RECENT PUBLICATIONS of the

CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

(by G.C. Williams)

Williams, G.C. 2007. New species of the pennatulacean genera Acanthoptilum and Stylatula (Octocorallia: Virgulariidae) from New Zealand and the Campbell Plateau: both genera previously considered endemic to the west coast of the Americas and Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58(15): 339-348.

Williams, G.C. 2007. History of Invertebrate Zoology at the California Academy of Sciences. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58(12): 197-239.

Williams, G.C. 2006. Replacement Name Proposed for the Genus Simpsonella Stiasny, 1940 (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiddae), Precoccupied by Simpsonella Cockeraell, 1903 (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57: 733-735.

Williams, G.C. and P.J. López-González. 2005. A New Genus and Species of Gorgonian Octocoral (Anthozoa: Plexauridae) from Antarctic Waters. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56 (26): 379-390.

Williams, G.C. 2005. New Taxa of Octocorals (Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56 (5): 53-65.

Williams, G.C. and O. Breedy. 2004. The Panamic Gorgonian Genus Pacifigorgia (Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) in the Galapagos Archipelago, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55 (3): 55-88.

Williams, G.C. 2004. William Dampier: Pre-Linnean Explorer, Naturalist, Buccaneer. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55 (Suppl. 2): 146-166.

Williams, G.C. 2001. First Record of a Bioluminescent Soft Coral: Description of a Disjunct Population of Eleutherobia grayi (Thomson and Dean, 1931) from the Solomon Islands, with a Review of Bioluminescence in the Octocorallia. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52 (17): 209-225.

Williams, G.C. and S. A. Little. 2001. A New Species of the Soft Coral Genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900 (Coelenterata: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52 (16): 195-208.

Williams, G.C. 2000. "Stinging Seas - Tread Softly in Tropical Waters," California Wild 53 (4): 12-17.

Williams, G.C. 2000. A New Species of the Soft Coral Genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900 (Coelenterata: Alcyoniidae) from the Tonga Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52 (13): 159-169.

Williams, G.C. and J. Starmer. 2000. A New Genus and Species of Soft Coral (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52 (8): 87-96.

Williams, G.C. 2000. Two New Genera of Soft Corals (Anthozoa: Alcyoniidae) from South Africa, with a Discussion of Diversity and Endemism in the Southern African Octocorallian Fauna. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52 (6): 65-75.

Williams, G.C. and P. Alderslade. 1999. Revisionary Systematics of the Western Pacific Soft Coral Genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae), with Descriptions of a Related New Genus and Species from the Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51 (7): 337-364.

Williams, G.C. 1999. Index Pennatulacea: Annotated Bibliography and Indexes of the Sea Pens (Coelenterata: Octocorallia) of the World 1469 - 1999. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 51 (2): 19-103.

Williams, G.C. and K.G. Lindo. 1997. A Review of the Octocorallian Genus Leptogorgia (Anthozoa: Gorgoniidae) in the Indian Ocean and Subantarctic, with Description of a New Species and Comparisons with Related Taxa. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49 (15): 499-521.

Williams, G.C. 1997. A New Genus and Species of Nephtheid Soft Coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from the Western Pacific Ocean, and a Discussion of Convergence with Several Deep-Sea Benthic Organisms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 49 (12): 423-437.

Williams, G.C. 1996. "Nature's Plankton Net: Sea Fans of the Pacific," Pacific Discovery 49 (3): 42-43.

Williams, G.C. 1992. Revision of the Soft Coral Genus Minabea (Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) With New Taxa From the Indo-West Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 48 (1): 1-26.