BOOK AND JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Gary C. Williams
BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
1975
‑ In: Smith, R.I. and J.T. Carlton (eds.), Light's manual: intertidal invertebrates of the central
California
coast (third edition), pages 517‑522 (opisthobranch molluscs).
University
of
California
Press, Berkeley (with T. Gosliner).
1980
‑ In: Morris, R.H., D.P. Abbott, and E.C. Haderlie (eds.), Intertidal
invertebrates of
California
,
pages 308‑354 (chapter 14, Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata ‑ the sea
slugs and allies).
Stanford
University
Press, Stanford (with R. Beeman).
1993
‑ Coral reef octocorals: an
illustrated guide to the soft corals, sea fans, and sea pens inhabiting the
coral reefs of northern Natal.
Durban
,
Durban
Natural
Science
Museum
. 64 pp. [Portions of this book have been
reprinted in three other subsequent publications: in Dutch as Achtralige
Bloemdieren van het Koraalrif. De
Koraalvis - Uitgave van de Nederlandse Vereniging voor houders van tropische
zeeaquaria 25(7): 139-149 (1994); in Dutch as Achtralige Bloemdieren van het
Koraalrif. Aquarium Wereld 51(11):
262-266; and also in English in Sprung, J.S. and J.C. Delbeek (eds), 1997, The
Reef Aquarium - a comprehensive guide to the identification and care of
tropical Marine Invertebrates (p. 16), Coconut Grove, Florida, Ricordea
Publishing, 546 pp.]
1996
- Coral reef animals of the Indo-Pacific - animal life from
Africa
to
Hawaii exclusive of the vertebrates. Sea Challengers, Monterey,
314 pp. (with T.M. Gosliner & D.W. Behrens). Pp. 4-95, 285-299 by GCW.
2007 - In: Kayanne, H., et al. (eds.), Coral Reefs of Palau, pages 79-91 (Chapter 7, Octocorallia in Palau, Micronesia: Effects of Biogeography and Coastal Influences on Local and Regional Biodiversity. Koror, Palau International Coral Reef Center. 231 pp. (with K. Fabricius, et al.)
2007 - Methods of Preservation and Anesthetization of Marine Invertebrates. Pages 37-41, In: (J.T. Carton, ed.), The Light and Smith Manual. Berkeley, University of California Press. 1001 pp. (with R. van Syoc).
2007 - Anthozoa: Octocorallia. Pages 184-188,
In: (J.T. Carton, ed.), The Light and Smith Manual. Berkeley, University of California Press. 1001 pp.
2007 - Opisthobranchia Clades and Onchidiacea.
Pages 780-781, In: (J.T. Carton, ed.), The Light and Smith Manual. Berkeley, University of California Press. 1001 pp.
2007 - Key to the Major Opisthobranch Clades. Pages 783-788, In: (J.T. Carton, ed.), The Light and Smith Manual. Berkeley, University of California Press. 1001 pp. (with T. Gosliner).
2007 - Collection and Preservation of Tidepool Animals. In: Denny, M.W. and S.D. Gaines (eds), Encyclopedia of Tidepools and Rocky Shores. Berkeley, University of California Pres. 705 pp.
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1970 ‑
The opisthobranch mollusks of
Marin County
,
California
. The Veliger 13(2): 175‑180 (with T. Gosliner).
1971 ‑
New record of a color variation in Spurilla
oliviae. The Veliger 14(2): 215‑216.
1972 ‑ A new species of Chelidonura from Bahia San Carlos, Gulf
of
California
, with a synonymy in the family
Aglaiidae. The Veliger 14(4): 424‑436 (with T. Gosliner).
1972 ‑ Natural history and
occurrence of opisthobranch gastropods from the open coast of
San Mateo County
,
California
.
The Veliger 14(3): 302‑314. (with H. Bertsch, R. Wharton, and T.
Gosliner).
1973 ‑ The occurrence of Polycera zosterae O'Donoghue, 1924 in
the
Bodega
Bay
region,
California
, with notes on its natural
history. The Veliger 15(3): 252-253 (with T. Gosliner).
1973 ‑ Additions to the
opisthobranch fauna of
Marin County
,
California
with notes on their natural
history. The Veliger: 15(4): 352‑354 (with T. Gosliner).
1973 ‑ Range extensions for
four sacoglossan opisthobranch from the coasts of
California
and
Gulf of California
.
The Veliger 16(1): 112‑116
(with T. Gosliner).
1973 ‑ A new species of
anaspidean opisthobranch from the
Gulf of California
.
The Veliger 16 (2): 214-232 (with
T. Gosliner).
1975 ‑ A genus of dorid
nudibranch previously unrecorded from the Pacific coast of the
Americas
, with the description of a new
species. The Veliger 17(4): 396‑405 (with T. Gosliner).
1979 ‑ Two new species of
nudibranchiate molluscs from the west coast of
North America
, with a synonymy in the family
Cuthonidae. Zoological Journal of the
Linnean Society 67(3): 203‑223
(with T. Gosliner).
1984 ‑
Kelp gulls Larus dominicanus eating
goose barnacles Lepas anatifera. Cormorant 12:
99‑100 (with R. Brooke).
1986 ‑ Morphology,
systematics, and variability of the southern African soft coral Alcyonium variabile (J. Stuart Thomson, 1921) (Octocorallia,
Alcyoniidae). Annals of the South
African Museum 96(6): 241‑270.
1986 ‑ A new species of the
octocorallian genus Alcyonium (Anthozoa: Alcyonacea) from southern
Africa
, with a revised definition of the
genus. Journal of Natural History
20(1): 53-63.
1987 ‑ A new species of
stoloniferous octocoral (Cnidaria:
Alcyonacea) from the southwestern
Indian Ocean
.
Journal of Natural History 21(1):
207‑218.
1987 ‑ The aberrant and
monotypic soft coral genus Malacacanthus Thomson, 1910 (Octocorallia:
Alcyoniidae), endemic to southern
Africa
.
Journal of Natural History 21(6):
1337‑1346.
1988 ‑ Four new species of
southern African octocorals (Cnidaria:
Alcyonacea) with a further diagnostic revision of the genus Alcyonium Linnaeus, 1758. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
92(1): 1‑26.
1988 ‑ A new species of Gastropteron (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)
from
Reunion
Island
,
Indian Ocean
.
The Veliger 30(3): 315-318 (with
T. Gosliner).
1988 ‑ A redescription of the
soft coral Alcyonium valdiviae
Kukenthal, 1906, with the description of a new species of Litophyton Forskal, 1775 from southern
Africa
(Octocorallia, Alcyonacea). Annals of the South African Museum
97(12): 315-328 (with J. Verseveldt).
1989 ‑ A review of recent
research on the sublittoral coral reefs of northern Natal with a provisional
assessment of findings regarding the distribution of octocorals on Two‑Mile
Reef, Sodwana Bay. South African Journal
of Science 85(3): 140‑141.
1989 ‑ A provisional annotated
list of octocorallian coelenterates occurring on the sublittoral coral reefs at
Sodwana Bay and Kosi Bay, northern Natal, with a key to the genera. South African Journal of Science 85(3): 141-144.
1989 ‑ Photographic evidence
of bathyal octocorals from the
Cape
Basin
.
South African Journal of Science 85(3): 191‑192 (with J. Rogers).
1989 ‑ The pennatulacean genus Cavernularia Valenciennes
(Octocorallia: Veretillidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
95(4): 285‑310.
1989 ‑ A comparison of the
stoloniferous octocorallian genera Bathytelesto,
Stereotelesto, Rhodelinda, and Scyphopodium,
with the description of a new species from southeastern
Africa
(Anthozoa: Clavulariidae). Journal of Zoology 219(4): 621-635.
1990 ‑ A
new genus of dimorphic soft coral from the southwestern fringe of the Indo‑Pacific
(Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae). Journal of
Zoology 221(1): 21‑35.
1990 ‑ The
Pennatulacea of southern
Africa
(Coelenterata, Anthozoa). Annals of the
South African Museum 99(4): 31‑119.
1992 ‑ The Alcyonacea of
southern
Africa
.
Stoloniferous octocorals and soft corals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa).
Annals of the South African Museum 100(3):
249-358.
1992 ‑ The Alcyonacea of
southern
Africa
.
Gorgonian octocorals (Coelenterata, Anthozoa). Annals of the South African Museum
101(8): 181-296.
1992 ‑ Revision of the Indo‑Pacific
soft coral genus Minabea Utinomi, 1957,
with new taxa from the Indo‑West Pacific.
Proceedings of the
California
Academy
of Sciences 48(1): 1-26.
1992 ‑ Biogeography of the
octocorallian coelenterate fauna of southern
Africa
.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 46(4): 351-401.
1992 ‑ Revision of the
gorgonian genus Simpsonella (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae) from the western margin of the Indo‑Pacific,
with the description of a new species from southeastern
Africa
.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 377-405.
1993 ‑ The Hydrozoa,
Octocorallia and Scleractinia of subantarctic
Marion
and
Prince Edward Island
:
illustrated keys to the species and results of the 1982-1989 University
of
Cape
Town
surveys. South African Journal
of Antarctic Research 23 (1&2): 3-24 (with M. Branch).
1994 - Biotic diversity,
biogeography and phylogeny of pennatulacean octocorals associated with coral
reefs in the Indo-Pacific. Proceedings
of the Seventh International Coral Reef Symposium, 1994: 739-745.
1995 - Living genera of sea pens
(Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea) - illustrated key and synopses. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
113(2): 93-140.
1995 - Revision of the pennatulacean
genus Sarcoptilus (Coelenterata:
Octocorallia), with descriptions of three new species from southern
Australia
.
Records of the South Australian Museum 28(1): 13-32.
1995 - The enigmataic sea pen genus Gyrophyllum - redescription and
phylogenetic assessment of S. sibogae from Tasmanian waters (Coelenterata: Octocorallia). Proceedings of the
California
Academy
of Sciences 48(15): 315-328.
1997 - Pennatulacea. In: Coelenterata
(Cnidaria) (ed. J. van der Land), Unesco-IOC Register of Marine Organisms,
UNESCO (http://wwweti.eti.bio.uva.nl/database/urmo/default.shtml).
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.
1997 - Preliminary assessment of the
phylogenetics of pennatulacean octocorals, with a reevaluation of Ediacaran
frond-like fossils, and a synopsis of the history of evolutionary thought
regarding the sea pens. Proceedings of
the Sixth International Conference on
Coelenterate Biology: 497-509.
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.
1997 - Octocorallia. In: Tree of Life World Wide Web Project
(David and Wayne Maddison, editors).
University
of
Arizona
,
Tucson
(http://ag.arizona.edu/tree/phylogeny.html).
1999 - Index Pennatulacea -
annotated bibliography and indexes of the sea pens of the world 1469-1999. Proceedings of the
California
Academy
of Sciences 51(2):19-103.
1999 - Malayenolides A-D, novel
diterpenes from the Indonesian sea pen Veretillum
malayense. Journal of Natural
Products 62: 584-586 (with X. Fu and F.J. Schmitz).
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 (with P.
Alderslade).
2000 - A new genus and species of
stoloniferous octocoral (Anthozoa: Clavulariidae) from the Pacific coast of
North America
.
Zoologische Mededelingen
Leiden
73(24): 333-343.
2000 - On some veretillid
pennatulaceans from the eastern
Atlantic
and western Pacific Oceans (Anthozoa: Octocorallia), with a
review of the genus Cavernularia, and
descriptions of new taxa. Journal of
Zoology 250(2): 201-216 (with P.J. Lopez-Gonzalez and J.-M. Gili).
2000 - A review of the endemic
southern African soft coral genus Pieterfaurea (Octocorallia: Nidaliidae), with descriptions of three new species. Zoologische Mededelingen.
2000 - Two new genera
African soft corals from
South Africa
(Anthozoa:
Alcyoniidae), with a discussion of diversity and endemism in
the southern African octocorallian fauna.
Proceedings of the
California
Academy
of Sciences 52(6): 65-75.
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 (with J.
Starmer).
2000 – A new species of the genus Eleutherobia Pütter, 1900 (Coelenterata:
Alcyoniidae) from the
Tonga
Islands
.
Proceedings of the
California
Academy
of Sciences 52(13): 159-169.
2001 - A revision of the Indo-West Pacific taxa of the
gorgonian genus Pseudopterogorgia
(Octocorallia; Gongoniiae), with the description of a new species from western
India
,
Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington 10: 71-95 (with J.S.
Vennam).
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 (with
S.A.
Little).
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.
2001 - Octocorallia - Pennatulacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 105-106 (with J. van der Land).
2002 – A new genus and species of sea pen (Octocorallia:
pennatulacea: Stachyptilidae) from the
Antarctic Peninsula
.
Invertebrate Systematics 16: 919-929 (with P.J. López-González).
2003 – Capitate taxa of the soft coral genus Eleutherobia
(Octocorallia: Alcyoniidae) from
Palau
and
South Africa
; a new species and a new
combination. Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 345: 419-436.
2004 - Pennatulacea. In: Hoeksema, B.W. and
L.P. van Ofwegen
(eds.) Fauna Malesiana, Indo-Malayan reef corals – a
generic overview. National
Museum
of
Natural History
,
Leiden
: CD-ROM publication.
2004 – William Dampier: Pre-Linnean
Explorer, Naturalist, Buccaneer. In: (M.T. Ghiselin and A.E. Leviton, eds.), Impacts of Travels on Scientific
Knowledge, Cultures and Institutions of Natural History, Essays in the History
and Philosophy of Science – An International Colloquium Sponsored by the
California Academy of Sciences and the Museo di Storia Naturale Faraggiana
Errandi, Novara, Italy. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55 (Suppl.
2): 146-166.
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 (with O.
Breedy).
2005 - New taxa of octocorals
(Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the northeastern
Pacific Ocean
.
Proceedings of the
California
Academy
of Sciences 56(5): 53-65.
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 (with
P.J. López-González).
2006 - Replacement name proposed for the genus Simpsonella Stiasny, 1940 (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae), preoccupied by Simpsonella Cockerell, 1903 (Bivalvia: Unionidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 57: 733-735.
2007 – History of Invertebrate Zoology at the
California
Academy
of
Sciences. Proceedings
of the
California Academy of Sciences
58(12): 197-239.
2007 - New species of pennatulacean genera - Acanthoptilum and Stylatula (Octocorallia: Virgulariidae) from New Zealand and the Campbell Plateau, both genera previously considered endemic to the Americas and Atlantic Ocean. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58(15): 339-348.
2008 – William Dampier – Science, Exploration, and
Literary Influence – Including his Hydrographic Treatise of 1699. Proceedings of the California Academy of
Sciences, 59 (14): 533-663.
2009 - Octocorals in the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos Research - Journal of Science and Conservation in the Galapagos Islands (Noticias de Galapagos) 66: 27-31 (with O Breedy and C Hickman).
2009 - The nephtheid soft coral genus Gersemia Marenzeller, 1878, with the description of a new species from the northeast Pacific and a review of two additional species (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 83 (34): 1067-1081 (with L. Lundsten).
2010 - Geology at the California Academy of Sciences, 1853-1907. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 61(11): 547-573 (with AE Leviton, ML. Aldrcih, and PR Rodda).
2010 - Zooxanthellae in ellisellid gorgonians of the Philippines. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 61(18): 647-648 (with JC Delbeek, B Shepherd, and S Wolters).
2010 - A new deep-sea pennatulacean (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Chunellidae) from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (NE Atlantic). Helgoland Marine Research. Published online, 30 October 2010. 10pp.(with P.J. Lopez-Gonzalez).
2011 (In Press) - Pennatulacea. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 11th Edition. 6 pp.
2011 (In Press) - Gorgonacea. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 11th Edition. 10 pp.
2011 (In Press) - "Hard rock sea pens" - three new species of pennatulacean octocorals attached to rocky substrata (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Pennatulacea). ZooKeys. (with P. Alderslade).