Publications

Mallefet, J., Staples, D., O'hara, T., & Duchatelet, L. (2026). Abyssal glowing sea spider, first insight into pycnogonid luminescence. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 231, 104735. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2026.104735 (Original work published 2026)

Claes, J., Stevens, D., & Mallefet, J. (2026). Counterillumination in a large demersal bioluminescent shark. iScience, 29(8), 117089. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2026.117089 (Original work published 2026)

Wambreuse, N., Coubris, C., Mallefet, J., Delroisse, J., Caulier Guillaume, & Duchatelet, L. (2025). Insights into ophiuroid coelomocytes: diversity and potential function in coelenterazine transfer in the bioluminescent brittle star Amphiura filiformis. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 65, 357-369. (Original work published 2024)

Lourtie, A., Mussoi, L., Caulier, G., Isorez, M., Mahavory, H., Tolodraza, T., Engels, G., David, F., Eeckhaut, I., & Mallefet, J. (2024). Exploring the mimetic pigmentation of symbiotic shrimps associated with echinoderms. Symbiosis, 94(1), 107-127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-024-01018-x (Original work published 2024)

Coubris, C., Duchatelet, L., Delroisse, J., Bayaert, W. S., Parise, L., Eloy, M.-C., Pels, C., & Mallefet, J. (2024). Maintain the light, long-term seasonal monitoring of luminous capabilities in the brittle star Amphiura filiformis. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 13238. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-64010-x (Original work published 2024)

Lourtie, A., Eeckhaut, I., Caulier, G., Brasseur, L., Mallefet, J., & Delroisse, J. (2024). Exploring symbiont gene expression in two echinoid-associated shrimp species under host separation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 52, 101327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbd.2024.101327 (Original work published 2024)

Claes, J. M., Haddock, S. H. D., Coubris, C., & Mallefet, J. (2024). Systematic Distribution of Bioluminescence in Marine Animals: A Species-Level Inventory. Life, 14(4), 432. https://doi.org/10.3390/life14040432 (Original work published 2024)

Coubris, C., Mirzaei, K., Duchatelet, L., & Mallefet, J. (2024). Availability and occurrence of coelenterazine in a Swedish fjord to maintain Amphiura filiformis bioluminescence. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 31803. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82811-y (Original work published 2024)

Coubris, C., Duchatelet, L., Dupont, S., & Mallefet, J. (2024). A brittle star is born: Ontogeny of luminous capabilities in Amphiura filiformis. PLoS One, 19(3), e0298185. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298185 (Original work published 2024)

Mallefet, J., Martinez-Soares, P., Eléaume, M., O’Hara, T., & Duchatelet, L. (2023). New insights on crinoid (Echinodermata; Crinoidea) bioluminescence. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1136138 (Original work published 2023)

Duchatelet, L., Coubris, C., Pels, C., Dupont, S. T., & Mallefet, J. (2023). Catecholamine Involvement in the Bioluminescence Control of Two Species of Anthozoans. Life, 13(9), 1798. https://doi.org/10.3390/life13091798 (Original work published 2023)

Duchatelet, L., Nuyt, C., Puozzo, N., Mallefet, J., & Delroisse, J. (2023). Evolutionary Conservation of Photophore Ultrastructure in Sharks: The Case of a Dalatiid Squalomorph. Fishes, 8(2), 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes8020087 (Original work published 2023)

Lourtie, A., Eeckhaut, I., Mallefet, J., Savarino, P., Isorez, M., Mussoi, L., Bischoff, H., Delroisse, J., Hédouin, L., Gerbaux, P., & Caulier, G. (2023). Species-specific metabolites mediate host selection and larval recruitment of the symbiotic seastar shrimp. Scientific Reports, 13(12674), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39527-2 (Original work published 2023)

Duchatelet, L., Ho, H.-C., & Mallefet, J. (2022). Photophore Morphogenesis and Extraocular Encephalopsin Expression during the Embryogenesis of Smalleye Pygmy Shark (Squaliolus aliae). Diversity, 14(1100), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14121100 (Original work published 2022)

Besnard, L., Duchatelet, L., Bird, C. S., Le Croizier, G., Michel, L., Pinte, N., Lepoint, G., Schaal, G., Vieira, R. P., Gonçalves, J. M. S., Martin, U., & Mallefet, J. (2022). Diet consistency but large-scale isotopic variations in a deep-sea shark: The case of the velvet belly lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax, in the northeastern Atlantic region and Mediterranean Sea. Deep-Sea Research. Part 1: Oceanographic Research Papers, 182, 103708. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103708 (Original work published 2022)

Caulier, G., Lourtie, A., Brasseur, L., Mallefet, J., Gerbaux, P., Flammang, P., & Eeckhaut, I. (2022). Crinoid anthraquinones as kairomones allowing host selection for the symbiotic snapping shrimp Synalpheus stimpsonii. Chemoecology : evolutionary, mechanistic and environmental approaches to chemically-mediated interactions, 32(3), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-022-00368-6 (Original work published 2022)

Pinte, N., Coubris, C., Jones, E., & Mallefet, J. (2021). Red and white muscle proportions and enzyme activities in mesopelagic sharks. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 256, 110649. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpb.2021.110649 (Original work published 2021)

Duchatelet, L., Marion, R., & Mallefet, J. (2021). A Third Luminous Shark Family: Confirmation of Luminescence Ability for Zameus squamulosus (Squaliformes; Somniosidae). Photochemistry and Photobiology, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13393 (Original work published 2021)

Mallefet, J., Stevens, D. W., & Duchatelet, L. (2021). Bioluminescence of the Largest Luminous Vertebrate, the Kitefin Shark, Dalatias licha: First Insights and Comparative Aspects. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.633582 (Original work published 2021)

Delroisse, J., Duchatelet, L., Flammang, P., & Mallefet, J. (2021). Leaving the Dark Side? Insights Into the Evolution of Luciferases. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8(673620), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.673620 (Original work published 2021)

Duchatelet, L., Claes, J. M., Delroisse, J., Flammang, P., & Mallefet, J. (2021). Glow on Sharks: State of the Art on Bioluminescence Research. Oceans, 2(4), 822-842. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans2040047 (Original work published 2021)

Delroisse, J., Duchatelet, L., Flammang, P., & Mallefet, J. (2021). Photophore Distribution and Enzymatic Diversity Within the Photogenic Integument of the Cookie-Cutter Shark Isistius brasiliensis (Chondrichthyes: Dalatiidae). Frontiers in Marine Science, 8(627045), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.627045 (Original work published 2021)

Pinte, N., Parisot, P., Martin, U., Zintzen, V., De Vleeschouwer, C., Roberts, C. D., & Mallefet, J. (2020). Ecological features and swimming capabilities of deep-sea sharks from New Zealand. Deep-Sea Research. Part 1: Oceanographic Research Papers, 156, 103187. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103187 (Original work published 2020)

Mallefet, J., Duchatelet, L., & Coubris, C. (2020). Bioluminescence induction in the ophiuroid Amphiura filiformis (Echinodermata). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(4), jeb218719. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.218719 (Original work published 2020)

Straube, N., & Mallefet, J. (2020). Lysorganer hos haier. Naturen : populaervitenskapelig tidsskrift, 3(2020), 105-109. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3118 (Original work published 2020)

Claes, J., Delroisse, J., Grace, M. A., Doosey, M. H., Duchatelet, L., & Mallefet, J. (2020). Histological evidence for secretory bioluminescence from pectoral pockets of the American Pocket Shark (Mollisquama mississippiensis). RAU Scientific Reports, 10(1), 18762. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-75656-8 (Original work published 2020)

Duchatelet, L., Moris, V. C., Tomita, T., Mahillon, J., Sato, K., Behets Wydemans, C., & Mallefet, J. (2020). The megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios, is not a luminous species. PLoS One, 15(11), e0242196. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242196 (Original work published 2020)

Duchatelet, L., Sugihara, T., Delroisse, J., Koyanagi, M., Rezsohazy, R., Terakita, A., & Mallefet, J. (2020). From extraocular photoreception to pigment movement regulation: a new control mechanism of the lanternshark luminescence. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 10195. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67287-w (Original work published 2020)

Duchatelet, L., Delroisse, J., & Mallefet, J. (2020). Bioluminescence in lanternsharks: Insight from hormone receptor localization. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 294, 113488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113488 (Original work published 2020)

Duchatelet, L., Oury, N., Mallefet, J., & Magalon, H. (2020). In the intimacy of the darkness: Genetic polyandry in deep‐sea luminescent lanternsharks Etmopterus spinax and Etmopterus molleri (Squaliformes, Etmopteridae). Journal of Fish Biology, 2020(96), 1523-1529. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14336 (Original work published 2020)

Duchatelet, L., Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2019). Embryonic expression of encephalopsin supports bioluminescence perception in lanternshark photophores. Marine Biology : international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters, 166(21), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3473-9 (Original work published 2019)

Pinte, N., Godefroid, M., Abbas, O., Baeten, V., & Mallefet, J. (2019). Deep-sea sharks: Relation between the liver’s buoyancy and red aerobic muscle volumes, a new approach. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 236, 110520. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.06.020 (Original work published 2019)

Duchatelet, L., Delroisse, J., Pinte, N., Sato, K., Ho, H.-C., & Mallefet, J. (2019). Adrenocorticotropic Hormone and Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate are Involved in the Control of Shark Bioluminescence. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 96(1), 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1111/php.13154 (Original work published 2019)

Oury, N., Duchatelet, L., Mallefet, J., & Magalon, H. (2019). Isolation and characterization of 29 and 19 microsatellite loci from two deep-sea luminous lanternsharks, Etmopterus spinax and Etmopterus molleri (Squaliformes, Etmopteridae). Molecular Biology Reports : an international journal on molecular and cellular biology, 46, 1357-1362. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-018-04578-6 (Original work published 2019)

Duchatelet, L., Delroisse, J., & Mallefet, J. (2019). Melanin-concentrating hormone is not involved in luminescence emission in the velvet belly lanternshark, Etmopterus spinax. Marine Biology : international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters, 166(11), 140. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3590-5 (Original work published 2019)

Martini, S., Kuhnz, L., Mallefet, J., & Haddock, S. H. D. (2019). Distribution and quantification of bioluminescence as an ecological trait in the deep sea benthos. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 14654. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50961-z (Original work published 2019)

Duchatelet, L., Pinte, N., Tomita, T., Sato, K., & Mallefet, J. (2019). Etmopteridae bioluminescence: dorsal pattern specificity and aposematic use. Zoological Letters, 5(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40851-019-0126-2 (Original work published 2019)

Duchatelet, L., Delroisse, J., Flammang, P., Mahillon, J., & Mallefet, J. (2019). Etmopterus spinax, the velvet belly lanternshark, does not use bacterial luminescence. Acta Histochemica, 121(4), 516-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2019.04.010 (Original work published 2019)

Mallefet, J., Duchatelet, L., Hermans, C., & Baguet, F. (2019). Luminescence control of Stomiidae photophores. Acta Histochemica, 121(1), 7-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acthis.2018.10.001 (Original work published 2019)

Delroisse, J., Duchatelet, L., Flammang, P., & Mallefet, J. (2018). De novo transcriptome analyses provide insights into opsin-based photoreception in the lanternshark Etmopterus spinax. PLoS One, 13(12), e0209767. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209767 (Original work published 2018)

Gouveneaux, A., Gielen, M.-C., & Mallefet, J. (2018). Behavioural responses of the yellow emitting annelid Tomopteris helgolandica to photic stimuli. Luminescence, 33(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.3440 (Original work published 2018)

Vacquié-Garcia, J., Mallefet, J., Bailleul, F., Picard, B., & Guinet, C. (2017). Marine Bioluminescence: Measurement by a Classical Light Sensor and Related Foraging Behaviour of a Deep Diving Predator. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 93(5), 1312-1319. https://doi.org/10.1111/php.12776 (Original work published 2017)

Gouveneaux, A., Flood, Per. R., Erichsen, E. S., Olsson, C., Lindstrom, J., & Mallefet, J. (2017). Morphology and fluorescence of the parapodial light glands in Tomopteris helgolandica and allies (Phyllodocida: Tomopteridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 268, 112-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2016.08.002 (Original work published 2017)

Delroisse, J., Ullrich-Lüter, E., Blaue, S., Eeckhaut, I., Flammang, P., & Mallefet, J. (2017). Fine structure of the luminous spines and luciferase detection in the brittle star Amphiura filiformis. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 269, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2017.05.001 (Original work published 2017)

Delroisse, J., Ullrich-Lüter, E., Blaue, S., Ortega-Martinez, O., Eeckhaut, I., Flammang, P., & Mallefet, J. (2017). A puzzling homology : a brittle star using a putative cnidarian-type luciferase for bioluminescence. Open Biology, 7(4), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsob.160300 (Original work published 2017)

Delroisse, J., Mallefet, J., & Flammang, P. (2016). De novo adult transcriptomes of two European brittle stars: spotlight on opsin-based photoreception. PLoS One, 11(4), e0152988. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152988 (Original work published 2016)

Gouveneaux, A., Flood, Per. R., & Mallefet, J. (2016). Unexpected diversity of bioluminescence in planktonic worms. Luminescence : journal of biological and chemical luminescence, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1002/bio.3192 (Original work published 2016)

Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2015). Comparative control of luminescence in sharks: New insights from the slendertail lanternshark (Etmopterus molleri). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 467, 87-94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2015.03.008 (Original work published 2015)

D’Aniello, S., Delroisse, J., Valero-Gracia, A., Lowe, E. K., Byrne, M., Cannon, J. T., Halanych, K. M., Elphick, M. R., Mallefet, J., Kaul-Strehlow, S., Lowe, C. J., Flammang, P., Ullrich-Lüter, E., Wanninger, A., & Arnone, I. M. (2015). Opsin evolution in the Ambulacraria. Marine Genomics, 24, 177-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2015.10.001 (Original work published 2015)

Delroisse, J., Ortega-Martinez, O., Dupont, S., Mallefet, J., & Flammang, P. (2015). De novo transcriptome of the European brittle star Amphiura filiformis pluteus larvae. Marine Genomics, 23, 109-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2015.05.014 (Original work published 2015)

Claes, J., Nilsson, D.-E., Mallefet, J., & Straube, N. (2015). The presence of lateral photophores correlates with increased speciation in deep-sea bioluminescent sharks. Royal Society Open Science, 2015(jul), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150219 (Original work published 2015)

Claes, J., Partridge, J. C., Hart, N. S., Garza-Gisholt, E., Ho, H.-C., Mallefet, J., & Collin, S. P. (2014). Photon hunting in the twilight zone: visual features of mesopelagic bioluminescent sharks. PLoS One, 9(8), e104213. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0104213 (Original work published 2014)

Delroisse, J., Flammang, P., & Mallefet, J. (2014). Marine luciferases: are they really taxon-specific ? A putative luciferase evolved by co-option in an echinoderm lineage. Luminescence : journal of biological and chemical luminescence, 29(Sppl1), 15-16. (Original work published 2014)

Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2014). Ecological functions of shark luminescence. Luminescence : journal of biological and chemical luminescence, 29(Sppl1), 13-15. (Original work published 2014)

Delroisse, J., Ullrich-Lüter, E., Ortega-Martinez, O., Dupont, S., Arnone, M.-I., Mallefet, J., & Flammang, P. (2014). High opsin diversity in a non-visual infaunal brittle star. BMC Genomics, 15(1), 1035. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-1035 (Original work published 2014)

Mallefet, J., & Fujita, T. (2014). First luminescence survey of Okinawa brittle stars. Luminescence : journal of biological and chemical luminescence, 29(sppl1), 29-30. (Original work published 2014)

Renwart, M., Delroisse, J., Flammang, P., Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2014). Cytological changes during luminescence production in lanternshark (Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus, 1758) photophores. Zoomorphology : an international journal of comparative and functional morphology, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-014-0235-6 (Original work published 2014)

Renwart, M., Delroisse, J., Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2014). Ultrastructural organization of lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus, 1758) photophores. Zoomorphology : an international journal of comparative and functional morphology, 133(2), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00435-014-0230-y (Original work published 2014)

Claes, J., Nilsson, D.-E., Straube, N., Collin, S., & Mallefet, J. (2014). Iso-luminance counterillumination drove bioluminescent shark radiation. Scientific Reports, 4(4328), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04328 (Original work published 2014)

Gouveneaux, A., & Mallefet, J. (2014). Characterization of photogenic sites in deep-sea planktonic worms: a comparative approach within Tomopteridae. Luminescence : journal of biological and chemical luminescence, 29(sppl.1), 1-106. (Original work published 2014)

Delroisse, J., Lanterbecq, D., Eeckhaut, I., Mallefet, J., & Flammang, P. (2013). Opsin detection in the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus and the sea star Asterias rubens. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 54, 721-727. (Original work published 2013)

Claes, J., Dean, M. N., Nilsson, D.-E., Hart, N. S., & Mallefet, J. (2013). A deepwater fish with ‘lightsabers’ – dorsal spine-associated luminescence in a counterilluminating lanternshark. Scientific Reports, 3(1308), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01308 (Original work published 2013)

Jones, A., & Mallefet, J. (2013). Why do brittle stars emit light ? Behavioural and evolutionary approaches of bioluminescence. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 54, 729-734. (Original work published 2013)

Gouveneaux, A., & Mallefet, J. (2013). Physiological control of bioluminescence in a deep-sea planktonic worm,Tomopteris helgolandica. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, 4285-4289. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.090852 (Original work published 2013)

Renwart, M., & Mallefet, J. (2013). First study of the chemistry of the luminous system : in a deep-sea shark,Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus, 1758 (Chondrichthyes: Etmopteridae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 448, 214-219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.07.010 (Original work published 2013)

Jones, A., & Mallefet, J. (2012). Study of the luminescence in the black brittle-star Ophiocomina nigra : toward a new pattern of light emission in ophiuroids. Zoosymposia : a rapid series for special topics in all branches of zoology, 7, 139-145. (Original work published 2013)

Claes, J., Ho, H.-C., & Mallefet, J. (2012). Control of luminescence from pygmy shark (Squaliolus aliae) photophores. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 215(10), 1691-1699. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.066704 (Original work published 2012)

Claes, J., Dean, M., Nilsson, D.-E., Dunlop, J., Shahar, R., & Mallefet, J. (2012). The effect of structure and morphology on the light transmissivity of mineralized spines of lanternsharks. Journal of Biomechanics, 45(S1), S61. (Original work published 2012)

Claes, J., Sato, K., & Mallefet, J. (2011). Morphology and control of photogenic structures in a rare dwarf pelagic lantern shark (Etmopterus splendidus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 406(1-2), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.05.033 (Original work published 2011)

Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2011). Control of luminescence from lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) photophores. Communicative & Integrative Biology, 4(3), 251-253. https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.4.3.14888 (Original work published 2011)

Bouveroux, T., & Mallefet, J. (2010). Social structure of bottlenose dolphins,Tursiops truncatus, in Panama City, Florida. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Journal, 90(8), 1685-1692. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409991251 (Original work published 2010)

Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2010). The lantern shark’s light switch: turning shallow water crypsis into midwater camouflage. Biology Letters, 6(5), 685-687. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0167 (Original work published 2010)

Claes, J., Krönström, J., Holmgren, S., & Mallefet, J. (2010). GABA inhibition of luminescence from lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) photophores. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 153(2), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.11.002 (Original work published 2011)

Claes, J., Krönström, J., Holmgren, S., & Mallefet, J. (2010). Nitric oxide in the control of luminescence from lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) photophores. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 213(Pt 17), 3005-3011. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.040410 (Original work published 2010)

Claes, J., Aksnes, D. L., & Mallefet, J. (2010). Phantom hunter of the fjords: Camouflage by counterillumination in a shark (Etmopterus spinax). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 388(1-2), 28-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2010.03.009 (Original work published 2010)

Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2010). Functional physiology of lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) luminescent pattern: differential hormonal regulation of luminous zones. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 213(11), 1852-1858. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.041947 (Original work published 2010)

Krönström, J., & Mallefet, J. (2010). Evidence for a widespread involvement of NO in control of photogenesis in bioluminescent fish. Acta zoologica, 91(4), 474-483. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00438.x (Original work published 2010)

Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2009). Hormonal control of luminescence from lantern shark (Etmopterus spinax) photophores. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(22), 3684-3692. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.034363 (Original work published 2009)

Huber, D. R., Claes, J., Mallefet, J., & Herrel, A. (2009). Is Extreme Bite Performance Associated with Extreme Morphologies in Sharks? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology : ecological and evolutionary approaches, 82(1), 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1086/588177 (Original work published 2009)

Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2009). Ontogeny of photophore pattern in the velvet belly lantern shark, Etmopterus spinax. Zoology, 112(6), 433-441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2009.02.003 (Original work published 2009)

Zintzen, V., Norro, A., Massin, C., & Mallefet, J. (2008). Temporal variation of Tubularia indivisa (Cnidaria, Tubulariidae) and associated epizoites on artificial habitat communities in the North Sea. Marine Biology : international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters, 153(3), 405-420. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0819-5 (Original work published 2008)

Claes, J., & Mallefet, J. (2008). Early development of bioluminescence suggests camouflage by counter-illumination in the velvet belly lantern shark Etmopterus spinax (Squaloidea: Etmopteridae). Journal of Fish Biology, 73(6), 1337-1350. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02006.x (Original work published 2008)

Zintzen, V., Norro, A., Massin, C., & Mallefet, J. (2008). Spatial variability of epifaunal communities from artificial habitat: Shipwrecks in the Southern Bight of the North Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76(2), 327-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2007.07.012 (Original work published 2008)

Van Dongen-Vogels, V., & Mallefet, J. (2007). Fragment growth-rates of six cultivated coral species : a reference framework for coral transplantation. La Mer, 44(3), 99-107. (Original work published 2007)

Kronstrom, J., Dupont, S., Mallefet, J., Thorndyke, M., & Holmgren, S. (2007). Serotonin and nitric oxide interaction in the control of bioluminescence in northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(18), 3179-3187. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.002394 (Original work published 2007)

Havermans, C., De Broyer, C., Mallefet, J., & Zintzen, V. (2007). Dispersal mechanisms in amphipods: a case study of Jassa herdmani (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in the North Sea. Marine Biology : international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters, 153(1), 83-89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0788-8 (Original work published 2007)

Van Dongen-Vogels, V., & Mallefet, J. (2007). Fluorescent labelling of cultivated corals as a sustainable management tool in coral trade and reefs conservation. La Mer, 45, 81-90. (Original work published 2007)

Kronstrom, J., Holmgren, S., Baguet, F., Salpietro, L., & Mallefet, J. (2005). Nitric oxide in control of luminescence from hatchetfish (Argyropelecus hemigymnus) photophores. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 208(15), 2951-2961. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01712 (Original work published 2005)

Vanderlinden, C., & Mallefet, J. (2004). Synergic effects of tryptamine and octopamine on ophiuroid luminescence (Echinodermata). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 207(Pt 21), 3749-3756. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01209 (Original work published 2004)

Dupont, S., Mallefet, J., & Vanderlinden, C. (2004). Effect of beta-adrenergic antagonists on bioluminescence control in three species of brittlestars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 138(1), 59-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cca.2004.04.007 (Original work published 2004)

Vanderlinden, C., Dewael, Y., & Mallefet, J. (2003). Screening of second messengers involved in photocyte bioluminescence control of three ophiuroid species (Ophiuroidea: Echinodermata). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 206(Pt 17), 3007-3014. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.00520 (Original work published 2003)

Dewael, Y., & Mallefet, J. (2002). Luminescence in ophiuroids (Echinodermata) does not share a common nervous control in all species. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 205(Pt 6), 799-806. (Original work published 2002)

Dupont, S., & Mallefet, J. (2002). Abnormal forms in the brittle-star Amphipholis squamata: a field study. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Journal, 82(3), 491-493. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315402005763 (Original work published 2002)

Dewael, Y., & Mallefet, J. (2002). Calcium involvement in the luminescence control of three ophiuroid species (Echinodermata). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1532-0456(01)00288-5

Bourgois, J. J., Sluse, F. E., Baguet, F., & Mallefet, J. (2001). Kinetics of light emission and oxygen consumption by bioluminescent bacteria. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 33(4), 353-363. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010615508916 (Original work published 2001)

Deheyn, D., Mallefet, J., & Jangoux, M. (2000). Evidence from polychromatism and bioluminescence that the cosmopolitan ophiuroid Amphipholis squamata might not represent a unique taxon. Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences - Series III - Sciences de la vie, 323(5), 499-509. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0764-4469(00)00139-6 (Original work published 2000)

Deheyn, D., Mallefet, J., & Jangoux, M. (2000). Expression of bioluminescence in Amphipholis squamata (Ophiuroidea : Echinodermata) in presence of various organisms: a laboratory study. Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Journal, 80(1), 179-180. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315499001733 (Original work published 2000)

De Bremaeker, N., Baguet, F., & Mallefet, J. (2000). Effects of catecholamines and purines on luminescence in the brittlestar Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 203(Pt 13), 2015-2023. (Original work published 2000)

De Bremaeker, N., Dewael, Y., Baguet, F., & Mallefet, J. (2000). Involvement of cyclic nucleotides and IP(3) in the regulation of luminescence in the brittlestar Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata). Luminescence : journal of biological and chemical luminescence, 15(3), 159-163. https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-7243(200005/06)15:3<159::AID-BIO581>3.0.CO;2-P (Original work published 2000)

Bremaeker, N., Baguet, F., Thorndyke, M., & Mallefet, J. (1999). Modulatory effects of some amino acids and neuropeptides on luminescence in the brittlestar amphipholis squamata. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 202 (Pt 13), 1785-1791. (Original work published 1999)

De Bremaeker, N., Baguet, F., & Mallefet, J. (1999). Characterization of acetylcholine-induced luminescence in Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata : Ophiuroidea). Belgian Journal of Zoology, 129(2), 353-362. (Original work published 1999)

Deheyn, D., Mallefet, J., & Jangoux, M. (1997). Intraspecific variations of bioluminescence in a polychromatic population of Amphipholis squamata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Journal, 77(4), 1213-1222. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315400038728 (Original work published 1997)

DeBremaeker, N., Deheyn, D., Thorndyke, M., Baguet, F., & Mallefet, J. (1997). Localization of S1- and S2-like immunoreactivity in the nervous system of the brittle star Amphipholis squamata (Delle Chiaje 1828). Royal Society of London. Proceedings. Biological Sciences, 264(1382), 667-674. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1997.0095 (Original work published 1997)

DeBremaeker, N., Mallefet, J., & Baguet, F. (1996). Luminescence control in the brittlestar Amphipholis squamata: Effect of cholinergic drugs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Comparative Pharmacology & Toxicology, 115(1), 75-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0742-8413(96)00059-X (Original work published 1996)

Mallefet, J., & Shimomura, O. (1995). Presence of coelenterazine in mesopelagic fishes from the Strait of Messina. Marine Biology : international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters, 124(3), 381-385. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00363911 (Original work published 1995)

Mallefet, J., & Baguet, F. (1993). Metabolic Control of Luminescence in Isolated Photophores of Porichthys - Effects of Glucose On Oxygen-consumption and Luminescence. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 181, 279-293. (Original work published 1993)

Mallefet, J., Baguet, F., & Fauville, C. (1993). Modulatory Effects of Adenosine On Porichthys Luminescence. The Journal of Experimental Zoology, 266(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.1402660102 (Original work published 1993)

Mallefet, J., & Baguet, F. (1991). Metabolic Control of Argyropelecus-hemigymnus Photophores - Effects of Glucose and Pyruvate. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 69(9), 2410-2413. https://doi.org/10.1139/z91-338 (Original work published 1991)

Gilon, P., Mallefet, J., De Vriendt, C., Pauwels, S., Geffard, M., Campistron, G., & Remacle, C. (1990). Immunocytochemical and autoradiographic studies of the endocrine cells interacting with GABA in the rat stomach. Histochemistry, 93(6), 645-654. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00272208 (Original work published 1990)

Mallefet, J., Rees, J.-F., & Baguet, F. (1990). Effects of Sodium-azide On the Porichthys Isolated Luminous Organs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part C: Comparative Pharmacology & Toxicology, 96(1), 105-109. https://doi.org/10.1016/0742-8413(90)90052-B (Original work published 1990)