Steffen Harzsch

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Steffen Harzsch is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Steffen Harzsch has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 59 papers in Ecology and 38 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Steffen Harzsch's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (94 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (40 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (36 papers). Steffen Harzsch is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (94 papers), Crustacean biology and ecology (40 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (36 papers). Steffen Harzsch collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Steffen Harzsch's co-authors include Bill S. Hansson, Andy Sombke, Barbara S. Beltz, Jakob Krieger, R. R. Dawirs, Andreas Schmidt‐Rhaesa, Günter Purschke, Ralph R. Dawirs, Carsten H. G. Müller and Harald Wolf and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Steffen Harzsch

126 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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A Systematic Nomenclature for the Insect Brain

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Todd H. Oakley United States

Leonid L. Moroz United States

Gerhard Scholtz Germany

Gáspár Jékely Germany

D. C. Sandeman Australia

Roger P. Croll Canada

Alessandro Minelli Italy

Sylvain Forêt Australia

Heinrich Reichert Switzerland

Alex C. Keene United States

Todd H. Oakley United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steffen Harzsch

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Schlüter, Rabea, et al.. (2025). The olfactory pathway in the peracarid crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis (Malacostraca): new insights into the evolution of olfactory processing in Pancrustacea. Open Biology. 15(5). 240397–240397.

Giménez, Luis, et al.. (2025). Larval Physiological Responses to Temperature Across the European Distribution Range of a Global Invader at Home: The Shore Crab Carcinus maenas. Ecology and Evolution. 15(6). e71587–e71587.

Harzsch, Steffen, et al.. (2023). Neurochemical diversity in the central olfactory pathway of the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis (Amphipoda): evolutionary implications. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 531(10). 1032–1056. 3 indexed citations

Harzsch, Steffen, et al.. (2023). Comparative neuroanatomy of the central nervous system in web‐building and cursorial hunting spiders. The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 532(2). e25554–e25554. 11 indexed citations

Giménez, Luis, et al.. (2022). Quantifying the portfolio of larval responses to salinity and temperature in a coastal-marine invertebrate: a cross population study along the European coast. Marine Biology. 169(6). 10 indexed citations

Uhl, George R., et al.. (2020). Visual pathways in the brain of the jumping spider Marpissa muscosa . The Journal of Comparative Neurology. 528(11). 1883–1902. 29 indexed citations

Harzsch, Steffen, et al.. (2019). The “amphi”-brains of amphipods: new insights from the neuroanatomy of Parhyale hawaiensis (Dana, 1853). Frontiers in Zoology. 16(1). 30–30. 18 indexed citations

Sombke, Andy, et al.. (2018). An atlas of larval organogenesis in the European shore crab Carcinus maenas L. (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae). Frontiers in Zoology. 15(1). 27–27. 32 indexed citations

Sombke, Andy, et al.. (2016). The synganglion of the jumping spider Marpissa muscosa (Arachnida: Salticidae): Insights from histology, immunohistochemistry and microCT analysis. Arthropod Structure & Development. 46(2). 156–170. 38 indexed citations

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Sombke, Andy & Steffen Harzsch. (2015). Immunolocalization of histamine in the optic neuropils of Scutigera coleoptrata (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) reveals the basal organization of visual systems in Mandibulata. Neuroscience Letters. 594. 111–116. 20 indexed citations

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Harzsch, Steffen & Oliver von Bohlen und Halbach. (2015). A possible role for the immune system in adult neurogenesis: new insights from an invertebrate model. Zoology. 119(2). 153–157. 2 indexed citations

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Sombke, Andy, et al.. (2012). Comparative analysis of deutocerebral neuropils in Chilopoda (Myriapoda): implications for the evolution of the arthropod olfactory system and support for the Mandibulata concept. BMC Neuroscience. 13(1). 1–17. 66 indexed citations

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Krieger, Jakob, et al.. (2012). Giant Robber Crabs Monitored from Space: GPS-Based Telemetric Studies on Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). PLoS ONE. 7(11). e49809–e49809. 20 indexed citations

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Harzsch, Steffen, et al.. (2008). Neurophylogeny-Evolution of Invertebrate Nervous System. RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen). 1 indexed citations

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Rieger, Verena & Steffen Harzsch. (2007). Embryonic development of the histaminergic system in the ventral nerve cord of the Marbled Crayfish (Marmorkrebs). Tissue and Cell. 40(2). 113–126. 26 indexed citations

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Harzsch, Steffen, et al.. (2006). Evolution of eye development in arthropods: Phylogenetic aspects. Arthropod Structure & Development. 35(4). 319–340. 54 indexed citations

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Sandeman, Renate, et al.. (2006). Early embryonic development of the central nervous system in the Australian crayfish and the Marbled crayfish (Marmorkrebs). Development Genes and Evolution. 216(4). 209–223. 68 indexed citations

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Harzsch, Steffen, et al.. (2002). A new look at an old visual system: structure and development of the compound eyes and optic ganglia of the brine shrimp artemia salina linnaeus, 1758 (branchiopoda, anostraca). Journal of Neurobiology. 52(2). 117–132. 35 indexed citations

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Harzsch, Steffen, Klaus Anger, & R. R. Dawirs. (1997). Immunocytochemical detection of acetylated alpha-tubulin and Drosophila synapsin in the embryonic crustacean nervous system. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 41(3). 477–484. 77 indexed citations

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Harzsch, Steffen, Klaus Anger, & R. R. Dawirs. (1997). Immunocytochemical detection of acetylated a-tubulin and Drosophila synapsin in the embryonic crustacean nervous system. Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar-und Meeresforschung (Alfred-Wegener-Institut). 9 indexed citations

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