Charles L. Griffiths

Charles L. Griffiths, South African marine biologist

Professor, Zoology Department, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Griffiths, C.L. 1976. Some new and notable Amphipoda from southern Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 72: 11–35. PDF Reference page.

Lanterbecq, D., Hempson, T., Griffiths, C. & Eeckhaut, I. 2009. Myzostoma fuscomaculatum (Myzostomida), a new myzostome species from False Bay, South Africa. Hydrobiologia 619(1): 145–154. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9606-7 Reference page.

Olbers, J.M., Rowe, F.W.E., Griffiths, C., Samyn, Y. 2014. The rediscovery of a collection of echinoderms, including two holotypes, in the Durban Natural Science Museum, South Africa. Durban Museum Novitates. 36: 11–29.Reference page.

Payne, R.P., Griffiths, C.L., Heyden, S. von der & Koch, E. 2015. The cushion–star Parvulastra exigua in South Africa: one species or more? Zookeys 524: 1–16. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.524.6145 Reference page.
Olbers, J.M., Samyn, Y. & Griffiths, C.L. 2015. New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa. African Natural History 11(1): 83-116. DOI: 10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3 Reference page.

Biccard, A. & Griffiths, C.L. 2016. Additions to the barnacle (Crustacea: Cirripedia) fauna of South Africa. African Zoology 51(2): 99–116. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2016.1196610 Reference page.
Laird, M.C. & Griffiths, C.L. 2016. Additions to the South African sea anemone (Cnidaria, Actiniaria) fauna, with expanded distributional ranges for known species. African Invertebrates 57(1): 15–37. DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.57.8459. Reference page.
MacKinnon, R.B., Landschoff, J. & Griffiths, C.L. 2016. Rediscovery and first South African records of the parasitic copepod Cancerilla oblonga Bartsch, 1975 (Crustacea, Cancerillidae). African Invertebrates 57(2): 105–109. DOI: 10.3897/AfrInvertebr.57.9775. Reference page.

Filander, Z. & Griffiths, C.L. 2017. Illustrated guide to the echinoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) fauna of South Africa. Zootaxa 4296(1): 1–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4296.1.1. Reference page.
Lerner, H., Christidis, L., Gamauf, A., Griffiths, C.L., Haring, E., Huddleston, C.J., Kabra, S., Kocum, A., Krosby, M., Kvaløy, K., Mindell, D.P., Rasmussen, P.C., Røv, N., Wadleigh, R., Wink, M. & Gjershaug, J.O. 2017. Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (Accipitriformes: Aquilinae). Zootaxa 4216(4): 301–320. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.4.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Miranda, L.S., Branch, G.M., Collins, A.G., Hirano, Y.M., Marques, A.C. & Griffiths, C.L. 2017. Stalked jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Staurozoa) of South Africa, with the description of Calvadosia lewisi sp. nov. Zootaxa 4227(3): 369–389. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.3.5.Reference page.
Wittmann, K.J. & Griffiths, C.L. 2017. Three new species of Heteromysis (Mysida, Mysidae, Heteromysini) from the Cape Peninsula, South Africa, with first documentation of a mysid-cephalopod association. ZooKeys 685: 15—47. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.685.13890. Reference page.

Landschoff, J., Komai, T., du Plessis, A., Gouws,G., Griffiths, C.L. 2018. MicroCT imaging applied to description of a new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae), with selection of three-dimensional type data. PLoS ONE. 13(9): e0203107. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203107 Reference page.

Filander, Z., Samyn, Y. & Griffiths, C.L. 2019. Four notable additions to the South African echinoid fauna (Echinodermata, Echinoidea). Zookeys, 831: 71–80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.831.31381 Reference page.
Olbers, J.M., Griffiths, C.L., O’Hara, T.D., Samyn, Y. 2019. Field guide to the brittle and basket stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of South Africa. Abc Taxa. 19: 1–354. Online.Reference page.

Botha, T.P. & Griffiths, C.L. 2021. South African Acrothoracica (Crustacea: Cirripedia). Zootaxa 4949(1): 45–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.3 Reference page.

Valentich-Scott, P., Griffiths, C., Landschoff, J., Li, R-Q. & Li, J-C. 2024. Bivalves of superfamily Galeommatoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from western South Africa, with observations on commensal relationships and habitats. ZooKeys 1207: 303–323. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1207.124517 Reference page.