Personal information

Other IDs

Scopus Author ID: 38862891900
ResearcherID: F-9597-2014

Keywords

Parasitology, Host-parasite interrelationships & Evolution, Conservation of hos

Countries

Iceland

Activities

Collapse all

Employment (5)

University of Iceland: Reykjavik, 112 Reykjavik, IS

2021-05-01 to present | Assistant Professor and Research Specialist (Institute for Experimental Pathology at Keldur)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

North-West University: Potchefstroom, North West, ZA

2018-05-01 to 2021-04-30 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow (School of Biological Sciences)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Biology Centre: České Budějovice, CZ

2017-09-01 to 2018-03-31 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Institute of Parasitology)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Universidade de São Paulo: Sao Paulo, SP, BR

2014-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Instituto de Biociências)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Biology Centre: České Budějovice, CZ

2014-05-01 to 2014-07-31 | Postdoctoral Researcher (Institute of Parasitology)
Employment
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Education and qualifications (2)

University of Melbourne: Melbourne, VIC, AU

2010-02-15 to 2014-03-14 | Ph.D.
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, DE

2002-10-01 to 2009-08-03 | Diplom Biologe (= M.Sc. Biology) (Fakultät für Chemie und Biowissenschaften)
Education
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Professional activities (2)

Lions Clubs International: Potchefstroom, North West, ZA

2019 to present
Membership
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

American Society of Parasitologists: Lawrence, Kansas, US

2017 to present
Service
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Works (34)

The use of fish parasitic isopods as element accumulation indicators in marine pollution monitoring

Marine Pollution Bulletin
2023-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115385
Contributors: L. Van Der Spuy; J.H. Erasmus; M. Nachev; B.C. Schaeffner; B. Sures; V. Wepener; N.J. Smit
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Adding one more to the list: A new species of Eniochobothrium (Cestoda: Lecanicephalidea) from the Oman cownose ray in South Africa

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2022.08.011
Contributors: Geraldine Oosthuizen; Kristina Naidoo; Nico J. Smit; Bjoern C. Schaeffner
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Total mercury concentrations in sharks, skates and rays along the South African coast

Marine Pollution Bulletin
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114142
Contributors: J.H. Erasmus; N.J. Smit; R. Gerber; B.C. Schaeffner; N. Nkabi; V. Wepener
Source: check_circle
Crossref

An ancient alliance: Matching evolutionary patterns of cartilaginous fishes (Elasmobranchii) and chloromyxid parasites (Myxozoa)

OpenAlex
2022-09-01 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/7r3he-7vz34
Contributors: Martina Lisnerová; Inga Meyer-Wachsmuth; Gema Alama Bermejo; Kateřina Bouberlová; Bjoern C. Schaeffner; NOMFUNDO NKABI; Astrid Sibylle Holzer; Pavla Bartošová-Sojková
Source: check_circle
DataCite

An ancient alliance: Matching evolutionary patterns of cartilaginous fishes (Elasmobranchii) and chloromyxid parasites (Myxozoa)

OpenAlex
2022-09-01 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/cb1rw-vng67
Contributors: Martina Lisnerová; Inga Meyer-Wachsmuth; Gema Alama Bermejo; Kateřina Bouberlová; Bjoern C. Schaeffner; NOMFUNDO NKABI; Astrid Sibylle Holzer; Pavla Bartošová-Sojková
Source: check_circle
DataCite

Threatened, host-specific affiliates of a red-listed host: Three new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from the endangered white skate, Rostroraja alba (Lacépède)

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
2022-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.12.010
Contributors: Linda Van Der Spuy; Nico J. Smit; Bjoern C. Schaeffner
Source: check_circle
Crossref

Correlated evolution of fish host length and parasite spore size: a tale from myxosporeans inhabiting elasmobranchs

OpenAlex
2022-02-01 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/r00n0-pbn97
Contributors: Martina Lisnerová; Aleš Lisner; Delfina Cantatore; Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Hana Pecková; Tomas Tyml; Ivan Fiala; Pavla Bartošová-Sojková; Astrid Sibylle Holzer
Source: check_circle
DataCite

Correlated evolution of fish host length and parasite spore size: a tale from myxosporeans inhabiting elasmobranchs

OpenAlex
2022-02-01 | Other
DOI: 10.60692/zaf3y-8eq48
Contributors: Martina Lisnerová; Aleš Lisner; Delfina Cantatore; Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Hana Pecková; Tomas Tyml; Ivan Fiala; Pavla Bartošová-Sojková; Astrid Sibylle Holzer
Source: check_circle
DataCite

The neglected diversity: Description and molecular characterisation of Trypanosoma haploblephari Yeld and Smit, 2006 from endemic catsharks (Scyliorhinidae) in South Africa, the first trypanosome sequence data from sharks globally

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
2021-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.04.008
Contributors: Chantelle Pretorius; Nico J. Smit; Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Courtney A. Cook
Source: check_circle
Crossref

A new species of Grillotia Guiart, 1927 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from the spotted skate, Raja straeleni Poll, in South Africa

Parasitology International
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2021.102307
Part of ISSN: 1383-5769
Contributors: Geraldine Oosthuizen; Aline A. Acosta; Nico J. Smit; Bjoern C. Schaeffner
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search

Four new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Onchoproteocephalidea) from the spotted skate, Raja straeleni Poll, off the Western Cape, South Africa

Folia Parasitologica
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.036
Part of ISSN: 0015-5683
Contributors: Linda Van Der Spuy; Nico J. Smit; Bjoern C. Schaeffner
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search

Wenyonia gracilis sp. n. (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from Synodontis zambezensis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae): the first native caryophyllidean tapeworm from southern Africa

Folia Parasitologica
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2020.035
Part of ISSN: 0015-5683
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Divan van Rooyen; Ruan Gerber; Tomas Scholz; Nico J. Smit
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search

Parasites of cartilaginous fishes (Chondrichthyes) in South Africa - a neglected field of marine science

Folia Parasitologica
2019-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2019.002
Part of ISSN: 0015-5683
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Nico J. Smit
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search

Hispidorhynchus styracurae n. sp. (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) From the Chupare Stingray, Styracura schmardae (Werner), from the Caribbean Sea, Including New Records of Oncomegas wageneri (Linton, 1890)

Journal of Parasitology
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1645/17-5
Part of ISSN: 0022-3395
Contributors: B. C. Schaeffner
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Integrative taxonomy unravels the species diversity of Parachristianella (Cestoda : Trypanorhyncha) from both sides of the Panamanian isthmus

Invertebrate Systematics
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1071/is17008
Part of ISSN: 1445-5226
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Fernando P. L. Marques
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Trypanorhynch cestodes (Platyhelminthes) parasitic in elasmobranchs and crustaceans in Moreton Bay, Queensland

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17082/j.2204-1478.61.2018.2017-13
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

A century of taxonomic uncertainty: re-description of two species of tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidea) from Arctic seals

Polar Biology
2018-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-018-2396-0
Part of ISSN: 0722-4060
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Oleg Ditrich; Roman Kuchta
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Trypanorhyncha

Planetary Biodiversity Inventory (PBI): Tapeworms from vertebrate bowels of the earth (2008–2015)
2017-07-20 | Book chapter
ISBN: 0-89338-002-4
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Revision of the family Sphyriocephalidae Pintner, 1913 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha), with the description of Heterosphyriocephalus encarnae n. sp. and redescriptions of two species of Sphyriocephalus

Parasitology International
2017-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2016.08.015
Part of ISSN: 1383-5769
Contributors: Sara Dallarés; Maite Carrassón; Bjoern C. Schaeffner
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Review of the genus Shirleyrhynchus Beveridge & Campbell, 1988 (Trypanorhyncha: Shirleyrhynchidae), with the resurrection of S. butlerae Beveridge & Campbell, 1988 and the description of S. panamensis n. sp.

Systematic Parasitology
2016-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-016-9641-0
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

The trypanorhynch cestode fauna of Borneo

Zootaxa
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.1.2
Part of ISSN: 1175-5334
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner
grade
Preferred source (of 4)‎

Review of the genus Eutetrarhynchus Pintner, 1913 (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae), with the description of Eutetrarhynchus beveridgei n. sp.

Systematic Parasitology
2014-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-014-9476-5
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Cestodes of the order Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863 from South-east Asia and Australia

2013 | Dissertation or Thesis
URI: 11343/38525
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner

Dollfusiella Campbell & Beveridge, 1994 (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from elasmobranchs off Borneo, including descriptions of five new species

Systematic Parasitology
2013-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-013-9435-6
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Prochristianella mattisi sp. n. (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from the wedgenose skate, Dipturus whitleyi (Rajiformes: Rajidae), from Tasmania (Australia)

Folia Parasitologica
2013-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2013.029
Part of ISSN: 0015-5683
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Poecilorhynchus perplexus n. g., n. sp. (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from the brownbanded bambooshark, Chiloscyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, from Australia

Systematic Parasitology
2013-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-013-9408-9
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Pristiorhynchus palmi n. g., n. sp. (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha) from sawfishes (Pristidae) off Australia, with redescriptions and new records of six species of the Otobothrioidea Dollfus, 1942

Systematic Parasitology
2013-01-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-012-9391-6
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Prochristianella Dollfus, 1946 (Trypanorhyncha: Eutetrarhynchidae) from elasmobranchs off Borneo and Australia, including new records and the description of four new species

Zootaxa
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84867095462
Contributors: Schaeffner, B.C.; Beveridge, I.
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Scopus - Elsevier

Redescriptions and new records of species of Otobothrium Linton, 1890 (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha)

Systematic Parasitology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-012-9388-1
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Cavearhynchus, a new genus of tapeworm (Cestoda: Trypanorhyncha: Pterobothriidae) from Himantura lobistoma Manjaji-Matsumoto & Last, 2006 (Rajiformes) off Borneo, including redescriptions and new records of species of Pterobothrium Diesing, 1850

Systematic Parasitology
2012-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-012-9356-9
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Description of a New Trypanorhynch Species (Cestoda) from Indonesian Borneo, with the Suppression of Oncomegoides and the Erection of a New Genus Hispidorhynchus

Journal of Parasitology
2012-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1645/ge-2859.1
Part of ISSN: 0022-3395
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Mutation scanning-based analysis of anisakid larvae from Sillago flindersi from Bass Strait, Australia

ELECTROPHORESIS
2012-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100438
Part of ISSN: 0173-0835
Contributors: Abdul Jabbar; Avalene T. W. Khoon; Teo X. Hui; Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Aaron R. Jex; Matthew J. Nolan; Andreas Lopata; Robin B. Gasser; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Ancipirhynchus afossalis n. g., n. sp. (Trypanorhyncha: Otobothriidae), from two species of sharks off Indonesian and Malaysian Borneo

Systematic Parasitology
2011-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-011-9309-8
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Robin B. Gasser; Ian Beveridge
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Revision of Wenyonia Woodland, 1923 (Cestoda: Caryophyllidea) from catfishes (Siluriformes) in Africa

Systematic Parasitology
2011-05-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11230-011-9290-2
Part of ISSN: 0165-5752
Contributors: Bjoern C. Schaeffner; Miloslav Jirků; Zuheir N. Mahmoud; Tomáš Scholz
Source: Self-asserted source
Bjoern C. Schaeffner via Crossref Metadata Search
grade
Preferred source (of 2)‎

Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for Acta Parasitologica (1)
How many people are using ORCID?