Jon Norenburg

• M.S., Acadia University
• B.A., Acadia University
• Ph.D., Northeastern University

Curator for Nemertea and Meiofauna. Morphological and molecular phylogeny, phylogeography, biogeography and functional anatomy of nemertean worms, worldwide; biology and zoogeography of soft-bodied marine interstitial fauna, worldwide

Journal Article

• Leasi, Francesca, Álvaro, Nuno V., Andrade, Luiz F., Araújo, Thiago Q., Aramayo, Víctor, Artois, Tom, Ballentine, Will M., Bergmeier, Franziska S., Botelho, Andrea Z., Buckenmeyer, Ariane, Capucho, Ana T., Cherneva, Irina, Costa, Ana Cristina Ricardo, Curini-Galletti, Marco, Davidson, Anitha Mary, Deng, Wang, Di Domenico, Maikon, Ellison, Christina, Engelhardt, Jan, Fais, Maria, Frade, Duarte G., de Frias Martins, António M., Goetz, Freya E., Hochberg, Rick, de Jesus-Navarrete, Alberto et al. 2025. "High meiofaunal diversity in the Azores revealed through DNA metabarcoding." Marine Biodiversity, 56, (1) 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01615-z.
• Defourneaux, Éloïse, Herranz, Maria, Armenteros, Maickel, Sørensen, Martin V., Norenburg, Jon L., Park, Taeseo, and Worsaae, Katrine. 2024. "Circumtropical distribution and cryptic species of the meiofaunal enteropneust Meioglossus (Harrimaniidae, Hemichordata)." Scientific Reports, 14, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-57591-0.
• Leasi, Francesca, Eckert, Ester M., Norenburg, Jon L., Thomas, W. K., Sevigny, Joseph L., Hall, Jeffrey A., Wirshing, Herman H., and Fontaneto, Diego. 2024. "Microbiota Associated With Ototyphlonemertes Species (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea, Monostilifera, Ototyphlonemertidae) Reveal Evidence of Phylosymbiosis." Ecology and Evolution, 14, (12). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70471.
• Tsuyuki, Aoi, Norenburg, Jon, Leasi, Francesca, and Curini-Galletti, Marco. 2024. "Molecular phylogeny of Boninia (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida), with description of a new species from the Pacific coasts of Panama." Invertebrate Systematics, 38, (10). https://doi.org/10.1071/IS24009.
• Cherneva, Irina, Ellison, Christina I., Zattara, Eduardo E., Norenburg, Jon L., Schwartz, Megan L., Junoy, Juan, and Maslakova, Svetlana A. 2023. "Seven new species of Tetranemertes Chernyshev, 1992 (Monostilifera, Hoplonemertea, Nemertea) from the Caribbean Sea, western Pacific, and Arabian Sea, and revision of the genus." Zookeys, (1181) 167-200. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1181.109521.
• Chernyshev, Alexei V., Alfaya, Jose E. Fernandez, Anadon, Nuria, Andrade, Sonia C. S., Bartolomaeus, Thomas, von Dohren, Jorn, Fernandez-Alvarez, Fernando Angel, Giribet, Gonzalo, Junoy, Juan, Kajihara, Hiroshi, Kem, William R., Kuris, Armand, Kvist, Sebastian, Machordom, Annie, Mcevoy, Eric G., Norenburg, Jon L., Okazaki, Robert K., Rogers, Alex D., Strand, Malin, Sun, Shi-Chun, Sundberg, Per, and Thiel, Martin. 2023. "Raymond Gibson (1938-2023): in memoriam." Zootaxa, 5311, (4) 596-599. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5311.4.7.
• Jossart, Quentin, Bauman, David, Moreau, Camille Ve, Saucède, Thomas, Christiansen, Henrik, Brasier, Madeleine J., Convey, Peter, Downey, Rachel, Figuerola, Blanca, Martin, Patrick, Norenburg, Jon L., Rosenfeld, Sebastian, Verheye, Marie, and Danis, Bruno. 2023. "A pioneer morphological and genetic study of the intertidal fauna of the Gerlache Strait (Antarctic Peninsula)." Environmental monitoring and assessment, 195, (4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11066-3.
• Sonoda, Gabriel Gonzalez, Tobaruela, Eric De Castro, Norenburg, Jon L., Fabi, João Paulo, and Andrade, Sónia C. S. 2023. "Venomous Noodles: The Evolution of Toxins in Nemertea through Positive Selection and Gene Duplication." Toxins, 15, (11). https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins15110650.
• Maslakova, Svetlana, Ellison, Christina I., Hiebert, Terra C., Conable, Frances, Heaphy, Maureen C., Venera-Pontón, Dagoberto E., Norenburg, Jon L., Schwartz, Megan L., Moss, Nicole D., Boyle, Michael J., Driskell, Amy C., Macdonald,Kenneth S., III, Zattara, Eduardo E., and Collin, Rachel. 2022. "Sampling multiple life stages significantly increases estimates of marine biodiversity." Biology Letters, 18, (4). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2021.0596.
• Gerdes, Klaas, Kihara, Terue Cristina, Arbizu, Pedro Martinez, Kuhn, Thomas, Schwarz-Schampera, Ulrich, Mah, Christopher L., Norenburg, Jon L., Linley, Thomas, Shalaeva, Kate, Macpherson, Enrique, Gordon, Dennis, Stoehr, Sabine, Messing, Charles G., Bober, Simon, Guggolz, Theresa, Christodoulou, Magdalini, Gebruk, Andrey, Kremenetskaia, Antonina, Kroh, Andreas, Sanamyan, Karen, Bolstad, Kathrin, Hoffman, Leon, Gooday, Andrew J., and Molodtsova, Tina. 2021. "Megafauna of the German exploration licence area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean)." Biodiversity Data Journal, 9. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e69955.
• Chernyshev, Alexei V., Polyakova, Neonila E., Norenburg, Jon L., and Kajihara, Hiroshi. 2021. "A molecular phylogeny of Tetrastemma and its allies (Nemertea, Monostilifera)." Zoologica Scripta, https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12511.
• Mendes, Cecili B., Norenburg, Jon L., and Andrade, Sonia C. S. 2021. "Species delimitation integrative approach reveals three new species in the Nemertopsis bivittata complex." Invertebrate Systematics, https://doi.org/10.1071/IS20048.
• Norenburg, Jon L., Cherneva, Irina A., Ellison, Christina I., and Goetz, Freya E. 2021. "First report of Mesopsammic Nemertea from the Azores." Açoreana, (Suplemento 11) 141-150.
• Jörger, K. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2021. "Meiozores 2019 - Exploring the marine meiofauna of the Azores." Açoreana, (Suplemento 11) 17-41.
• Sevigny, Joseph, Leasi, Francesca, Simpson, Stephen, Di Domenico, Maikon, Joerger, Katharina M., Norenburg, Jon L., and Thomas, W. Kelley. 2021. "Target enrichment of metazoan mitochondrial DNA with hybridization capture probes." Ecological Indicators, 121 106973-106973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106973.
• Chernyshev, Alexei, V., Polyakova, Neonila E., Vignesh, Mohandhas S., Jain, Ruchi P., Sanjeevi, Prakash, Norenburg, Jon L., and Rajesh, Rajaian P. 2020. "A histology-free description of a new species of the genus Tetrastemma (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera) from Hawaii and India." Zootaxa, 4808, (2) 379-383. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4808.2.10.
• Egger, Christina, Neusser, Timea P., Norenburg, Jon, Leasi, Francesca, Buge, Barbara, Vannozzi, Angelo, Cunha, Regina L., Cox, Cymon J., and Joerger, Katharina M. 2020. "Uncovering the shell game with barcodes: diversity of meiofaunal Caecidae snails (Truncatelloidea, Caenogastropoda) from Central America." Zookeys, (968) 1-42. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.968.52986.
• Sorensen, Martin, V., Goetz, Freya E., Herranz, Maria, Chang, Cheon Young, Chatterjee, Tapas, Durucan, Furkan, Neves, Ricardo C., Yildiz, N. Ozlem, Norenburg, Jon, and Yamasaki, Hiroshi. 2020. "Description, redescription and revision of sixteen putatively closely related species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida), with the proposition of a new species group - the Echinoderes dujardinii group." European Journal of Taxonomy, 730 1-101. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.730.1197.
• Curini-Galletti, Marco, Stocchino, Giacinta A., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2019. "New species of Duplominona Karling, 1966 and Pseudominona Karling, 1978 (Platyhelminthes: Proseriata) from the Caribbean." Zootaxa, 4657, (1) 127-147. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.5.
• Hookabe, Natsumi, Schwartz, Megan L., Kajihara, Hiroshi, and Norenburg, Jon L. 2019. "Molecular systematics of the heteronemertean genus Dushia (Nemertea, Pilidiophora), with descriptions of D. wijnhoffae sp. nov. and D. nigra species complex comb. nov." Zootaxa, 4691, (4) 333-358. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4691.4.2.
• Martínez, Alejandro, Di Domenico, Maikon, Leasi, Francesca, Curini-Galletti, Marco, Todaro, M. Antonio, Zotto, Matteo Dal, Gobert, Stefan, Artois, Tom, Norenburg, Jon, Jörger, Katharina M., Núñez, Jorge, Fontaneto, Diego, and Worsaae, Katrine. 2019. "Patterns of diversity and endemism of soft-bodied meiofauna in an oceanic island, Lanzarote, Canary Islands." Marine Biodiversity, 49, (5) 2033-2055. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-019-01007-0.
• Strand, Malin, Norenburg, Jon, Alfaya, José E., Fernández‐Álvarez, Fernando Ángel, Andersson, Hå, Andrade, Sonia C. S., Bartolomaeus, Thomas, Beckers, Patrick, Bigatti, Gregorio, Cherneva, Irina, Chernyshev, Alexey, Chung, Brian M., Döhren, Jörn von, Giribet, Gonzalo, Gonzalez‐Cueto, Jaime, Herrera‐Bachiller, Alfonso, Hiebert, Terra, Hookabe, Natsumi, Junoy, Juan, Kajihara, Hiroshi, Krämer, Daria, Kvist, Sebastian, Magarlamov, Timur Yu, Maslakova, Svetlana, Mendes, Cecili B. et al. 2019. "Nemertean taxonomy—Implementing changes in the higher ranks, dismissing Anopla and Enopla." Zoologica Scripta, 48, (1) 118-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12317.
• Zattara, Eduardo E., Fernández-Álvarez, Fernando A., Hiebert, Terra C., Bely, Alexandra E., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2019. "A phylum-wide survey reveals multiple independent gains of head regeneration in Nemertea." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 286, (1898). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.2524.
• Leasi, Francesca, Sevigny, Joseph L., Laflamme, Eric M., Artois, Tom, Curini-Galletti, Marco, Navarrete de Jesus, Alberto, Di Domenico, Maikon, Goetz, Freya, Hall, Jeffrey A., Hochberg, Rick, Jörger, Katharina M., Jondelius, Ulf, Todaro, M. Antonio, Wirshing, Herman H., Norenburg, Jon L., and Thomas, W. Kelley. 2018. "Biodiversity estimates and ecological interpretations of meiofaunal communities are biased by the taxonomic approach." Communications Biology, 1 112. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-018-0119-2.
• Mendes, Cecili B., Norenburg, Jon L., Solferini, Vera N., and Andrade, Sónia C. S. 2018. "Hidden diversity: Phylogeography of genus Ototyphlonemertes Diesing, 1863 (Ototyphlonemertidae: Hoplonemertea) reveals cryptic species and high diversity in Chilean populations." PloS One, 13, (4) 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195833.
• Scarpa, Fabio, Cossu, Piero, Delogu, Valentina, Lai, Tiziana, Sanna, Daria, Leasi, Francesca, Norenburg, Jon L., Curini-Galletti, Marco, and Casu, Marco. 2017. "Molecular support for morphology-based family-rank taxa: The contrasting cases of two families of Proseriata (Platyhelminthes)." Zoologica Scripta, 46, (6) 753-766. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12251.
• Ament-Velásquez, S. L., Figuet, E., Ballenghien, M., Zattara, Eduardo E., Norenburg, Jon L., Fernández-Álvarez, F. A., Bierne, J., Bierne, N., and Galtier, N. 2016. "Population genomics of sexual and asexual lineages in fissiparous ribbon worms (Lineus, Nemertea): hybridization, polyploidy and the Meselson effect." Molecular ecology, 25, (14) 3356-3369. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13717.
• Leasi, Francesca, da Silva Andrade, Sonia C., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2016. "At least some meiofaunal species are not everywhere. Indication of geographic, ecological and geological barriers affecting the dispersion of species of Ototyphlonemertes (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea)." Molecular Ecology, 25 1381-1397. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.13568.
• Leasi, Francesca, Gaynus, Camille, Mahardini, Angka, Moore, Tiara N., Norenburg, Jon L., and Barber, Paul H. 2016. "Spatial and ecologic distribution of neglected microinvertebrate communities across endangered ecosystems: meiofauna in Bali (Indonesia)." Marine Ecology-an Evolutionary Perspective, 37, (5) 970-987. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12305.
• Mendes, Cecili B., Matthews-Cascon, Helena, and Norenburg, Jon L. 2016. "New records of ribbon worms (Nemertea) from Ceará, Northeast Brazil." Zootaxa, 4061, (2) 146-156. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.4.
• Scarpa, Fabio, Cossu, Piero, Sanna, Daria, Lai, Tiziana, Norenburg, Jon L., Curini-Galletti, Marco, and Casu, Marco. 2015. "An 18S and 28S-based clock calibration for marine Proseriata (Platyhelminthes)." Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 463 22-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2014.10.020.
• Andrade, Sonia C. S., Montenegro, Horácio, Strand, Malin, Schwartz, Megan, Kajihara, Hiroshi, Norenburg, Jon L., Turbeville, James M., Sundberg, Per, and Giribet, Gonzalo. 2014. "A transcriptomic approach to ribbon worm systematics (Nemertea): resolving the Pilidiophora problem." Molecular biology and evolution, 31, (12) 3206-3215. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msu253.
• Chen, Haixia, Sun, Shichun, Norenburg, Jon L., and Sundberg, Per. 2014. "Mutation and selection cause codon usage and bias in mitochondrial genomes of ribbon worms." PLoS One, 9, (1) 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0085631.
• Fonseca, Gustavo, Norenburg, Jon L., and Domenico, Maikon Di. 2014. "Editorial: diversity of marine meiofauna on the coast of Brazil." Marine Biodiversity, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-014-0261-0.
• Gonzalez-Cueto, Jaime, Quiroga, Sigmer, and Norenburg, Jon L. 2014. "A shore-based preliminary survey of marine ribbon worms (Nemertea) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia." Zookeys, (439) 83-108. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.439.5965.
• Leasi, Francesca and Norenburg, Jon L. 2014. "The Necessity of DNA Taxonomy to Reveal Cryptic Diversity and Spatial Distribution of Meiofauna, with a Focus on Nemertea." PLoS ONE, 9, (8) 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104385.
• Kajihara, Hiroshi, Sun, Shi-Chun, Chernyshev, Alexei V., Chen, Hai-Xia, Ito, Katsutoshi, Asakawa, Manabu, Maslakova, Svetlana A., Norenburg, Jon L., Strand, Malin, Sundberg, Per, and Iwata, Fumio. 2013. "Taxonomic Identity of a Tetrodotoxin-Accumulating Ribbon-worm Cephalothrix simula (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea): A Species Artificially Introduced from the Pacific to Europe." Zoological Science, 30, (11) 985-997. https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.30.985.
• Martínez, Alejandro, Di Domenico, Maikon, Jörger, Katharina, Norenburg, Jon L., and Worsaae, Katrine. 2013. "Description of three new species of Protodrilus (Annelida, Protodrilidae) from Central America." Marine Biology Research, 9, (7) 676-691. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2013.765574.
• Andrade, Sónia C. S., Strand, Malin, Schwartz, Megan, Chen, Haixia, Kajihara, Hiroshi, von Döhren, Jörn, Sun, Shichun, Junoy, Juan, Thiel, Martin, Norenburg, Jon L., Turbeville, James M., Giribet, Gonzalo, and Sundberg, Per. 2012. "Disentangling ribbon worm relationships: multi‐locus analysis supports traditional classification of the phylum Nemertea." Cladistics, 28, (2) 141-159. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00376.x.
• Appeltans, Ward, Ahyong, Shane T, Anderson, Gary, Angel, Martin V, Artois, Tom, Bailly, Nicolas, Bamber, Roger, Barber, Anthony, Bartsch, Ilse, Berta, Annalisa, Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, Magdalena, Bock, Phil, Boxshall, Geoff, Boyko, Christopher B, Brandão, Simone Nunes, Bray, Rod A, Bruce, Niel L, Cairns, Stephen D., Chan, Tin-Yam, Cheng, Lanna, Collins, Allen Gilbert, Cribb, Thomas, Curini-Galletti, Marco, Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid, Davie, Peter J F. et al. 2012. "The Magnitude of Global Marine Species Diversity." Current Biology, 22, (23) 2189-2202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036.
• Chen, Hai-Xia, Sun, Shi-Chun, Sundberg, Per, Ren, Wei-Cheng, and Norenburg, Jon L. 2012. "A comparative study of nemertean complete mitochondrial genomes, including two new ones for Nectonemertes cf. mirabilis and Zygeupolia rubens, may elucidate the fundamental pattern for the phylum Nemertea." BMC Genomics, 13, (1) 139-139. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-139.
• Jörger, Katharina,M., Norenburg, Jon L., Wilson, Nerida G., and Schrödl, Michael. 2012. "Barcoding against a paradox? Combined molecular species delineations reveal multiple cryptic lineages in elusive meiofaunal sea slugs." BMC Evolutionary Biology, 12 245. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-12-245.
• Andrade, Sónia C. S., Norenburg, Jon L., and Solferini, Vera N. 2011. "Worms without borders: genetic diversity patterns in four Brazilian Ototyphlonemertes species (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea)." Marine Biology, 158, (9) 2109-2124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1718-3.
• Tulchinsky, Alexander Y., Norenburg, Jon L., and Turbeville, James M. 2011. "Phylogeography of the marine interstitial nemertean Ototyphlonemertes parmula (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea) reveals cryptic diversity and high dispersal potential." Marine Biology, 159, (3) 661-674. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-011-1844-y.
• Chen, Haixia, Strand, Malin, Norenburg, Jon L., Sun, Shichun, Kajihara, Hiroshi, Chernyshev, Alexey V., Maslakova, Svetlana A., and Sundberg, Per. 2010. "Statistical Parsimony Networks and Species Assemblages in Cephalotrichid Nemerteans (Nemertea)." PLoS ONE, 5, (9) e12885. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012885.
• Mahon, Andrew R., Thornhill, Daniel J., Norenburg, Jon L., and Halanych, Kenneth M. 2010. "DNA uncovers Antarctic nemertean biodiversity and exposes a decades-old cold case of asymmetric inventory." Polar Biology, 33, (2) 193-202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-009-0696-0.
• Chen, Hai-Xia, Sundberg, Per, Norenburg, Jon L., and Sun, Shi-Chun. 2009. "The complete mitochondrial genome of Cephalothrix simula (Iwata) (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea)." Gene, 442, (1-2) 8-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2009.04.015.
• Collins, Allen Gilbert, Bentlage, Bastian, Lindner, Alberto, Lindsay, Dhugal, Haddock, Steven H. D., Jarms, Gerhard, Norenburg, Jon L., Jankowski, Thomas, and Cartwright, Paulyn. 2008. "Phylogenetics of Trachylina (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) with new insights on the evolution of some problematical taxa." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 88 1673-1685.
• Maslakova, S. A. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2008. "Revision of the smiling worms, genus Prosorhochmus Keferstein, 1862, and description of a new species, Prosorhochmus belizeanus sp nov (Prosorhochmidae, Hoplonemertea, Nemertea) from Florida and Belize." Journal of Natural History, 42, (17-20) 1219-1260. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930801995747.
• Maslakova, S. A. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2008. "Revision of the smiling worms, genera Prosadenoporus Burger, 1890 and Pantinonemertes Moore and Gibson, 1981 and description of a new species Prosadenoporus floridensis sp nov (Prosorhochmidae; Hoplonemertea; Nemertea) from Florida and Belize." Journal of Natural History, 42, (25-26) 1689-1727. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930802130286.
• Thornhill, Daniel J., Mahon, Andrew R., Norenburg, Jon L., and Halanych, Kenneth M. 2008. "Open-ocean barriers to dispersal: a test case with the Antarctic Polar Front and the ribbon worm Parborlasia corrugatus (Nemertea: Lineidae)." Molecular ecology, 17, (23) 5104-5117. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03970.x.
• Dmitrieva, Natalia I., Ferraris, Joan D., Norenburg, Jon L., and Burg, Maurice B. 2006. "The saltiness of the sea breaks DNA in marine invertebrates: possible implications for animal evolution." Cell Cycle, 5, (12) 1320-1323. https://doi.org/10.4161/cc.5.12.2867.
• Kirk, Ritger, Rebecca and Norenburg, Jon L. 2006. "Tubulanus riceae new species (Nemertea: Anopla: Palaeonemertea: Tubulanidae), from South Florida, Belize and Panama." Journal of Natural History, 40, (15) 931-942. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930600833867.
• Ritger, Rebecca Kirk and Norenburg, Jon L. 2006. "Tubulanus Riceae New Species (Nemertea: Anopla: Palaeonemertea: Tubulanidae), From South Florida, Belize and Panamá." Journal of Natural History, (15-16) 931-942. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930600833867.
• Santos, C., Bueno, L. S., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2006. "Infestation by Carcinonemertes divae (Nemertea: Carcinonemertidae) in Libinia spinosa (Decapoda: Pisidae) from Sao Sebastiao Island, SP, Brazil." Journal of Natural History, 40, (15-16) 999-1005. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930600834105.
• Santos, C., Norenburg, Jon L., and Bueno, L. S. 2006. "Three new species of Carcinonemertes (Nemertea, Carcinonemertidae) from the southeastern coast of Brazil." Journal of Natural History, 40, (15-16) 915-930. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930600833842.
• Collin, Rachel, Diaz, Maria Cristina, Norenburg, Jon L., Rocha, R. M., Sanchez, Juan A., Schulz, A., Schwartz, Megan L., and Valdes, A. 2005. "Photographic Identification Guide to Some Common Marine Invertebrates of Bocas Del Toro, Panamá." Caribbean Journal of Science, 41, (3) 638-707.
• Maslakova, S. A., Norenburg, Jon L., Thiel, Martin, and Vásquez, N. 2005. "Redescription of Amphiporus nelsoni Sanchez 1973 (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Amphiporidae) with a change of its taxonomic status." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 118, (3) 483-496.
• Schwartz, Megan L. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2005. "Three New Species of Micrura (Nemertea: Heteronemertea) and a New Type of Heteronemertean Larva From the Caribbean Sea." Caribbean Journal of Science, 41, (3) 528-543.
• Maslakova, S. A., Martindale, M. Q., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2004. "Vestigial prototroch in a basal nemertean, Carinoma tremaphoros (Nemertea; Palaeonemertea)." Evolution & Development, 6, (4) 219-226.
• Maslakova, S. A., Martindale, M. Q., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2004. "Fundamental properties of the spiralian developmental program are displayed by the basal nemertean Carinoma tremaphoros (Palaeonemertea, Nemertea)." Developmental biology, 267 342-360.
• Thollesson, M. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2003. "Ribbon worm relationships: a phylogeny of the phylum Nemertea." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270 407-415.
• Ivanov, V. A., Bigatti, G., Penchaszadeh, P. E., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2002. "Malacobdella arrokeana (Nemertea: Bdellonemertea), a new species of nemertean from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean entocommensal in Panopea abbreviata (Bivalvia, Heterodonta, Hiatellidae) in Argentina." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 115 359-367.
• Envall, M. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2001. "Morphology and phylogenetics in mesopsammic nemerteans of the genus Ototyphlonemertes (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea, Ototyphlonemertidae)." Hydrobiologia, 456 145-163.
• Maslakova, S. A. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2001. "Trochophore larva is plesiomorphic for nemerteans: evidence for prototroch in a basal nemertean Carinoma tremaphoros (Phylum Nemertea, Palaeonemertea)." American Zoologist, 41, (6) 289.
• Maslakova, S. A. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2001. "Phylogenetic study of pelagic nemerteans (Pelagica, Polystilifera)." Hydrobiologia, 456 111-132.
• Roe, Pamela and Norenburg, Jon L. 2001. "Morphology and taxonomic distribution of a newly discovered feature, postero-lateral glands, in pelagic nemerteans." Hydrobiologia, 456 133-144.
• Schwartz, M. L. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2001. "Can we infer heteronemertean phylogeny from available morphological data?" Hydrobiologia, 456 165-174.
• Stricker, S. A., Smythe, T. L., Miller, L., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2001. "Comparative biology of oogenesis in nemertean worms." Acta Zoologica, 82 213-230.
• Maslakova, S. A., Martindale, M. Q., and Norenburg, Jon L. 2000. "Remains of the Pilidium in Direct Developing Nemerteans?" American Zoologist, 40 1119.
• Newman, L., Norenburg, Jon L., and Reed, Sherry A. 2000. "Taxonomic and biological observations on the tiger flatworm, Maritigrella crozieri (Hyman, 1939), new combination (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida, Euryleptidae) from Florida waters." Journal of Natural History, 34 799-808.
• Maslakova, S. A., Malakhov, V. V., and Norenburg, Jon L. 1999. "Indirect Development in the Order Hoplonemertea (Phylum Nemertea)." American Zoologist, 39 222.
• Roe, Pamela and Norenburg, Jon L. 1999. "Observations on depth distribution, diversity and abundance of pelagic nemerteans from the Pacific Ocean off California and Hawaii." Deep-Sea Research, 46, (1) 1201-1220.
• Schwartz, M. L. and Norenburg, Jon L. 1999. "Problems inferring coelomate protostome phylogeny from elongation factor 1 alpha sequence data." American Zoologist, 39, (5) 44A.
• Crandall, Frank B., Norenburg, Jon L., and Gibson, R. 1998. "Gonadogenesis, embryogenesis, and unusual oocyte origin in Notogaeanemertes folzae Riser, 1988 (Nemertea, Hoplonemertea)." Hydrobiologia, 365 93-107.
• Feller, R. J., Roe, Pamela, and Norenburg, Jon L. 1998. "Dietary immunoassay of pelagic nemerteans by use of cross-reacting polyclonal antibodies: preliminary findings." Hydrobiologia, 365 263-269.
• Norenburg, Jon L. and Maslakova, S. A. 1998. "Preliminary cladistic analysis of holopelagic polystiliferan nemerteans." American Zoologist, 38 138A.
• Norenburg, Jon L. and Roe, Pamela. 1998. "Observations on musculature in pelagic nemerteans and on pseudostriated muscle in nemerteans." Hydrobiologia, 365 109-120.
• Norenburg, Jon L. and Roe, Pamela. 1998. "Reproductive biology of several species of recently collected pelagic nemerteans." Hydrobiologia, 365 73-91.
• Rogers, A. D., Thorpe, J. P., Gibson, R., and Norenburg, Jon L. 1998. "Genetic differentiation of populations of the common intertidal nemerteans Lineus ruber and Lineus viridis (Nemertea, Anopla)." Hydrobiologia, 365 1-11.
• Ferraris, Joan D. and Norenburg, Jon L. 1997. "Volume and ion regulation during repeated exposure to temperature changne: Physiological divergence in Trans-Isthmain cognate pairs and latitudinally distant populations of decapod curstacea." Marine Ecology, 18, (3) 193-209.
• Ferraris, Joan D. and Norenburg, Jon L. 1997. "Oxygen uptake during repeated exposure to temperature change: Pysiological divergence in Panamanian cognate pairs and latitudinally distant populations of decapod Crustacea." Marine Ecology, 18, (2) 127-146.
• Richards, C. T., Norenburg, Jon L., and Crandall, F. C. 1997. "Phylogenetics, slime and the genus Pantinonemertes (Nemertea)." American Zoologist, 37 198A.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1996. "First record of the terrestrial species Geonemertes pelaensis (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea) in Hawaii." Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 46 21.
• Norenburg, Jon L., Rogers, A. D., Bustasmante, C., and Ferraris, Joan D. 1994. "Molecular phylogeny in species of the nemertean genus Lineus." American Zoologist, 34 97A.
• Roe, Pamela and Norenburg, Jon L. 1994. "Aspects of occurence and reproductive biology of two deep sea pelagic nemerteans off California." Unpublished abstract for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Western Society of Naturalists, 000.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1993. "Riserius pugetensis gen. n., sp. n. (Nemertina: Anopla), a new mesopsammic species, and comments on phylogenetics of some anoplan characters." Hydrobiologia, 266 203-218.
• Reynolds, P. D., Morse, M. P., and Norenburg, Jon L. 1993. "Ultrastructure of the heart and pericardium of a neomeniomorph aplacophoran (solenogastre) mollusc: evidence for ultrafiltration of blood." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 254 147-152.
• Reynolds, P. D. and Norenburg, Jon L. 1993. "Ultrastructure of the heart and pericardium of an aplacophoran mollusc (Neomeniomorpha): evidence for ultrafiltration of blood." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 147-152.
• Roe, Pamela and Norenburg, Jon L. 1993. "Pelagic nemertines of the northern Pacific revisited." American Zoologist, 33, (5) 47A.
• Morse, M. P. and Norenburg, Jon L. 1992. "Observations on and redescription of Meiomenia arenicola Salvini-Plawen, 1985 (Mollusca: Aplacophora)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 105 674-682.
• Norenburg, Jon L., Crandall, Frank B., and White, A. 1992. "New supra-littoral hoplonemertines from Florida." American Zoologist, 32 136a.
• Norenburg, Jon L. and Ferraris, Joan D. 1990. "Cytomorphology of the pedal aperture glands in Mya arenaria L." Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1990 1137-1144.
• Ferraris, Joan D. and Norenburg, Jon L. 1988. "Water and solute regulation in Procephalothrix spiralis Coe and Clitellio arenarius (M_ller). III. Long-term acclimation to diluted seawaters and effect of putative neuroendocrine structures." Hydrobiologia, 156 161-173.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1988. "Phylogenesis of the phylum Nemertina." American Zoologist, 28 150A.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1988. "Remarks on marine interstitial nemertines and key to the species." Hydrobiologia, 156 87-92.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1987. "A new old, mesopsammic nemertine?" American Zoologist, 27 41A.
• Norenburg, Jon L. and Barrett, J. M. 1987. "Steedman's Polyester Wax embedment for combined light and scanning electron microscopy." Journal Electron Microscopic Technics, 6 35-41.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1986. "Redescription of a brooding nemertine, Cyanophthalma obscura gen. n., comb. n. (Schultz, 1851), with observations on its biology and discussion of the species of Prostomatella and related taxa." Zoologica Scripta, 15 275-293.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1985. "Structure of the nemertine integument with consideration of its ecological and phylogenetic significance." American Zoologist, 25 37-51.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1985. "Structure of the pedal aperture glands in Mya arenaria." American Zoologist, 25 110A.
• Norenburg, Jon L., Barrett, J. M., and Schmidt-Nielsen, B. 1985. "Steedman's polyester wax as a tool in correlated LM and SEM of mammalian kidney." Proceedings Southeastern Electron Microscope Society, 8 11.
• Roe, Pamela and Norenburg, Jon L. 1985. "Introduction to the symposium: Comparative biology of nemertines." American Zoologist, 25 3.
• Morse, M. P. and Norenburg, Jon L. 1983. "A molluscan interstitial assemblage at Fort Pierce, Florida." American Zoologist, 23 931.
• Norenburg, Jon L. and Morse, M. Patricia. 1983. "Systematic implications of Euphysa ruthae n. sp. (Athecata, Corymorphidae) a psammophilic solitary hydroid with unusual morphogenesis." Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, 102, (1) 1-17.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1982. "A Euphysa hydroid that has statocysts and forms buds with reversed polarity." American Zoologist, 22 939.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1981. "Interstitial nemertines and their distribution." American Zoologist, 21 989.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1980. "Comparative morphology of the nemertine integument." American Zoologist, 20 751.

Book Chapter

• Norenburg, Jon L. 2009. "Nemertea of the Gulf of Mexico." In Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters and Biota Vol. 1, Biodiversity. Felder, Darryl L. and Camp, David K., editors. 553-558. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press.
• Norenburg, Jon L. and Stricker, S. A. 2001. "Phylum Nemertea. Chapter 7." In Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae. 163-177.
• Norenburg, Jon L. 1988. "Interstitial Nemertina." In Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna. 287-292.

Book

• Crandall, Frank B., Norenburg, Jon L., Chernyshev, Alexei V., Maslakova, Svetlana, Schwartz, Megan, and Kajihara, Hiroshi. 2002. Checklist of the Nemertean Fauna of Japan and Northeastern Asia: Excerpted from NEMERTES (the Nemertean Digital Knowledge-base System). Washington, DC: Dept. of Systematic Biology. National Museum of Natural History.
• Crandall, Frank B. and Norenburg, Jon L. 2001. Checklist of the Nemertean Fauna of the United States. Washington, DC: Department of Systematic Biology. National Museum of Natural History.