Yves Samyn

Yves Samyn, Belgian echinodermologist

Invertebrates Collections, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Thandar, A.S., Samyn, Y. 2004. Taxonomy of the monotypic genus Koehleria Cherbonnier, 1988 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae). Zootaxa. 652(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.652.1.1 Reference page.

Samyn, Y., VandenSpiegel, D., Massin, C. 2006. A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). Zootaxa. 1138(1): 53–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1138.1.3 Reference page.

O’Loughlin, P.M., Paulay, G., VandenSpiegel, D., Samyn, Y. 2007. New Holothuria species from Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae), with comments on the origin of deep and cool holothuriids. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 64: 35–52. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.5 Reference page.

Samyn, Y., Thandar, A.S. & Vandenspiegel, D. 2010. Two new species in the phyllophorid genus Massinium (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) with redescription of Massinium magnum. Zootaxa 2399: 1–19. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2399.1.1 Reference page.

Olbers, J.M., Samyn, Y. 2012. The Ophiocoma species (Ophiurida: Ophiocomidae) of South Africa. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science. 10(2): 137–154. Online.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.

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.

Samyn, Y. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2016. Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species. Zootaxa 4196(4): 451–497. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.1. Reference page.

Aydin, M., Gurlek, M., Samyn, Y., Erguden, D. & Turan, C. 2019. First record of a Lessepsian migrant: the sea cucumber Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamata Pearson, 1913. Zootaxa 4551(1): 94–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.1.7 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.
Samyn, Y., Massin, C. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2019. The sea cucumber Holothuria lineata Ludwig, 1875 (Holothuroidea, Aspidochirotida, Holothuriidae) re-described from the newly found type. Zookeys 836: 81–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.836.29932 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.

Samyn, Y., Sonet, G. & d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. 2021. Exploring the use of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) in the taxonomy of sea cucumbers: a case-study on the gravel sea cucumber Neopentadactyla mixta (Östergren, 1898) (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Phyllophoridae). Zookeys 1054: 173–184. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1054.67088 Reference page.
Samyn, Y. 2021. Dr Claude Massin (25/08/1948—04/09/2021), in Memoriam. Zootaxa. 5081(2): 223–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.2.3 .