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Cooke TJ, Jensen JS, Carleton KL, Hall KL, Jardine HE, Kent BW, Redish EF, Shultz JW. 2023. Group active engagements for facilitating principles-based learning in introductory organismal biology. The American Biology Teacher 85:317-326. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2023.85.6.317
Smith GL, Tyler JB, Lazarus N, Tsang H, Viornery L, Shultz J, Bergbreiter S. 2023. Spider-inspired, fully 3D micro-hydraulics for tiny, soft robotics. Advanced Functional Materials 2023: 2207435. PDF
Perez-Gonzalez A, Acosta LE, Proud DN, Shultz JW. 2021. Harvestmen in the first twenty years: a scientometric analysis of Zootaxa's contribution to opilionology (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones). Zootaxa 4979: 102-114. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.12
Perez-Gonzalez A, Shultz JW. 2021. On the problematic placement of the fossil arthropod Devonopilio hutchinsoni in Opiliones (Arachnida). Zootaxa 4915: 294-298. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.10
Shultz JW. 2021. Chelicerata (arachnids, including spiders, mites and scorpions), 2nd version, pp. 1-5. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. [Invited]
Shultz JW. 2019. Opiliones of Canada. In: Langor DW, Sheffield CS (Eds). The Biota of Canada - A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1. The Terrestrial Arthropods. Zookeys 819: 57-65. [Invited]. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.819.24327
Shultz JW. 2018. A guide to the identification of the terrestrial Isopoda of Maryland, U.S.A (Crustacea). Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Terrestrial Isopod Biology. Zookeys, 801: 207-228. [Invited]. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.801.24146
Shultz JW. 2018. A guide to the identification of the harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) of Maryland. Northeastern Naturalist, 25: 21-49. doi: 10.1656/045.025.0102
The publisher, Eagle Hill Institute reserves the copyright to all its publications. Any reproduction, other than for an individual's own personal and private use, or distribution of journal content is prohibited without written permission from Eagle Hill Institute.
Shultz JW. 2018. A new species of Leiobunum from Arizona, U. S. A. highlights the limits of typological classification in harvestmen (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Leiobuninae). Zootaxa, 4370: 67-75.
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.1.5
Draney ML, Shultz JW. 2016 Harvestmen (Opiliones) of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist 15:595-612. doi: 10.1656/058.015.0404
Burns MM, Shultz JW. 2016. Mechanical properties of male genitalia in Leiobunum harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae). Journal of Arachnology 44: 199-209. doi: 10.1636/JoA-S-15-010
Burns MM, Shultz JW. 2015. Biomechanical diversity of mating structures among harvestmen species is consistent with a spectrum of precopulatory strategies. PLoS ONE, 10(9) :e0137181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137181
Shultz JW. 2013. Significant range extensions for two caddid harvestmen in eastern North America, Caddo pepperella and Acropsopilio boopis (Opiliones: Palpatores: Caddidae). Zootaxa 3637: 94-96. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.1.12
Burns MM, Hedin M, Shultz JW. 2013. Comparative analyses of reproductive structures in harvestmen (Opiliones) reveal multiple transitions from courtship to precopulatory antagonism. PLoS ONE 8(6): e66767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066767
Hedin M, Starrett J, Aktar S, Schönhofer A, Shultz JW. 2012. Phylogenomic resolution of Paleozoic divergences in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) via analysis of next-generation transcriptome data. PLoS ONE 7(8): e42888. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042888
Burns MM, Hedin M, Shultz JW. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the leiobunine harvestmen of eastern North America (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Leiobuninae). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 63: 291-298. doi: 10.1016/j/ympev.2011.12.025
Hedin M, Tsurusaki N, Macías-Ordóñez R, Shultz JW. 2012. Molecular systematics of sclerosomatid harvestmen (Opiliones, Phalangioidea, Sclerosomatidae): geography is better than taxonomy in predicting phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 62: 224-236. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.017
Shultz JW. 2012. The identity of Hadrobunus grandis: reassignment of Leiobunum aurugineum to H. grandis and H. nonsacculatus new species (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Leiobuninae). Journal of Arachnology 40: 296-303. doi: 10.1636/B12-31.1
Moore RA, Briggs DEG, Braddy SJ, Shultz JW. 2011. Synziphosurines (Xiphosura: Chelicerata) from the Silurian of Iowa. Journal of Paleontology 85: 83-91. doi: 10.1666/10-057.1
Ingianni E, McGhee CR, Shultz JW. 2011. Taxonomy of the Leiobunum calcar species-group (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae, Leiobuninae). Journal of Arachnology 39: 454-481. doi: 10.1636/Ha11-42.1
2010 to Cambrian
Hedin M, Derkarabetian S, McCormack M, Richart C, Shultz JW. 2010. The phylogenetic utility of the nuclear protein-coding gene EF-1a for resolving recent divergences in Opiliones, emphasizing intron evolution. Journal of Arachnology 38: 9-20. doi: 10.1636/HA09-49.1
Heffer A, Shultz JW, Pick L. 2010. Surprising flexibility in a conserved Hox transcription factor over 550 million years of evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 107(42): 18040-18045. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1010746107
Regier JC, Shultz JW, Zwick A, Hussey A, Ball B, Wetzer R, Martin JW, Cunningham CW. 2010. Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences. Nature 463: 1079-1083. doi: 10.1038/nature08742
Sensenig AT, Kiger KT, Shultz JW. 2010. Hydrodynamic pumping by serial gill arrays in the mayfly nymph Centroptilum triangulifer. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 3319-3331. doi: 10.1242/jeb.039271
Shultz JW. 2010. A new species of Hadrobunus (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae, Leiobuninae) from the southeastern United States. Journal of Arachnology 38: 572-580. doi: 10.1636/Ha10-07.1
Macías-Ordóñez R, Machado G, Pérez-González A, Shultz JW. 2010. Genitalic evolution in Opiliones, pp. 285-306. In: The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals J. Leonard and A. Córdoba-Aguilar, eds. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. PDF
Shultz JW, Regier JC. 2009. Caddo agilis and Caddo pepperella (Opiliones, Caddidae) diverged phylogenetically before acquiring their disjunct, sympatric distributions in Japan and North America. Journal of Arachnology 39: 238-240. doi: 10.1636/H08-66.1
Sensenig AT, Kiger KT, Shultz JW. 2009. The rowing-to-flapping transition: ontogenetic changes in gill-plate kinematics in the nymphal mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98: 540-555. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01314.x
Shultz JW. 2008. Leiobunum nigripes is a junior synonym of Leiobunum verrucosum (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae). Journal of Arachnology 36: 184-186. doi: 10.1636/H07-48SC.1
Regier JC, Shultz JW, Ganley ARD, Hussey A, Shi D, Ball B, Zwick A, Stajich JE, Cummings MP, Martin JW, Cunningham CW. 2008. Resolving arthropod phylogeny: exploring phylogenetic signal within 41 kb of protein-coding nuclear gene sequence. Systematic Biology 57: 920-938. doi: 10.1080/10635150802570791
Shultz JW. 2007. Morphology of the prosomal endoskeleton of Scorpiones (Arachnida) and a new hypothesis for the evolution of cuticular cephalic endoskeletons in arthropods. Arthropod Structure & Development 36: 77-102. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.08.001
Shultz JW. 2007. A phylogenetic analysis of the arachnid orders based on morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 221-265. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00284.x
Shultz JW, Pinto-da-Rocha R. 2007. Morphology and Functional Anatomy, pp. 14-61. In: Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones. R. Pinto-da-Rocha, G. Machado & G. Giribet, eds. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
Shultz JW, Cekalovic T. 2006. First species of Hesperopilio (Opiliones, Caddoidea, Caddidae) from South America. Journal of Arachnology 34: 46-50. doi: 10.1636/H04-77.1
Sensenig AT, Shultz JW. 2006. Mechanical energy oscillations during locomotion in the harvestman Leiobunum vittatum (Opiliones). Journal of Arachnology 34: 627-633. doi: 10.1636/0161-8202(2006)034[0627:MEODLI]2.0.CO;2
Pick L, Anderson WR, Shultz JW, Woodard C. 2006. The Ftz-F1 family: orphan nuclear receptors regulated by novel protein-protein interactions, pp. 255-296. In: Advances in Developmental Biology, Vol. 16: Nuclear Receptors in Development. R. Taneja, ed. Elsevier Science & Technology. doi: 10.1016/S1574-3349(6)16008-1
Briggs DEG, Moore RA, Shultz JW, Schweigert G. 2005. Mineralization of soft-part anatomy and invading microbes in the horseshoe crab Mesolimulus from the Upper Jurassic Lagerstätte of Nusplingen, Germany. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 272:627-632. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3006
Regier JC, Wilson HM, Shultz JW. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Myriapoda using three nuclear protein-coding genes. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 34:147-158. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.09.005
Regier JC, Shultz JW. Kambic RE. 2005. Pancrustacean phylogeny: hexapods are terrestrial crustaceans and maxillopods are not monophyletic. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 272: 395-401. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2917
Mallatt J, Garey JR, Shultz JW. 2004. Ecdysozoan phylogeny and Bayesian inference: first use of nearly complete 28S and 18S rRNA gene sequences to classify the arthropods and their kin. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 31: 178-191. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.07.013
Regier JC, Shultz JW, Kambic RE. 2004. Phylogeny of basal hexapod lineages and estimates of divergence times. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97: 411-419. doi: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0411:POBHLA]2.0.CO;2
Regier JC, Shultz JW, Kambic RE, Nelson DR. 2004. Robust support for tardigrade clades and their ages from three protein-coding nuclear genes. Invertebrate Biology 123: 93-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00145.x
Sensenig AT, Shultz JW. 2004. Mechanics of elastic extension in the pedipalpal joints of scorpions and solifuges (Arachnida: Scorpiones, Solifugae). Journal of Arachnology 32: 1-10.
doi: 10.1636/S02-73
Shultz JW, Cekalovic T. 2003. First species of Austropsopilio (Opiliones, Caddoidea, Caddidae) from South America. Journal of Arachnology 31: 20-27. doi: 10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0020:FSOAOC]2.0.CO;2
Sensenig AT, Shultz JW. 2003. Mechanics of cuticular elastic energy storage in leg joints lacking extensor muscles in arachnids. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 771-784. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00182
Shultz JW. 2002. Chelicerata (arachnids, including spiders, mites and scorpions), pp. 1-5. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. [Invited]. PDF
Regier JC, Shultz JW. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of Myriapoda (Arthropoda) using two nuclear protein-encoding genes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130:213-234. doi: 10.1006/zjls.2000.0277
Regier JC, Shultz JW. 2001. Elongation factor-2, a useful gene for arthropod phylogenetics. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 20:136-148. doi: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0956
Shultz JW. 2001. Gross muscular anatomy of Limulus polyphemus (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) and its bearing on evolution in the Arachnida. Journal of Arachnology 29:283-303. doi: 10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0283:GMAOLP]2.0.CO;2
Shultz JW, Regier JC. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of Phalangida (Arachnida, Opiliones) using two nuclear protein-encoding genes supports monophyly of Palpatores. Journal of Arachnology 29:189-200. doi: 10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0189:PAOPAO]2.0.CO;2
Shultz JW. 2000. Skeletomuscular anatomy of the harvestman Leiobunum aldrichi (Weed, 1893) (Arachnida: Opiliones) and its evolutionary significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128:401-438. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb01522.x
Shultz JW, Regier JC. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of arthropods using two nuclear protein-encoding genes supports a crustacean-hexapod clade. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 267:1011-1019. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1104 PDF
Shultz JW. 1999. Muscular anatomy of a whipspider, Phrynus longipes (Pocock) (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and its evolutionary significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 81-116. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00608.x
Regier JC, Shultz JW. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of arthropods and the significance of the Cambrian "explosion" for molecular systematics. American Zoologist 38:918-928. doi: 10.1093/icb/38.6.918
Shultz JW. 1998. Phylogeny of Opiliones (Arachnida): an assessment of the "Cyphopalpatores" concept. Journal of Arachnology 26:257-272. www.jstor.org/stable/3706232
Shultz JW, Regier JC. 1997. Progress toward a molecular phylogeny of the centipede orders (Chilopoda). Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 51:25-32.
Regier JC, Shultz JW. 1997. Molecular phylogeny of the major arthropod groups indicates polyphyly of crustaceans and a new hypothesis for the origin of hexapods. Molecular Biology & Evolution 14:902-913. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025833
Anderson BD, Shultz JW, Jayne BC. 1995. Axial kinematics and muscle activity during terrestrial locomotion of the centipede Scolopendra heros. Journal of Experimental Biology 198:1185-1195. PDF
Mindell DP, Shultz JW, Ewald, PW. 1995. The AIDS pandemic is new, but is HIV new? Systematic Biology 44:77-92. doi: www.jstor.org/stable/2413484
Shultz JW. 1994. The limits of stratigraphic evidence in assessing phylogenetic hypotheses of Recent arachnids. Journal of Arachnology 22: 169-172. www.jstor.org/stable/3705614
Shultz JW. 1993. Muscular anatomy of the giant whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Arachnida, Uropygi), and its evolutionary significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 335-365. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00302.x
Shultz JW. 1992. Muscle firing patterns in two arachnids using different methods of propulsive leg extension. Journal of Experimental Biology 162: 313-329. PDF
Shultz JW. 1992. Step-coupled fluctuations in prosomal pressure may constrain stepping rates in whipscorpions (Uropygi). Journal of Arachnology 20: 148-150. doi: PDF
Shultz JW. 1991. Evolution of locomotion in Arachnida: the hydraulic pressure pump of the giant whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Uropygi). Journal of Morphology 210: 13-31. doi: 10.1002/jmor.1052100103
Shultz JW. 1990. Evolutionary morphology and phylogeny of Arachnida. Cladistics 6: 1-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1990.tb00523.x
Shultz JW. 1989. Morphology of locomotor appendages in Arachnida: evolutionary trends and phylogenetic implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 1-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1989.tb00552.x
Shultz JW. 1989. Book review: An Introduction to Comparative Arachnology by L. van der Hammen. Journal of Arachnology 17: 375-377. doi: www.jstor.org/stable/3705699
Shultz JW. 1987. The origin of the spinning apparatus in spiders. Biological Reviews 62: 89-113. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1987.tb01263.x
Shultz JW. 1987. Walking and surface film locomotion in terrestrial and semi-aquatic spiders. Journal of Experimental Biology 128: 427-444. PDF
Cooke TJ, Jensen JS, Carleton KL, Hall KL, Jardine HE, Kent BW, Redish EF, Shultz JW. 2023. Group active engagements for facilitating principles-based learning in introductory organismal biology. The American Biology Teacher 85:317-326. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2023.85.6.317
Smith GL, Tyler JB, Lazarus N, Tsang H, Viornery L, Shultz J, Bergbreiter S. 2023. Spider-inspired, fully 3D micro-hydraulics for tiny, soft robotics. Advanced Functional Materials 2023: 2207435. PDF
Perez-Gonzalez A, Acosta LE, Proud DN, Shultz JW. 2021. Harvestmen in the first twenty years: a scientometric analysis of Zootaxa's contribution to opilionology (Arthropoda, Arachnida, Opiliones). Zootaxa 4979: 102-114. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4979.1.12
Perez-Gonzalez A, Shultz JW. 2021. On the problematic placement of the fossil arthropod Devonopilio hutchinsoni in Opiliones (Arachnida). Zootaxa 4915: 294-298. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.10
Shultz JW. 2021. Chelicerata (arachnids, including spiders, mites and scorpions), 2nd version, pp. 1-5. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. [Invited]
Shultz JW. 2019. Opiliones of Canada. In: Langor DW, Sheffield CS (Eds). The Biota of Canada - A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1. The Terrestrial Arthropods. Zookeys 819: 57-65. [Invited]. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.819.24327
Shultz JW. 2018. A guide to the identification of the terrestrial Isopoda of Maryland, U.S.A (Crustacea). Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Terrestrial Isopod Biology. Zookeys, 801: 207-228. [Invited]. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.801.24146
Shultz JW. 2018. A guide to the identification of the harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) of Maryland. Northeastern Naturalist, 25: 21-49. doi: 10.1656/045.025.0102
The publisher, Eagle Hill Institute reserves the copyright to all its publications. Any reproduction, other than for an individual's own personal and private use, or distribution of journal content is prohibited without written permission from Eagle Hill Institute.
Shultz JW. 2018. A new species of Leiobunum from Arizona, U. S. A. highlights the limits of typological classification in harvestmen (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Leiobuninae). Zootaxa, 4370: 67-75.
doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.1.5
Draney ML, Shultz JW. 2016 Harvestmen (Opiliones) of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina. Southeastern Naturalist 15:595-612. doi: 10.1656/058.015.0404
Burns MM, Shultz JW. 2016. Mechanical properties of male genitalia in Leiobunum harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae). Journal of Arachnology 44: 199-209. doi: 10.1636/JoA-S-15-010
Burns MM, Shultz JW. 2015. Biomechanical diversity of mating structures among harvestmen species is consistent with a spectrum of precopulatory strategies. PLoS ONE, 10(9) :e0137181. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137181
Shultz JW. 2013. Significant range extensions for two caddid harvestmen in eastern North America, Caddo pepperella and Acropsopilio boopis (Opiliones: Palpatores: Caddidae). Zootaxa 3637: 94-96. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.1.12
Burns MM, Hedin M, Shultz JW. 2013. Comparative analyses of reproductive structures in harvestmen (Opiliones) reveal multiple transitions from courtship to precopulatory antagonism. PLoS ONE 8(6): e66767. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066767
Hedin M, Starrett J, Aktar S, Schönhofer A, Shultz JW. 2012. Phylogenomic resolution of Paleozoic divergences in harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) via analysis of next-generation transcriptome data. PLoS ONE 7(8): e42888. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042888
Burns MM, Hedin M, Shultz JW. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of the leiobunine harvestmen of eastern North America (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Leiobuninae). Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 63: 291-298. doi: 10.1016/j/ympev.2011.12.025
Hedin M, Tsurusaki N, Macías-Ordóñez R, Shultz JW. 2012. Molecular systematics of sclerosomatid harvestmen (Opiliones, Phalangioidea, Sclerosomatidae): geography is better than taxonomy in predicting phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 62: 224-236. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.017
Shultz JW. 2012. The identity of Hadrobunus grandis: reassignment of Leiobunum aurugineum to H. grandis and H. nonsacculatus new species (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Leiobuninae). Journal of Arachnology 40: 296-303. doi: 10.1636/B12-31.1
Moore RA, Briggs DEG, Braddy SJ, Shultz JW. 2011. Synziphosurines (Xiphosura: Chelicerata) from the Silurian of Iowa. Journal of Paleontology 85: 83-91. doi: 10.1666/10-057.1
Ingianni E, McGhee CR, Shultz JW. 2011. Taxonomy of the Leiobunum calcar species-group (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae, Leiobuninae). Journal of Arachnology 39: 454-481. doi: 10.1636/Ha11-42.1
2010 to Cambrian
Hedin M, Derkarabetian S, McCormack M, Richart C, Shultz JW. 2010. The phylogenetic utility of the nuclear protein-coding gene EF-1a for resolving recent divergences in Opiliones, emphasizing intron evolution. Journal of Arachnology 38: 9-20. doi: 10.1636/HA09-49.1
Heffer A, Shultz JW, Pick L. 2010. Surprising flexibility in a conserved Hox transcription factor over 550 million years of evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 107(42): 18040-18045. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1010746107
Regier JC, Shultz JW, Zwick A, Hussey A, Ball B, Wetzer R, Martin JW, Cunningham CW. 2010. Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences. Nature 463: 1079-1083. doi: 10.1038/nature08742
Sensenig AT, Kiger KT, Shultz JW. 2010. Hydrodynamic pumping by serial gill arrays in the mayfly nymph Centroptilum triangulifer. Journal of Experimental Biology 213: 3319-3331. doi: 10.1242/jeb.039271
Shultz JW. 2010. A new species of Hadrobunus (Opiliones, Sclerosomatidae, Leiobuninae) from the southeastern United States. Journal of Arachnology 38: 572-580. doi: 10.1636/Ha10-07.1
Macías-Ordóñez R, Machado G, Pérez-González A, Shultz JW. 2010. Genitalic evolution in Opiliones, pp. 285-306. In: The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals J. Leonard and A. Córdoba-Aguilar, eds. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. PDF
Shultz JW, Regier JC. 2009. Caddo agilis and Caddo pepperella (Opiliones, Caddidae) diverged phylogenetically before acquiring their disjunct, sympatric distributions in Japan and North America. Journal of Arachnology 39: 238-240. doi: 10.1636/H08-66.1
Sensenig AT, Kiger KT, Shultz JW. 2009. The rowing-to-flapping transition: ontogenetic changes in gill-plate kinematics in the nymphal mayfly Centroptilum triangulifer (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98: 540-555. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01314.x
Shultz JW. 2008. Leiobunum nigripes is a junior synonym of Leiobunum verrucosum (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae). Journal of Arachnology 36: 184-186. doi: 10.1636/H07-48SC.1
Regier JC, Shultz JW, Ganley ARD, Hussey A, Shi D, Ball B, Zwick A, Stajich JE, Cummings MP, Martin JW, Cunningham CW. 2008. Resolving arthropod phylogeny: exploring phylogenetic signal within 41 kb of protein-coding nuclear gene sequence. Systematic Biology 57: 920-938. doi: 10.1080/10635150802570791
Shultz JW. 2007. Morphology of the prosomal endoskeleton of Scorpiones (Arachnida) and a new hypothesis for the evolution of cuticular cephalic endoskeletons in arthropods. Arthropod Structure & Development 36: 77-102. doi: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.08.001
Shultz JW. 2007. A phylogenetic analysis of the arachnid orders based on morphological characters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150: 221-265. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00284.x
Shultz JW, Pinto-da-Rocha R. 2007. Morphology and Functional Anatomy, pp. 14-61. In: Harvestmen: The Biology of Opiliones. R. Pinto-da-Rocha, G. Machado & G. Giribet, eds. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.
Shultz JW, Cekalovic T. 2006. First species of Hesperopilio (Opiliones, Caddoidea, Caddidae) from South America. Journal of Arachnology 34: 46-50. doi: 10.1636/H04-77.1
Sensenig AT, Shultz JW. 2006. Mechanical energy oscillations during locomotion in the harvestman Leiobunum vittatum (Opiliones). Journal of Arachnology 34: 627-633. doi: 10.1636/0161-8202(2006)034[0627:MEODLI]2.0.CO;2
Pick L, Anderson WR, Shultz JW, Woodard C. 2006. The Ftz-F1 family: orphan nuclear receptors regulated by novel protein-protein interactions, pp. 255-296. In: Advances in Developmental Biology, Vol. 16: Nuclear Receptors in Development. R. Taneja, ed. Elsevier Science & Technology. doi: 10.1016/S1574-3349(6)16008-1
Briggs DEG, Moore RA, Shultz JW, Schweigert G. 2005. Mineralization of soft-part anatomy and invading microbes in the horseshoe crab Mesolimulus from the Upper Jurassic Lagerstätte of Nusplingen, Germany. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 272:627-632. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.3006
Regier JC, Wilson HM, Shultz JW. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Myriapoda using three nuclear protein-coding genes. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 34:147-158. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.09.005
Regier JC, Shultz JW. Kambic RE. 2005. Pancrustacean phylogeny: hexapods are terrestrial crustaceans and maxillopods are not monophyletic. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 272: 395-401. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2917
Mallatt J, Garey JR, Shultz JW. 2004. Ecdysozoan phylogeny and Bayesian inference: first use of nearly complete 28S and 18S rRNA gene sequences to classify the arthropods and their kin. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 31: 178-191. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2003.07.013
Regier JC, Shultz JW, Kambic RE. 2004. Phylogeny of basal hexapod lineages and estimates of divergence times. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97: 411-419. doi: 10.1603/0013-8746(2004)097[0411:POBHLA]2.0.CO;2
Regier JC, Shultz JW, Kambic RE, Nelson DR. 2004. Robust support for tardigrade clades and their ages from three protein-coding nuclear genes. Invertebrate Biology 123: 93-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00145.x
Sensenig AT, Shultz JW. 2004. Mechanics of elastic extension in the pedipalpal joints of scorpions and solifuges (Arachnida: Scorpiones, Solifugae). Journal of Arachnology 32: 1-10.
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Shultz JW, Cekalovic T. 2003. First species of Austropsopilio (Opiliones, Caddoidea, Caddidae) from South America. Journal of Arachnology 31: 20-27. doi: 10.1636/0161-8202(2003)031[0020:FSOAOC]2.0.CO;2
Sensenig AT, Shultz JW. 2003. Mechanics of cuticular elastic energy storage in leg joints lacking extensor muscles in arachnids. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 771-784. doi: 10.1242/jeb.00182
Shultz JW. 2002. Chelicerata (arachnids, including spiders, mites and scorpions), pp. 1-5. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. John Wiley & Sons. [Invited]. PDF
Regier JC, Shultz JW. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of Myriapoda (Arthropoda) using two nuclear protein-encoding genes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130:213-234. doi: 10.1006/zjls.2000.0277
Regier JC, Shultz JW. 2001. Elongation factor-2, a useful gene for arthropod phylogenetics. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 20:136-148. doi: 10.1006/mpev.2001.0956
Shultz JW. 2001. Gross muscular anatomy of Limulus polyphemus (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) and its bearing on evolution in the Arachnida. Journal of Arachnology 29:283-303. doi: 10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0283:GMAOLP]2.0.CO;2
Shultz JW, Regier JC. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of Phalangida (Arachnida, Opiliones) using two nuclear protein-encoding genes supports monophyly of Palpatores. Journal of Arachnology 29:189-200. doi: 10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0189:PAOPAO]2.0.CO;2
Shultz JW. 2000. Skeletomuscular anatomy of the harvestman Leiobunum aldrichi (Weed, 1893) (Arachnida: Opiliones) and its evolutionary significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 128:401-438. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb01522.x
Shultz JW, Regier JC. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis of arthropods using two nuclear protein-encoding genes supports a crustacean-hexapod clade. Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences 267:1011-1019. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1104 PDF
Shultz JW. 1999. Muscular anatomy of a whipspider, Phrynus longipes (Pocock) (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and its evolutionary significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 81-116. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1999.tb00608.x
Regier JC, Shultz JW. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of arthropods and the significance of the Cambrian "explosion" for molecular systematics. American Zoologist 38:918-928. doi: 10.1093/icb/38.6.918
Shultz JW. 1998. Phylogeny of Opiliones (Arachnida): an assessment of the "Cyphopalpatores" concept. Journal of Arachnology 26:257-272. www.jstor.org/stable/3706232
Shultz JW, Regier JC. 1997. Progress toward a molecular phylogeny of the centipede orders (Chilopoda). Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 51:25-32.
Regier JC, Shultz JW. 1997. Molecular phylogeny of the major arthropod groups indicates polyphyly of crustaceans and a new hypothesis for the origin of hexapods. Molecular Biology & Evolution 14:902-913. doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025833
Anderson BD, Shultz JW, Jayne BC. 1995. Axial kinematics and muscle activity during terrestrial locomotion of the centipede Scolopendra heros. Journal of Experimental Biology 198:1185-1195. PDF
Mindell DP, Shultz JW, Ewald, PW. 1995. The AIDS pandemic is new, but is HIV new? Systematic Biology 44:77-92. doi: www.jstor.org/stable/2413484
Shultz JW. 1994. The limits of stratigraphic evidence in assessing phylogenetic hypotheses of Recent arachnids. Journal of Arachnology 22: 169-172. www.jstor.org/stable/3705614
Shultz JW. 1993. Muscular anatomy of the giant whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Arachnida, Uropygi), and its evolutionary significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 335-365. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1993.tb00302.x
Shultz JW. 1992. Muscle firing patterns in two arachnids using different methods of propulsive leg extension. Journal of Experimental Biology 162: 313-329. PDF
Shultz JW. 1992. Step-coupled fluctuations in prosomal pressure may constrain stepping rates in whipscorpions (Uropygi). Journal of Arachnology 20: 148-150. doi: PDF
Shultz JW. 1991. Evolution of locomotion in Arachnida: the hydraulic pressure pump of the giant whipscorpion, Mastigoproctus giganteus (Uropygi). Journal of Morphology 210: 13-31. doi: 10.1002/jmor.1052100103
Shultz JW. 1990. Evolutionary morphology and phylogeny of Arachnida. Cladistics 6: 1-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1990.tb00523.x
Shultz JW. 1989. Morphology of locomotor appendages in Arachnida: evolutionary trends and phylogenetic implications. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 97: 1-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1989.tb00552.x
Shultz JW. 1989. Book review: An Introduction to Comparative Arachnology by L. van der Hammen. Journal of Arachnology 17: 375-377. doi: www.jstor.org/stable/3705699
Shultz JW. 1987. The origin of the spinning apparatus in spiders. Biological Reviews 62: 89-113. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.1987.tb01263.x
Shultz JW. 1987. Walking and surface film locomotion in terrestrial and semi-aquatic spiders. Journal of Experimental Biology 128: 427-444. PDF
