Publikationen
Voigt O, Wilde MV, Fröhlich T, Fradusco B, Vargas S, Wörheide G (2025): Genetic parallels in biomineralization of the calcareous sponge Sycon ciliatum and stony corals. Preprint bioRxiv 2025.02.06.636789. Full text
Galitz A, Ekins M, Reddy MM, Folcher E, Dumas M, Butscher J, Thomas OP, Voigt O, Wörheide G, Petek S, Erpenbeck D (2024). Molecular genetic biodiversity assessment of the Wallis Island sponge fauna in the Tropical Pacific. J Mar Biol Assoc U K 104. Full text
van der Sprong J, de Voogd NJ, McCormack GP, Sandoval K, Schätzle S, Voigt O, Erpenbeck D, Wörheide G, Vargas S (2024). A novel target-enriched multilocus assay for sponges (Porifera): Red Sea Haplosclerida (Demospongiae) as a test case. Mol Ecol Resour. 24:e13891. Full text
Voigt O, Fradusco B, Gut C, Kevrekidis C, Vargas S, Wörheide G (2021): Carbonic anhydrases: An ancient tool in calcareous sponge biomineralization. Frontiers in Genetics 12:383. Full text
Pasnin O, Voigt O, Wörheide G, Murillo Rincón A.P, von der Heyden S (2020): Indo-Pacific phylogeography of the Lemon Sponge Leucetta chagosensis. Diversity 12, 466. Full text
Maggioni D, Montano S, Voigt O, Seveso D, Galli P (2020): A mesophotic hotel: the octocoral Bebryce cf grandicalyx as a host. Ecology 101(4):e02950. Abstract
Wooster MK, Voigt O, Erpenbeck D, Wörheide G, Berumen ML (2019): Sponges of the Red Sea. Chapter 6, pp 91–122 In: Corals of the World (11:) Coral Reefs of the Red Sea, Voolstra CR, Berumen ML (eds), Springer International Publishing.
Voigt O, Eitel M (2018): Placozoa. Chapter 3, pp. 41–53. In: Handbook of Zoology, Schmidt-Rhaesa A (ed.). De Gruyter, Berlin, Boston.
Voigt O, Ruthensteiner B, Leiva L, Fradusco B, Wörheide G (2018): A new species of the calcareous sponge genus Leuclathrina (Calcarea: Calcinea: Clathrinida) from the Maldives. Zootaxa 4382 (1), 147–158. Full text
Voigt O, Adamska M, Adamsiki M, Kittelmann A, Wencker L, Wörheide G (2017): Spicule formation in calcareous sponges: Coordinated expression of biomineralization genes and spicule-type specific genes. Scientific Reports 7:45658. Full text
Voigt O, Erpenbeck D, González-Pech RA, Al-Aidaroos AM, Berumen ML, Wörheide G (2017): Calcinea of the Red Sea: providing a DNA barcode inventory with description of four new species. Marine Biodiversity, 47 (4), 1009-1034. Full text
Erpenbeck D, Aryasari R, Benning S, Debitus, C, Kaltenbacher, E, Al-Aidaroos AM, Schupp P, Hall K, Hooper JNA; Voigt O, de Voogd NJ, Wörheide G (2017): Diversity of two widespread Indo-Pacific demosponge species revisited. Marine Biodiversity, 47 (4), 1035-1043. Abstract
Plotkin A, Voigt O, Willassen E & Rapp HT (2017): Molecular phylogenies challenge the classification of Polymastiidae (Porifera, Demospongiae) based on morphology. Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 17:45. Full text
Voigt O, Wörheide G (2016): A short LSU rRNA fragment as a standard marker for integrative taxonomy in calcareous sponges (Porifera: Calcarea). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 16: 53-64. Abstract
Erpenbeck D, Voigt, O, Al-Aidaroos AM, Berumen ML, Büttner G, Catania D., Guirguis AN, Paulay G, Schätzle S & Wörheide G (2016): Molecular biodiversity of Red Sea demosponges. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 105: 507–514. Abstract
Voigt O, Adamski M, Sluzek K & Adamska M (2014): Calcareous sponge genomes reveal complex evolution of alpha-carbonic anhydrases and two key biomineralization enzymes. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 230. Full text
Lavrov DV, Pett W, Voigt O, Wörheide G, Forget L, Lang BF & Kayal E. (2013): Mitochondrial DNA of Clathrina clathrus (Calcarea, Calcinea): six linear chromosomes, fragmented rRNAs, tRNA editing, and a novel genetic code. Molecular Biology And Evolution, 30(4), 865–880. Abstract
Wörheide G, Dohrmann M, Erpenbeck D, Larroux,C, Maldonado M, Voigt, O, Borchiellini, C,Lavrov, D. (2012): Deep Phylogeny and Evolution of Sponges (Phylum Porifera). Advances in Marine Biology, 61:1–78. Abstract
Voigt O, Wülfing E, Wörheide, G (2012): Molecular phylogenetic evaluation of classification and scenarios of character evolution in calcareous sponges (Porifera, Class Calcarea). PLoS ONE, 7 (3): e33417. Full text
Voigt O, Eichmann, V, Wörheide, G (2012): First evaluation of mitochondrial DNA as a marker for phylogeographic studies of Calcarea: a case study from Leucetta chagosensis. Hydrobiologia, 687 (1): 101-106. Abstract
Erpenbeck D, Voigt O, Adamski M, Woodcroft BJ, Hooper JNA, Wörheide G, Degnan BM. (2011): NUMTs in the sponge genome reveal conserved transposition mechanisms in metazoans. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28 (1): 1-5. Abstract
Pearse VB and Voigt O (2011): Field biology of placozoans (Trichoplax): distribution, diversity, biotic interactions. Chapter 12, pp. 259-288 in: Key Transitions in Animal Evolution, Rob DeSalle and Bernd Schierwater, editors. Science Publishers, Enfield, New Hampshire. Book
Erpenbeck D, Voigt O, Wörheide G, Lavrov DV (2009): The mitochondrial genomes of sponges provide evidence for multiple invasions by Repetitive Hairpin-forming Elements (RHE). BMC Genomics, 10:591. Full text
Erpenbeck D, Voigt O, Gültas M, Wörheide G (2008): The sponge genetree server—providing a phylogenetic backbone for poriferan evolutionary studies. Zootaxa, vol. 1939:58-60. Abstract
Voigt O, Erpenbeck D, Wörheide G (2008): A fragmented metazoan organellar genome: the two mitochondrial chromosomes of Hydra magnipapillata. BMC Genomics, 9(350). Full text
Hagemann A, Voigt O, Wörheide G, Thiel V (2008): The sterols of calcareous sponges (Calcarea, Porifera). Chemistry and Physics of Lipids (2008) vol. 156 (1-2) pp. 26-32. Abstract
Voigt O, Erpenbeck D, Wörheide G (2008): Molecular evolution of rDNA in early diverging Metazoa: First comparative analysis and phylogenetic application of complete SSU rRNA secondary structures in Porifera. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8(69). Full text
Pearse VB, Voigt O (2007): Field biology of placozoans (Trichoplax): distribution, diversity, biotic interactions. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 47:677-692. Abstract
Erpenbeck D, Cleary DFR, Voigt O, Nichols SA, Degnan BM, Hooper JNA, Wörheide G. (2007): Analysis of evolutionary, biogeographical and taxonomic patterns of nucleotide composition in demosponge rRNA. Journal of the Marine Biological Society of the United Kingdom, 87: 1607-1614. Abstract
Erpenbeck D, Nichols SA, Voigt O, Dohrmann M, Degnan BM, Hooper JN, Wörheide G. (2007): Phylogenetic Analyses Under Secondary Structure-Specific Substitution Models Outperform Traditional Approaches: Case Studies with Diploblast LSU. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 64:543-557. Abstract
Erpenbeck D, Voigt O, Adamski M, Adamska M, Hooper JN, Wörheide G, Degnan BM (2007): Mitochondrial diversity of early-branching metazoa is revealed by the complete mt genome of a haplosclerid demosponge. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24(1): 19-22. Full text
Dohrmann M, Voigt O, Erpenbeck D, Wörheide G (2006): Non-monophyly of most supraspecific taxa of calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) revealed by increased taxon sampling and partitioned Bayesian analysis of ribosomal DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 40:830-843. Abstract
Tomasetti P, Voigt O, Collins AG, Porrello S, Pearse VB, Schierwater B. (2005): Placozoans (Trichoplax adhaerens Schulze 1883) in the Mediterranean Sea. Meiofauna Marina, 14:5–7. Journal Website
Voigt O, Collins AG, Pearse VB, Pearse JS, Ender A, Hadrys H, Schierwater B (2004): Placozoa — no longer a phylum of one. Current Biology, 14:R944–945. Full text
Voigt O, Collins AG, Pearse VB, Pearse JS, Schierwater B (2003): Placozoa: A phylum of one? Abstract of symposium presentation. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 43 (6): 1073