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  1. Distribution and range expansion of the invasive soft coral Chromonephthea (Octocorallia; Malacalcyonacea; Nephtheidae) in the southwest Atlantic

    Article • Coral Reefs, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  2. Anthelmintic Potential of Agelasine Alkaloids from the Australian Marine Sponge Agelas axifera

    Article • Marine Drugs, July 2025, MDPI AG

    Professor Anthony Carroll, Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  3. Barcoding-inferred biodiversity of shallow-water Indo-Pacific demosponges

    Article • December 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  4. Semisynthesis and Cytotoxic Evaluation of an Ether Analogue Library Based on a Polyhalogenated Diphenyl Ether Scaffold Isolated from a Lamellodysidea Sponge

    Article • Marine Drugs, January 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  5. Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  6. Revision of the genus Fascaplysinopsis, the type species Fascaplysinopsis reticulata (Hentschel, 1912) (Porifera, Dictyoceratida, Thorectidae) and descriptions of two new genera and seven new species

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  7. First records of Hamacantha species from seamounts off eastern Australia (Porifera, Demospongiae, Merliida), with description of four new species

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  8. Redescription of Ophlitaspongia (?) arbuscula Row, 1911 and Ophlitaspongia (?) horrida Row, 1911 from the Red Sea, and their placement in Clathria (Clathria) Schmidt, 1862

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  9. New carnivorous sponges from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia collected by ROV from the RV FALKOR

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2023, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  10. Substratum selection in coral reef sponges and their interactions with other benthic organisms

    Article • Coral Reefs, February 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  11. Using UHPLC–MS profiling for the discovery of new sponge-derived metabolites and anthelmintic screening of the NatureBank bromotyrosine library

    Article • Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, November 2022, Beilstein Institut

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  12. Keratose sponge MuseOMICS: setting reference points in dictyoceratid demosponge phylogeny

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  13. Isolation, Synthesis and Absolute Configuration of the Pericharaxins A and B, Epimeric Hydroxy-Polyene Glycerol Ethers from the Calcarean Sponge Pericharax heteroraphis

    Article • Marine Drugs, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  14. On some encrusting Xeniidae (Octocorallia): Re-examination of the type material of Sansibia flava (May, 1898) and a description of new taxa

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  15. Overview of the genus Sympodium Ehrenberg, 1834 (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Xeniidae), with the description of new species, revealing regional endemism

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  16. An elongated COI fragment to discriminate botryllid species and as an improved ascidian DNA barcode

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  17. An elongated COI fragment to discriminate botryllid species and as an improved ascidian DNA barcode

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  18. A new carnivorous sponge (Porifera) from the Coral Sea

    Article • Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, January 2021, Queensland Museum

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  19. New genus and species of lithistid demosponges from submarine caves in Nuku Hiva (Marquesas Islands) and Tahiti Iti (Society Islands), French Polynesia

    Article • The European Zoological Journal, January 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  20. Anti-prion and α-Synuclein Aggregation Inhibitory Sterols from the Sponge Lamellodysidea cf. chlorea

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, December 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Anthony Carroll, Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  21. New carnivorous sponges and allied species from the Great Australian Bight

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  22. The lower bathyal and abyssal seafloor fauna of eastern Australia

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  23. Comatulins A–E, Taurine-Conjugated Anthraquinones from the Australian Crinoid Comatula rotalaria

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, June 2020, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  24. Quorum Sensing Inhibitory and Antifouling Activities of New Bromotyrosine Metabolites from the Polynesian Sponge Pseudoceratina n. sp.

    Article • Marine Drugs, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  25. Describing new species of carnivorous sponges from the East Coast of Australia

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  26. Calcareous sponges from the French Polynesia (Porifera: Calcarea)

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2020, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  27. Soft sponges with tricky tree: On the phylogeny of dictyoceratid sponges

    Article • Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research, January 2020, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  28. A molecular phylogeny of carcinoecium-forming Epizoanthus (Hexacorallia: Zoantharia) from the Western Pacific Ocean with descriptions of three new species

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  29. Potential of fascaplysin and palauolide from Fascaplysinopsis cf reticulata to reduce the risk of bacterial infection in fish farming

    Article • Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, December 2019, The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  30. Identification of Fromiamycalin and Halaminol A from Australian Marine Sponge Extracts with Anthelmintic Activity against Haemonchus contortus

    Article • Marine Drugs, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  31. The power of combined molecular and morphological analyses for the genus Botrylloides: identification of a potentially global invasive ascidian and description of a new species

    Article • Systematics and Biodiversity, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  32. A new deep-water Tethya (Porifera, Tethyida, Tethyidae) from the Great Australian Bight and an updated Tethyida phylogeny

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, June 2019, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  33. Molecular operational taxonomic units reveal restricted geographic ranges and regional endemism in the Indo‐Pacific octocoral family Xeniidae

    Article • Journal of Biogeography, April 2019, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  34. Capillasterin A, a Novel Pyrano[2,3-f]chromene from the Australian Crinoid Capillaster multiradiatus

    Article • Marine Drugs, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Anthony Carroll

  35. The unexpected, recent history of horsetails in Australia

    Article • Australian Systematic Botany, January 2019, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  36. Identification of an aquaculture poriferan “Pest with Potential” and its phylogenetic implications

    Article • PeerJ, September 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  37. Individual specialization in a migratory grazer reflects long-term diet selectivity on a foraging ground: implications for isotope-based tracking

    Article • Oecologia, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  38. Age and area predict patterns of species richness in pumice rafts contingent on oceanic climatic zone encountered

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  39. A new species of the sponge Raspailia (Raspaxilla) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Axinellida: Raspailiidae) from deep seamounts of the Western Pacific

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2018, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  40. Taxonomic and Metabolite Diversity of Actinomycetes Associated with Three Australian Ascidians

    Article • Diversity, November 2017, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Anthony Carroll

  41. An Australian origin for the candle nut ( Aleurites , Crotonoideae, Euphorbiaceae) and the fossil record of the Euphorbiaceae and related families in Australia and New Zealand

    Article • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, June 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  42. Patterns of Sponge Biodiversity in the Pilbara, Northwestern Australia

    Article • Diversity, October 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  43. A new species of lithistid sponge hiding within the Isabella mirabilis species complex (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida) from seamounts of the Norfolk Ridge

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2016, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Dr. Gert Wörheide

  44. Rhodocomatulin-Type Anthraquinones from the Australian Marine InvertebratesClathria hirsutaandComatula rotalaria

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, April 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  45. The Halicylindramides, Farnesoid X Receptor Antagonizing Depsipeptides from aPetrosiasp. Marine Sponge Collected in Korea

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, March 2016, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  46. ChemInform Abstract: Dragmacidol A and Dragmacidolide A from the Australian Marine Sponge Dragmacidon australe.

    Article • ChemInform, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  47. Dragmacidol A and dragmacidolide A from the Australian marine sponge Dragmacidon australe

    Article • Tetrahedron, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Anthony Carroll

  48. Isolation and Total Synthesis of Stolonines A–C, Unique Taurine Amides from the Australian Marine Tunicate Cnemidocarpa stolonifera

    Article • Marine Drugs, July 2015, MDPI AG

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  49. Population genetics and gene flow between isolated deep sea sponge populations

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, June 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Dr. Gert Wörheide

  50. Nothing in (sponge) biology makes sense – except when based on holotypes

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, May 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins, Professor Dr. Gert Wörheide

  51. ChemInform Abstract: Isolation, Structure Determination and Cytotoxicity Studies of Tryptophan Alkaloids from an Australian Marine Sponge Hyrtios sp.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  52. ChemInform Abstract: Sesquiterpenoids with PPARδ Agonistic Effect from a Korean Marine Sponge Ircinia sp.

    Article • ChemInform, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  53. A new pygmy species of box jellyfish (Cubozoa: Chirodropida) from sub-tropical Australia

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  54. Cytotoxic 5α,8α-epidioxy sterols from the marine sponge Monanchora sp.

    Article • Archives of Pharmacal Research, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  55. Corrigendum to “Molecular and morphological systematics of the Ellisellidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia): Parallel evolution in a globally distributed family of octocorals” [Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 73 (2014) 106–118]

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, September 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  56. Isolation, structure determination and cytotoxicity studies of tryptophan alkaloids from an Australian marine sponge Hyrtios sp.

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  57. Sesquiterpenoids with PPARδ agonistic effect from a Korean marine sponge Ircinia sp.

    Article • Tetrahedron Letters, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  58. Two new desma-less species of Theonella Gray, 1868 (Demospongiae: Astrophorida: Theonellidae), from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia,and a re-evaluation of one species assigned previously to Dercitus Gray, 1867

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2014, Magnolia Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  59. Molecular and morphological systematics of the Ellisellidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia): Parallel evolution in a globally distributed family of octocorals

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  60. Up-Regulated Expression of AOS-LOXa and Increased Eicosanoid Synthesis in Response to Coral Wounding

    Article • PLOS One, February 2014, PLOS

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  61. First record of the Caribbean box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora in Australian waters

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, January 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  62. Trikentramides A–D, Indole Alkaloids from the Australian SpongeTrikentrion flabelliforme

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  63. Phosphoiodyns A and B, Unique Phosphorus-Containing Iodinated Polyacetylenes from a Korean SpongePlacospongiasp.

    Article • Organic Letters, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  64. Managing and Sharing the Escalating Number of Sponge "Unknowns": The SpongeMaps Project

    Article • Integrative and Comparative Biology, May 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Dr. Gert Wörheide, Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  65. Cytotoxic scalarane sesterterpenes from a Korean marine sponge Psammocinia sp.

    Article • Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, April 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  66. Bioactive Sesterterpenoids from a Korean SpongeMonanchorasp.

    Article • Journal of Natural Products, February 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  67. Phosphoiodyns A and B, Unique Phosphorus-Containing Iodinated Polyacetylenes from a Korean SpongePlacospongiasp.

    Article • Organic Letters, January 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  68. Population structure of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on sunflower in Australia

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  69. First record of the Australian ascidian Eudistoma elongatum in northern New Zealand

    Article • New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, December 2007, Wiley

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  70. Aggressiveness among isolates ofSclerotinia sclerotiorumfrom sunflower

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  71. Homothallism in Sclerotinia minor

    Article • Mycological Research, October 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  72. Identification ofSclerotiniaspecies

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, January 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  73. Carpogenic germination of Sclerotinia minor and potential distribution in Australia

    Article • Australasian Plant Pathology, September 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins

  74. Genetic diversity in Sclerotinia species

    Article • University of Queensland Library

    Dr Merrick Grindon Ekins