234–239. DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-126.3.234 Reference page. 
• Messing, C.G. 2013: A revision of the genus Atelecrinus PH Carpenter (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Zootaxa 3681(1): 1–43. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.1.1 Reference page. 
• Rodríguez-Barreras, R., Messing, C.G. 2013. A New List of Cuban Crinoids (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Caribbean Journal of Science. 47(2–3): 198–212. DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v47i3.a09 Reference page. 
• Reed, J., Messing, C.G., Walker, B.K., Brooke, S., Correa, T.B.S, Brouwer, M., Udouj, T., Farrington, S. 2013. Habitat Characterization, Distribution, and Areal Extent of Deep-sea Coral Ecosystems off Florida, Southeastern U.S.A.. Caribbean Journal of Science. 47(1): 13–30. DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v47i1.a3

2014

• Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G., Rouse, G.W. 2014. Phylogeny of Comatulidae (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Comatulida): A new classification and an assessment of morphological characters for crinoid taxonomy. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 80: 319–339. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.06.030 Reference page. 

2015

• Syverson, V.J.P., Messing, C.G., Stanley, K., Baumiller, T.K. 2015. Growth, injury, and population dynamics in the extant cyrtocrinid Holopus mikihe (Crinoidea, Echinodermata) near Roatán, Honduras. Bulletin of Marine Science. 91(1): 47–61. DOI: 10.5343/BMS.2014.1061

2016

• Messing, C.G. 2016. Porphyrocrinus daniellalevyae n. sp. (Echinodermata: Crinoidea), a sea lily from the tropical western Atlantic with a unique crown pattern. Zootaxa 4147(1): 1–35. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.1.1. Reference page. 
• Messing, C.G., Tay, T.S. 2016. Extant Crinoidea (Echinodermata) of Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 34: 627–658. PDF Reference page. 

2017

• Summers, M.M., Messing, C.G. & Rouse, G.W. 2017. The genera and species of Comatulidae (Comatulida: Crinoidea): taxonomic revisions and a molecular and morphological guide. Zootaxa 4268(2): 151–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.1. Reference page. 
• Taylor, K.H., Rouse, G.W., Messing, C.G. 2017. Revising Mariametridae: the genera Dichrometra, Lamprometra, and Liparometra (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Systematics and Biodiversity. 16(2): 142–159. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2017.1375044 Reference page. 
• Taylor, K.H., Rouse, G.W., Messing, C.G. 2017. Systematics of Himerometra (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Himerometridae) based on morphology and molecular data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 181(2): 342–356. DOI: 10.1093/ZOOLINNEAN/ZLX009 Reference page. 
• Reed, J., Farrington, S., Messing, C.G., David, A. 2017. Distribution and Habitat Use of the Golden Crab Chaceon fenneri off Eastern Florida Based on in situ Submersible and ROV Observations and Potential for Impacts to Deep Water Coral/Sponge Habitat. Gulf Research Reports. 28(1): 1–14. DOI: 10.18785/gcr.2801.03
• Roux, M., Messing, C.G. 2017. Stalked Crinoids Collected off California with Descriptions of Three New Genera and Two New Species of Hyocrinidae (Echinodermata). Pacific Science. 71(3): 329–365. DOI: 10.2984/71.3.7 Reference page. 

2018

• Messing, C.G. 2018. Actinometra blakei Hartlaub, 1912: resurrected and re-assigned. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 137(2): 245–254. DOI: 10.1007/S13358-018-0165-X Reference page. 
• Bracken-Grissom, H., Widder, E., Johnsen, S. Messing, C.G., Frank, T. 2018. Decapod diversity associated with deep-sea octocorals in the Gulf of Mexico. Crustaceana. 91(10): 1267–1275. DOI: 10.1163/15685403-00003829

2019

• Ramiro-Sánchez B., González-Irusta J.M., Henry L.-A., Cleland J., Yeo I., Xavier J.R., Carreiro-Silva M., Sampaio Í., Spearman J., Victorero L., Messing, C.G., Kazanidis G., Roberts J.M., Murton B. 2019 Characterization and Mapping of a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground on the Tropic Seamount (Northeast Tropical Atlantic): Implications for Spatial Management in the High Seas. Frontiers in Marine Science. 6: 1–19. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00278

2020

• Nowshad, B.M., Idrees Babu, K.K., Parameswaran, U.V., Messing, C.G., Sureshkumar, S. 2020. The Shallow-water Crinoid Fauna of Lakshadweep Atolls, North-western Indian Ocean. Zootaxa. 4789(1): 247–265. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.9 Reference page. 
• Messing, C.G. 2020. A revision of the unusual feather star genus Atopocrinus with a description of a new species (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Zootaxa. 4731(4): 471–491. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4731.4.2 Reference page. 
• Messing, C.G. 2020. Erratum: A revision of the unusual feather star genus Atopocrinus with a description of a new species (Echinodermata: Crinoidea). Zootaxa. 4772(3): 600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.11

2021

• Walker, B.K., Messing, C.G. Ash, J., Brooke, S., Reed, J.K., Farrington, S. 2021. Regionalization of benthic hard-bottom communities across the Pourtalès Terrace, Florida. Deep-Sea Research Part I. 172: 1–13. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103514
• Foo, S.H., Taylor, K.H., Messing, C.G., Rouse, G.W., Tay, T.S., Tan, K.S., Huang, D 2021. Assessing the taxonomy of Heterometra -like feather stars (Echinodermata: Crinoidea: Himerometroidea) based on morphology and molecular data. Systematics and Biodiversity. 19(7): 632–647. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2021.1902418 Reference page.