Yves Samyn

Yves Samyn, Belgian echinodermologist

• Invertebrates Collections, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

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• 7 taxon names authored by Yves Samyn

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• 1 eponym of Yves Samyn

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• Thandar, A.S., 2004. Taxonomy of the monotypic genus Koehleria Cherbonnier, 1988 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae). Zootaxa. 652(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.652.1.1 Reference page. 

• , VandenSpiegel, D., Massin, C. 2006. A new Indo-West Pacific species of Actinopyga (Holothuroidea: Aspidochirotida: Holothuriidae). Zootaxa. 1138(1): 53–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1138.1.3 Reference page. 

• O’Loughlin, P.M., Paulay, G., VandenSpiegel, D., 2007. New Holothuria species from Australia (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae), with comments on the origin of deep and cool holothuriids. Memoirs of Museum Victoria. 64: 35–52. DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2007.64.5 Reference page. 

• , Thandar, A.S. & Vandenspiegel, D. 2010. Two new species in the phyllophorid genus Massinium (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) with redescription of Massinium magnum. Zootaxa 2399: 1–19. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2399.1.1 Reference page. 

• Olbers, J.M., 2012. The Ophiocoma species (Ophiurida: Ophiocomidae) of South Africa. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science. 10(2): 137–154. Online.Reference page. 

• Olbers, J.M., Rowe, F.W.E., Griffiths, C., 2014. The rediscovery of a collection of echinoderms, including two holotypes, in the Durban Natural Science Museum, South Africa. Durban Museum Novitates. 36: 11–29.Reference page. 

• Olbers, J.M., & Griffiths, C.L. 2015. New or notable records of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from South Africa. African Natural History 11(1): 83-116. DOI: 10.17159/2305-7963/2015/v11n1a3 Reference page. 

• & VandenSpiegel, D. 2016. Sublittoral and bathyal sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the Northern Mozambique Channel with description of six new species. Zootaxa 4196(4): 451–497. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.1. Reference page. 

• Aydin, M., Gurlek, M., , Erguden, D. & Turan, C. 2019. First record of a Lessepsian migrant: the sea cucumber Holothuria (Theelothuria) hamata Pearson, 1913. Zootaxa 4551(1): 94–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.1.7 Reference page. 
• Filander, Z., & Griffiths, C.L. 2019. Four notable additions to the South African echinoid fauna (Echinodermata, Echinoidea). Zookeys, 831: 71–80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.831.31381 Reference page. 
• , Massin, C. & VandenSpiegel, D. 2019. The sea cucumber Holothuria lineata Ludwig, 1875 (Holothuroidea, Aspidochirotida, Holothuriidae) re-described from the newly found type. Zookeys 836: 81–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.836.29932 Reference page. 
• Olbers, J.M., Griffiths, C.L., O’Hara, T.D., 2019. Field guide to the brittle and basket stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) of South Africa. Abc Taxa. 19: 1–354. Online.Reference page. 

• , Sonet, G. & d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. 2021. Exploring the use of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) in the taxonomy of sea cucumbers: a case-study on the gravel sea cucumber Neopentadactyla mixta (Östergren, 1898) (Echinodermata, Holothuroidea, Phyllophoridae). Zookeys 1054: 173–184. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1054.67088 Reference page. 
• 2021. Dr Claude Massin (25/08/1948—04/09/2021), in Memoriam. Zootaxa. 5081(2): 223–236. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.2.3 .

• Salvador, R.B., d'Acoz, C.d'U., Vinarski, M.V., & Tomotani, B.M. 2025. François Roffiaen's terrestrial and freshwater gastropod types in the collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. ZooKeys 1239: 103–121. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1239.150840 Reference page.