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 Journalof 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).
2009 - Octocorals. In: The New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity — Canterbury University Press. Vol. 1: Radiata — Lophotrochozoa —Deuterostomes. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) (D. Gordon, ed.).
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 65: 309-318 (with P.J. Lopez-Gonzalez).
2011 - Pennatulacea. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 11th Edition. 6 pp.
2011 - Gorgonacea. McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 11th Edition. 10 pp.
2011 - Three new species of pennatulacean octocorals with the ability to attach to rocky substrata (Cniaria: Anthozoa: Pennatulacea). Zootaxa 3001: 33-48 (with P. Alderslade).
2011 - The global diversity of sea pens (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Pennatulacea). WoRMS collection: The magnitude of global marine species diversity (WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species). PLoS ONE 6(7): 1-11.
2012 - Pennatulacea, In: The magnitude of global marine biodiversity, W. Appeltans, editor. Current Biology 22(23): 2189-2202.
2012 - Cover art content and design, In: The magnitude of global marine biodiversity, W. Appeltans, editor. Current Biology 22(23): Cover by GC Williams.
2012 - Resurrection of the octocorallian genus Antillogorgia for Caribbean species previously assigned to Pseudopterogorgia, and a taxonomic assessment of the relationship of these genera with Leptogorgia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Gorgoniidae). Zootaxa 3505: 39-52.
2013 - Two new species of the gorgonian inhabiting barnacle, Conopea (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica), from the Gulf of Guinea. ZooKeys 270: 1-20 (with D. Carrison, R. Van Syoc, and B. Simison).
2013 - New taxa and revisionary systematic of alcyonacean octocorals from the Pacific coast of North America (Cnidaria: Anthoza). ZooKeys 283: 15-42.
2013 - A fifth morphological polyp in pennatulacean octocorals, with a review of polyp polymorphism in the genera Penatula and Pteroeides (Anthozoa: Pennatulacea). Zoological Studies 51(7): 1006-1017 (with B. Hoeksema and L. van Ofwegen).
2013 - Two new species of gorgonian octocorals from the Tropical Eastern Pacific Biogeographic Region (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Gorgoniidae). ZooKeys 350: 75-90
(with O. Breedy and H. Guzman).
2014 - Barnacle symbionts of gorgonian sea fans: description of seven new species (Archaeobalanidae: Cirripedia) from the Philippines. Special Publication, The Coral Triangle - The Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition 2011. California Academy of Sciences (with R. Van Syoc, D. Carrison, and L. Madrona).
2014 - Illustrated key to the shallow-water gorgonians and pennatulaceans of the Verde Island Passage, northern Philippines, including synopses of the taxa and a glossary of terms (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia). Special Publication, The Coral Triangle - The Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition 2011. California Academy of Sciences (with J-Y Chen).
2014 -The three research components of the Hearst biodiversity expedition to the Philippines. Special Publication, The Coral Triangle - The Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition 2011. California Academy of Sciences.
2014 - Epilogue: The 2011 Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition. Special Publication, The Coral Triangle - The Hearst Philippine Biodiversity Expedition 2011. California Academy of Sciences.
2014 - Pennatulacea (Sea Pens) Descriptions for the New Zealand Region - A field guide of commonly sampled New Zealand sea pens including illustrations highlighting technical terms and sea pen morphology. Ministry of Primary Industries, Wellington (with Di Tracey).
2015 - The Historical Context and Influence of William Dampier's Hydrographic Science. The Great Circle, Special Issue, Journal of the Australian Association for Maritime History 37(1): 53-77.
2015 - A Review of the Pennatulacean Genus Stylatula, with a Description of a New Species from Japan (Cnidaria: Octocorallia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62(8): 257-266 (with AK Matsumoto).
2015 - X-ray microanalysis and the chemical elemental composition of gorgonian and pennatulacean axial structures (Anthozoa, Octocorallia.Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62(16): 399-415 (with J-Y Chen).
2015 - A new genus and species of pennatulacean octocoral from equatorial West Africa (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Virgulariidae). ZooKeys 546: 39-50.
2016 - Diversity and Distribution of Octocorallia. In: S. Goffredo and Z. Dubinsky: The Cnidaria, Past, Present, and Future - The World of Medusa and her Sisters. Springer Book Publishers (with CD Perez, RT Cordeiro, and SD Cairns).
2016 - A new species of whip-like gorgonian coral in the genus Swiftia form the Gulf of the Farloones in central California, witha key to eastern Pacific species in California (Cnidaria, Octocorallia, Plexauridae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 63(1): 1-13 (with O. Breedy).
2017 - The genus Grasshoffia with the description of a new deep-water species from the northern Philippines (Octocorallia: Panneatulacea: Virgulariidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 64(4): 95-105.