Gulf Coast Research Laboratory

Richard W. Heard, Jr., Ph.D.

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
703 East Beach Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564

Phone: (228) 872-4217
Fax: (228) 872-4204

richard.heard@usm.edu

Position:

Professor - Department of Coastal Sciences, Marine Invertebrate Zoology and Ecology

Education:

Ph.D. Degree - The University of Southern Mississippi, 1976. Invertebrate Zoology.

Research Interests:

Tanaidacea Home Page

taxonomy and systematics of higher crustaceans
ecology and life histories of metazoan parasites
feeding ecology of marine and estuarine fishes

Selected Publications

Guide Books and Monographs

Heard, R. W. 1982. Guide to common tidal marsh invertebrates of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium No. MASGP-79-004 82 pp.
Dardeau, M. R. and R. W. Heard.1983. Crangonid shrimps (Crustacea: Caridea), with a description of a new species of Pontocaris. — Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, Vol. 6, Part 2:1-38.
Heard, R. W., T. Hansknecht, and K. Larsen. 2004. An illustrated identification guide to Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) occurring in depths of less than 200 m." Final Supplemental Report, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Florida 163 p.
Suárez-Morales, E., R.W. Heard, M.S. García-Madrigal, J.J. Oliva & E.Escobar. 2004. Catálogo de los tanaidáceos (Crustacea: Peracarida) del Caribe Mexicano. CONACYT/SEMARNAT/ECOSUR. México. 121 pp.
Heard, R. W., W. W. Price, R. King, and D. Knott. (2006). Guide to the identification of the Mysida of the South Atlantic Bight. — NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 4:1-37.

Scientific Papers

Coil, W. H. & R. W. Heard. 1966. Levinseniella cartertensis sp. nov., a microphallid trematode from the Wilson plover, Charadrius wilsonia. — Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 33(1):54-56.
Byrd, E. E., K. Prestwood, F. C. Kellog & R. W. Heard. 1967. New hosts and locality records for the large liver fluke, Athesmia heterolecitodes (Braun, 1899) Loss, 1899 (Dicrocoeliidae) of birds and mammals. — Journal of Parasitology 53(5):1116-1117.
Heard, R. W. 1968. Parasites of the clapper rail, Rallus longirostris Boddaert. I. The current status of the genus Levinseniella with the description of Levinseniella byrdi n. sp. (Trematoda: Microphallidae). — Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 35(1):62-67.
Heard, R. W. 1968. Levinseniella hunteri sp. nov., a new species of microphallid trematode from the Wilson's plover, Charadrius wilsonia Ord. — Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 35(2):140-143.
Sullivan, J. J. & R. W. Heard. 1969. Macoderoides progeneticus n. sp., a progenetic trematode (Digenea: Macroderoididae) from the antennary gland of the crayfish Procambarus spiculifer (LeConte) . — Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 88(2):304-308.
Dahlberg, M. & R. W. Heard. 1969. Observations on elasmobranchs from Georgia. — Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Science 32(1):21-25.
Heard, R. W. & W.B. Sikora. 1969. Probolocoryphe Otagaki, 1958 (Trematoda: Microphallidae), a senior synonym of Mecynophallus Cable, Connor, and Balling, 1960 with notes on the genus. — Journal of Parasitology 55(3):674-675.
Deblock, S. & R. W. Heard. 1969. Contribution à létudes des Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda). XIX. Description de Maritrema prosthometra n. sp. et de Longiductotrema nov. gen. parasites d'Oiseaux Ralliformes d'Amerique du Nord. — Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee 44(4):415-424.
Nickol, B. & R. W. Heard. 1970. Arhythmorhynchus frassoni from the clapper rail, Rallus longirostris, in North America. Journal of Parasitology 56(1):50-51.
Heard, R. W.1970. Parasites of the clapper rail, Rallus longirostris Boddaert. II. Some trematodes and cestodes from Spartina marshes of the eastern United States. — Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 37(2):147-153.
Byrd, E. E. & R. W. Heard.. 1970. Two new kidney flukes of the genus Renicola Cohn, 1904, from the clapper rail, Rallus longirostris subspp. — Journal of Parasitology 56(3):493-497.
1970. Deblock, S. and R. W Heard. 1971. Contribution a l' étude des Microphallidae Travassos, 1920 (Trematoda): XXI. Androcotyla arenaria n. gen., n. sp. — Annales de Parasitologies Humaine et Comparee 45(5):577-584.
Heard, R. W. &W.B. Sikora. 1972. A new species of Corophium Latreille, 1806 (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Georgia brackish waters with some ecological notes. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 84(55):467-476.
Sikora W. B., R. W. Heard & M.D. Dahlberg. 1972. The occurrence and food habits of two species of hake, Urophycis regius and U. floridanus in Georgia estuaries. — Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 101(3):513-525.
Nickol, R. & R. W. Heard. 1973. Host-parasite relationships of Fessisentis necturorum (Acanthocephala: Fessisentidae). — Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 40:204-208.
Taylor, G., R. Stickney & R. W. Heard.1973. An ambicolorate and reversed Etropus crossotus from Georgia coastal waters. — Chesapeake Science 14(2):147.
Stickney, R., R., G. Taylor & R. W. Heard.. 1974. Food habits of Georgia Estuarine Fishes. I. Four species of flounder (Pleuronectiformes Bothidae). — Fishery Bulletin 72(2):515-525.
Kinsella, J. M. & R. W. Heard. 1974. Morphology and life cycle of Stictodora cursitans n. comb. (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) from mammals in Florida salt marshes. — Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 93(3):408-412.
Heard, R. W. 1975. Notes on the food of the white catfish, Ictalurus catus (L.) from Georgia estuarine waters. Quarterly Journal of the Florida Academy of Sciences 38(1):20-28.
Maturo, F. J. S., Jr. S. E. Stancyk & R. W. Heard. 1976. Phoronids from the east coast of the United States. — Bulletin of Marine Science 26(4):576-584.
Howard, J. D., T.V. Mayou & R. W. Heard. 1977. Biogenic sedimentary structures formed by rays.BJournal of Sedimentary Petrology 47(1):339-346.
Brooks, D. & R. W. Heard. 1977. Parasites of the clapper rail, Rallus longirostris Boddaert. III. Description of Notocotylus schmidti sp. n. (Digenea: Notocotylidae) . — Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 44(1):63-65.
Heard, R. W. & D.G. Perlmutter. 1977. The description of Colomastix janiceae n. sp., a commensal amphipod (Colomastiidae) from the Florida Keys. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(1):30-42.
Shaw, K., R. W Heard & T.S. Hopkins. 1977. Notes on the biology of the pontoniine shrimp Lipkebe holthuisi Chace, with a description of the male. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 90(2):284-290.
Taft, S. & R. W. Heard. 1978. Aspects of the life cycle of Opthalmophagus sp. (Digenea: Cyclocoelidae) . — Journal of Parasitology 64(2):597-600.
Adkison, D. L. & R. W. Heard. 1978. Description of a new genus and species of Pseudioninae (Isopods: Bopyridae), parasite of the hermit grab Pagurus annulipes (Stimpson) from North Carolina. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 91(2):408-417.
Buckner, R. L., R. M. Overstreet & R. W. Heard. 1978. Intermediate hosts for Tegorhynchus furcatus and Dollfusentis chandleri. — Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 45(2):195-201.
Overstreet, R. M. & R. W. Heard. 1978. Food of the red drum, Sciaenops ocellata, from Mississippi Sound.- Gulf Research Reports 6(2):131-135.
Overstreet, R. M. & R. W. Heard. 1978. Food of the Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, from Mississippi Sound and the Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 6(2):145-152.
Pequegnat, L. H. & R. W. Heard. 1979 Synalpheus agelas, a new species of snapping shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico (Decapoda: Caridae: Alpheidae).- Bulletin of Marine Science 29(1):110-116.
Thomas, J. D.& R. W. Heard 1979. A new species of Cerapus Say, 1817 (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the northern Gulf of Mexico, with notes on its ecology. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92:98-105.
Omholt, P. E. & R. W. Heard. 1979. A new species of Spilocuma (Cumacea: Bodotriidae: Mancocuminae) from the Gulf of Mexico. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 92(1):184-194.
Henwood, T. P. Johnson & R. W. Heard.. 1979. Feeding habits and food of the longispined porgy, Stenotomus caprinus Bean. — Northeast Gulf Science 3(1):51-52.
Reames, R. & R. W. Heard. 1979. Callianassa (Callichirus) acanthochirus (Stimpson, 1866) from the coastal waters of Alabama. Northeast Gulf Science 3(1):51-52.
Stuck, K. C., H.M. Perry & R. W. Heard.1979 (1980). An annotated key to the Mysidacea of the North Central Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 6(3):225-238.
Stuck, K. C., H.M. Perry & R. W. Heard.. 1979 (1980). Records and range extensions of Mysidacea from coastal and shelf waters of the eastern Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 6(3):239-248.
Heard, R. W. 1979 (1980). Notes on the genus Probythinella Thiele, 1928 (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae) in the coastal waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico and the taxonomic status of Vioscalba louisianae Morrison, 1965. — Gulf Research Reports 6(3):309-312.
Stuck, K. C. & R. W. Heard. 1981. Amathimysis brattegardi, a new peracarid (Crustacea: Mysidacea) from continental shelf waters off Tampa Bay, Florida. — Journal of Crustacean Biology 1(2):272-278.
Kurata, H., R. W. Heard & J. W. Martin. 1981. Larval development under laboratory conditions of the xanthid mud crab Eurytium limosum (Say, 1818) (Brachyura: Xanthidae) from Georgia. — Gulf Research Reports 7(1):19-25.
Adkison, D. L., R. W. Heard & G. T. Clark. 1982. Description of the male and notes on the female of Argeiopsis inhacae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae). — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 95(2):334-337.
Ogle, J. T., R. W. Heard & J. Sieg. 1982. Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of Gulf of Mexico. I. Introduction and an annotated bibliography of Tanaidacea previously reported from the Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 7(2):101-104.
Sieg, J., R. W. Heard & J. T. Ogle. 1982. Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. II. The occurrence of Halmyrapseudes bahamensis Bacescu and Gutu, 1974 (Apseudidae) in the eastern Gulf with redescription and ecological notes. — Gulf Research Reports 7(2):105-113.
Omholt, P. E. & R. W. Heard. 1982. Cyclaspis bacescui, new species (Cumacea:Bodotriidae) form the eastern Gulf of Mexico.-Journal of Crustacean Biology 2(1): 120-129.
Heard, R. W. 1982. Observations on the food and food habits of clapper rails (Rallus longirostris Boddaert) from tidal marshes along the East and Gulf Coasts of the United States. — Gulf Research Reports 7(2):125-135.
Overstreet, R. M. & R. W. Heard. 1982. Food contents of six commercial fishes from Mississippi Sound. — Gulf Research Reports 7(2):137-149.
Heard, R. W. & G. D. Goeke. 1982. The occurrence of Lightiella Jones, 1961 (Crustacea: Cephalocarida) in Mobile Bay, Alabama. Gulf Research Reports 7(2):157-162.
Reames, R. C., R. W. Heard & T. S. Hopkins. 1982. Records of Zygopa michaelis Holthuis, 1960 (Decapoda: Anomura: Albuneidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 7(2):171-173.
Heard, R. W. & R. M. Overstreet. 1983. Taxonomy and Life Histories of two North American species of "Carneophallus" (=Microphallus) (Digenea: Microphallidae. — Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 50(1):170-174.
Adkison, D. L., R. W. Heard & T.S. Hopkins. 1983. Description of a new genus and species, Acoridon manningi (Stomatopoda: Coronididae), from the Gulf of Mexico. — Journal of Crustacean Biology 3(3):454-462.
Goeke, G. & R. W. Heard. 1983. Amphipods of the family Ampeliscidae (Gammaridae). I. Ampelisca bicarinata, a new species of amphipod from the Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 7(3):217-223.
J. Sieg & R. W. Heard. 1983. Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. III. On the occurrence of Teleotanais gerlachi Lang, 1956 (Nototanaidae) in the eastern Gulf. — Gulf Research Reports 7(3):267-271.
Goeke, G. & R. W. Heard. 1983. Taxonomy and distribution of Edotea (=Tropedotea) lyonsi (Menzies and Kruczynski, 1983). n. comb. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Idoteidae). — Gulf Research Reports 7(3):275-277.
Goeke, G. & R. W. Heard. 1985. A review of the genus Clythrocerus (Brachyura: Dorippidea) in the eastern Gulf of Mexico with notes on the rediscovery of Clythocerus stimpsoni. — Gulf Research Reports 7(4)(1984):351-355.
Goeke, G. and R. W. Heard. 1985. Amphipods of the family Ampeliscidae (Gammaridae). III. Ampelisca parapacifica, a new species of amphipod from the western North Atlantic with the designation of a substitute name for A. eschrichtii pacifica Gurjanova, 1955. — Gulf Research Reports 7(4)(1984):331-337.
Goeke, G. & R. W. Heard. 1985. Amphipods of the family Ampeliscidae (Gammaridae). IV. Intraspecific variation in Ampelisca agassizi. — Gulf Research Reports 7(4)(1984):393-395.
Font, W. F., R.M. Overstreet & R. W. Heard. 1985. Taxonomy and biology of Phagicola nana (Digenea: Hetrophyidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 103:408-422.
Font, W. F., R. W. Heard & R. M. Overstreet.1985. Life cycle of Ascocotyle gemina n. sp., a sibling of A. sexidigita (Digenea: Heterophyiidae). — Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 392-407.
Kensley, B. & R. W. Heard. 1985. A new species of the genus Spanianirella Menzies (Crustacea: Isopoda: Janiridae) from the western Atlantic. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(3):682-686.
Sieg, J. & R. W. Heard. 1986. Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. IV. On Nototanoides trifucatus gen. nov., sp., nov., with a key to the genera of the Nototanaida. — Gulf Research Reports 8(1):51-62.
Bousfield, E. L. & R. W. Heard. 1986. Systematics, distributional ecology, and some host-parasite relationships of Uhlorchestia uhleri (Shoemaker) and U. spartinophila n. sp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda) endemic to salt marshes of the Atlantic coast of North America. — Journal of. Crustacean Biology 6(2):284-274.
Manning, R. B. & R. W. Heard. 1986. Additional records for Callianassa rathbunae Schmitt, 1935, from Florida and the Bahamas (Decapoda, Callianassidae) . — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99(20):347-349.
Heard, R. W. 1986. Pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridae: Palaemonidae) of the northwestern Atlantic. I. The genus Neopontonides Holthuis, 1951 with the description of N. chacei n. sp. and the erection of Pseudopontonides n. gen. to receive N. principis Criales, 1980. — Journal of Crustacean Biology 6(3)-471-484.
Booth, B. B. & R. W. Heard.1987. Discias vernbergi, new species, a caridean shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Bresiliidae) from the northwestern Atlantic. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100(3):506-514.
Sieg, J. & R. W. Heard. 1988. Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. V. The family Pseudotanaidae from less than 200 meters, with the description of Pseudotanais mexilolpos, n. sp., and a key to the known genera and species of the world. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(1):39-59.
Camp, D. & R. W. Heard. 1988. Booralana tricarinata, a new species of isopod from the western Atlantic Ocean (Crustacea:Isopoda: Cirolanidae). — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101(3):603-613.
Sieg, J. & R. W. Heard.. 1989. Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. VI. On the genus Mesotanais Dollfus, 1897 with descriptions of two new species, M. longisetosus and M. vadicola. — Gulf Research Reports 8(2): 73-95.
Meyer, G. H. & R. W. Heard. 1989. Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. VII. Atlantapseudes lindae, n. sp. (Apseudidae) from the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 8(2): 97-105.
Viscup, B. & R. W. Heard. 1989. Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. VIII. Pseudosphyrapus siegi, n. sp. (Sphyrapidae) from the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 8(2):107-115.
Stone, I. & R. W. Heard. 1989. Excorallana delaneyi, n. sp.(Crustacea: Isopoda: Exocrallanidae) from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, with observtions on adult characters and sexual dimorphism in related species of Excorallana Stebbing, 1904. — Gulf Research Reports 8(2): 199-211.
Heard, R.W.1989. Calliax jonesi, n. sp. (Decapoda: Thalassinidea: Callianassidae from the northwestern Bahamas.- Gulf Research Reports 8(2): 129-136.
Kensley, B. & R. W. Heard. 1990. The genus Axianassa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea) in the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(3): 558-572.
Manning, R. B. & R. W. Heard. 1990. Caecopilumnus crassipes (Tesch, 1918) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pilumnidae) and Acanthosquilla multifaciata (Wood-Mason, 1895) (Stomatopoda, Nannosquillidae), new to the Hawaiian Islands. — Crustaceana :105-107.
Heard, R. W. & S. Spotte. 1991. Pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) of the Northwest Atlantic. II. Periclimenes patae, n. sp., a gorgonian associate from the fringing reef off Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. — Proceeding of the Biological Society of Washington 104(1):40-48.
Williams, A. B. & R. W. Heard. 1992. Upogebia spinistipula, a new burrowing shrimp from box core samples taken on the Florida Shelf, northeastern Gulf of Mexico (Decapoda: Upobebiidae). — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(1): 49-54.
McLelland, J. A. & R. W. Heard. 1991. Notes on some chaetognaths from Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands (British West Indies). — Gulf Research Reports 8(3): 227-235.
Kensley, B. & R. W. Heard. 1991. Studies on the Crustacea of the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. I. Four new marine isopod crustaceans from the vicinity of Pine Cay. — Gulf Research Reports 8(3): 237-246.
Schotte, M. & R. W. Heard. 1991. Studies on the Crustacea of the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. II. Armadilloniscus steptus, n. sp. (Isopoda: Oniscidea: Scyphacidae) from Pine Cay. — Gulf Research Reports 8(3): 247-250.
Schotte, M., R. W. Heard & B. Kensley.1991. Studies on the Crustacea of the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. III. Records of marine Isopoda from Pine Cay, Fort George Cay, Water Cay, and adjacent waters. — Gulf Research Reports 8(3): 252-257.
Spotte, S., R. W. Heard Pat Bubucis, Roy R. Manstan, and Jerry A. McLelland. 1991. Pattern and coloration in life of the anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae from the Turks and Caicos Islands, with comments on host associations of anemone shrimps (genus Periclimenes) of the West Indies and Bermuda and the first direct evidence of a "cleaning" by P. yucatanicus. — Gulf Research Reports 8(3): 301-311.
Rakocinski, C.R., R. W. Heard, T. Simmons, & D. Gledhill. 1991. Macroinvertebrate associations from beaches of selected barrier islands in the northern Gulf of Mexico: Important environmental relationships. — Bulletin of Marine Science 48(3): 689-701.
Kensley, B. & R. W. Heard. 1991. An examination of the shrimp family Callianideidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thalassinidea). — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 104(3): 493-537.
Overstreet, R. M., R. W. Heard & J. Lotz. 1992. Microphallus fonti, sp. n. (Digenea: Microphallidae) from the red swamp crayfish in southern United States. — Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janerio. 87(suppl.1):175-178.
Roccatagliata, D. & R. W. Heard.1992. Diastyopsis goekei, a new species (Crustacea: Cumacea: Diastylidae) from Antarctic waters. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105(4): 743-752.
Heard, R. W., S. Spotte & P. Bubucis. 1993. Pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) of the Northwest Atlantic. III. Neopericlimenes thornei, new genus, new species, from Pine Cay, Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. — Journal of Crustacean Biology 13(4):793-800.
Rakocinski, C., R. W. Heard, Sara LeCroy, Jerry McLelland, and T. Simmons. 1993. Seaward change and zonation of the sandy-shore macrofauna at Perdido Key, Florida, U.S.A. — Estuarine, Coastal, and Shelf Science 36:81-104.
Bush, A. O., R. M. Overstreet & R. W. Heard. 993. Intermediate hosts as source communities. — Canadian Journal of Zoology 71:1358-1363.
McLelland, J. A., R. W. Heard & 1994[1992]. Arrow worms (Chaetognatha) from the near-shore waters of Tobago. — Caribbean Marine Studies 3: 33-40.
Spotte, S., R. W. Heard & P. Bubucis. 1994. Pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) of the Northwest Atlantic. IV. Periclimenes antipathophilus new species, a black coral associate from the Turks and Caicos Islands and eastern Honduras. — Bulletin of Marine Science. 55(1):212-227.
Price, W. & R. W. Heard, and L. Stuck. 1995. Observations on the genus Mysidopsis Sars, with description of Americamysis, new genus, and two new species A. alleni and A. stucki. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 1007(4): 680-698.
Rasmussen, E. & R. W. Heard. 1995. Observations on extant populations of the softshell clam, Mya arenaria Linne, 1758 (Bivalvia: Myidae), from Georgia (USA) estuarine habitats. — Gulf Research Reports 9(2):85-96.
Heard, R. W. & J. Kinsella. 1995. Levinseniella deblocki, new species (Trematoda: Digenea: Microphallidae) from salt marshes along the eastern Gulf of Mexico with notes on its functional morphology and life history. — Gulf Research Reports. 9(2):97-103.
Adkison, D. L. & R. W. Heard. 1995. Pseudione overstreeti, new species (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Bopyridae), a parasite of Callichirus islagrande (Decapoda: Anomura: Callianassidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. — Gulf Research Reports 9(2): 105-110.
Overstreet, R. M. & R. W. Heard. 1995. A new species of Megalophallus (Digenea: Microphallidae) from the clapper rail, other birds, and the littoral isopod Ligia baudininana. — Canadian Journal of Fishery and Aquatic Science 51(1): 98-104.
Roccatagliata, D. & R. W. Heard. 1995. Two species of Oxyurostylis (Crustacea: Cumacea: Diastylidae), O. smithi Calman, 1912 and O. lecroyae, new species from the Gulf of Mexico. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 108(4):596-612.
Manning, R. B. & R. W. Heard. 1997. Stomatopod crustaceans from the Carolinas and Georgia, southerestern United States. — Gulf Research Reports 10(1):1-18.
Heard, R. W. & S. Spotte. 1997. Pontoniine shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) of the Northwest Atlantic. V. Periclimenes mclellandi, new species, a gorgonian associate from the Turks and Caicos Islands. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 109110(1): 39-48.
Kensley, B. & R. W. Heard.1997. Tridentella ornata (Richardson, 1911), new combination records of hosts and localities (Crustacea: Isopoda: Tridentellidae. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(3): 422-425.
Heard, R. W. & R. B. Manning. 1997. Austinixa hardyi, new genus, new species (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae), a commensal with callianassid shrimps from Tobago. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 110(3):393-398.
Blazewicz, M. & R. W. Heard.1998. Record of the family Gynodiastylidae Stebbing, 1912 (Crustacea: Cumacea) from Antarctic waters with the description of G. jawiskikii, n. sp. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 112(2): 362-367.
Heard, R. W. & R. Manning. 1998.A new genus and species of ghost shrimp (Crustacea: Decapoda: Callianassidae) from the Atlantic Ocean. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 111(4):883-888.
Heard, R. W. & R. M. Manning. 2000. A new genus and new species of ghost shrimp from Tobago, West Indies (Decapoda: Anomura: Callianassidae) . — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(1):70-76.
Price, W., & R. W. Heard. 2000. Studies on the Crustacea of the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. IV. Heteromysis (Heteromysis) spottei, a new species (Peracarida: Mysidacea: Mysidae) from Pine Cay. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113(1):88-94.
VanderKooy, K.E., C.F. Rakocinski and R.W. Heard..2000. Trophic relationships of three sunfishes (Lepomis spp.) in a tidal estuarine bayou. — Estuaries 23(5):621-632.
Blazewicz-Paszkowycz, M. & R. W. Heard. 2001. Observations on Cumacea (Malacostraca: Peracarida) from Antarctic and subantarctic waters. I. Ekleptostylis debroyeri (Diastylidae), a new species from waters off the Antarctic Peninsula. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 114(4): 907-917.
Hansknecht, T. and R. W. Heard. 2001. Tanaidacea (Crustacea : Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. IX. A correction on the geographical occurrence of Apseudes olimpiae GuÛu, 1986 with a review of previous records for the genus Apsuedes in the Gulf. — Gulf and Caribbean Research 13: 67-73.
Hansknecht, T., R. W. Heard, & J. W. Martin. 2001. Saltipedis navassensis, a new species of apseudomorph tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracarida: Parapseudidae) from the tropical northwestern Atlantic. — Zootaxa 18: 1-11.
Petrescu, I., & R. W. Heard. 2001. Normjonesia danieli, a new genus and species of nannastacid cumacean (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida), from the Southwest Florida Continental Shelf. — Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(2):469-474
Petrescu, I., & R. W. Heard. 2001. The status of the genus Campylaspis Sars, 1865 (Crustacea, Cumacea) from the Antarctic Ocean. — Travaux du Muséum d´Histoire naturelle "Grigore Antipa"42: 75‑ 79.
Larsen, K. & and R. W. Heard. 2001. A new tanaidacean subfamily, Bathytanaidinae (Crustacea: Paratanaidae), from the Australian continental shelf and slope. — Zootaxa 19:1-22.
Smith, D. G. & R. W. Heard. 2001. A new species of Chelorchestia (Amphipoda: Talitridae) from Southwest Florida, with comments on other species within the genus. — Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(4):1031-1041.
Nickol, B., R. W. Heard, & N. Smith. 2002. Acanthocephalans from crabs in the southeastern U.S.A., with the first intermediate hosts known for Arhythmorhynchus frassoni and Hexaglandula corynosoma. — Journal of Parasitology 88(1):79-83
Heard, R. W., R. M. Overstreet, and J. M. Foster. 2002. Records and observations on the distribution and ecology of hydrobiid snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Rissooidea) in the St. Andrew Bay System, Florida 1978. — Gulf and Caribbean Research 14:13-34.
Hansknecht, T., R. W. Heard, & R. Bamber.2002. Tanapseudes gutui, a new species of apseudomorphan Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Caribbean Sea and the taxonomic status of the family Tanapseudidae B|cescu, 1978. — Gulf and Caribbean Research 14:67-74.
Price, W. W, R. W. Heard, J. T. Harris & C. M. R. McCoy. 2002. Crustacea of the Cayman Islands, British West Indies. 1. Records of mysids form shallow water non-reef habitats. — Gulf and Caribbean Research 14:35-52.
Foster, J. M. & R. W. Heard. 2002. Ameroculodes miltoni, a new species of estuarine amphipod (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Oedicerotidae), from the southeastern United States. — Zootaxa 28:1-12.
Larsen, K. & and R. W. Heard.2002.Two new deep‑sea genera Isopodidus and Cetiopyge (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Gulf of Mexico. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 115(2): 403-411.
Wheeler, K., C. C. Stark, & R. W. Heard.2002.A preliminary study of the summer feeding habits of juvenile Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) for open and protected beaches fo the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. — Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute [2000, Biloxi, MS].
Heard, R. W. 2002. Annotated checklist and bibliography for the order Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) reported from the Pacific coasts of the Americas (Alaska to Chile) and associated off shore islands. Pp. 369‑383, in M. E. Hendrickx (ed.). Contributions to the Study of East Pacific Crustaceans, vol. 1. Instituo de Ciencias del Mar y Liminolgia, UNAM. 383pp
Gutu, M. & R. W. Heard. 2002 (2003). A new genus and four new species of parapseudid and sphyrapid apseudomorphans (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.‑Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 'Grigore Antipa' 44:69‑92.
Gutu, M. & R. W. Heard. 2002(2003). A new genus and species of a new family of apseudomorph tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Australian waters. — Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 'Grigore Antipa@ 44:93‑103.
Knight, J., K. Larsen, & R. W. Heard. 2003. A new genus and species, Tumidochelia randyi, from the Gulf of Mexico. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116(2):497-502.
Gonzalez, E. R., R. Haye, R. Heard, M. Thiel, & L. Watling. 2003. Biodiversity of Chilean peracarids (Crustacea). In: Hendrickx, M. E. (ed.). Contributions to the Study of East Pacific Crustaceans, vol 2. Instituo de Ciencias del Mar y Liminolgia, UNAM. pp.
Martin, J., R. W. Heard, & R. Wetzer 2003. A new species of Stenetrium Haswell, 1881 (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda: Asellota) from Navassa Island, Northern Caribbean Sea.BProceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116(2):497-502.
Guerrero-Kommritz, J & Heard, R. W. (2004) A new genus and species of deep-sea apseudomorph tanaidacean (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) from the Angola Basin. — Mitt. hamb. Zool. Mus. Inst. 100: 127-137.
Foster, J. M., B. P. Thoma, and R. W. Heard. 2004. Stomatopoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca) from the inshore waters of the northern Gulf of Mexico (Suwannee River, FL to Port Aransas, TX).BGulf and Caribbean Research 16: 49-58.
Foster, J. M., R. W. Heard, and D. Knott. 2004. Northern range extensions for Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae on the Florida Gulf coast and in South Carolina.B Gulf and Caribbean Research 16(1):65-69.
Foster, J. M. , B. Thoma, and R. W. Heard. Range extensions and review of the caprellid amphipods (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from the shallow coastal waters from the Suwannee River, Flrida, kjto Port Aransas, Texas, with an illustraed key.B Gulf and Caribbean Research 16(2): 161-175.
Grabe, S. A., W. W. Price , E. A. A. Abdulqader , Ri. W. Heard, Jr . 2004. Shallow‑water Mysida (Crustacea: Mysidacea) of Bahrain (Arabian Gulf): species composition, abundance and life history characteristics of selected species Journal of Natural History38(18) 2315-2329.
Larsen, K. and Heard, R. W. 2004. Revision of the genus Tanaella (Crustacea: Tanaidacea).B Journal of Natural History 38: 549-579.
Larsen, K. and R. W. Heard. 2004. A new species of Protanaissus Sieg, 1982 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Tanaidomorpha: Nototanaidae) from South Florida. — Gulf and Caribbean Research 16:00-00.
Price, W. and R.W. Heard. 2004. Studies on the Crustacea of the Turks and Caicos Islands, British West Indies. V. Records of mysids from Pine cay, Fort George Cay, Water Cay, and adjacent waters. — Gulf and Caribbean Research 16(2):147-159.
Schotte, M. & R. W. Heard..A new species of Synidotea (Crustacea: Isopoda: Valvifera) from the northern Gulf of MexicoBProceedings of the Biological Society of Washington117: 88-98.
Suárez-Morales, E., R.W. Heard, M.S. García-Madrigal, J.J. Oliva & E.Escobar. 2004. Catálogo de los tanaidáceos (Crustacea: Peracarida) del Caribe Mexicano. CONACYT/SEMARNAT/ECOSUR. México. 121 pp
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Socorro García_Madrigal, R. W. Heard.and Eduardo Suárez_Morales. 2005. Records and observations on Tanaidacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the shallow waters of the Caribbean Coast of Mexico. — Crustaceana
Baóewicz-Paszkowycz, M. and R. W. Heard. 2005. Observations on Cumacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca) form Antarctic and Subantarctic waters. III. The rediscovery and redescriptions of Diastylis hammoniae Zimmer, 1902 and Diastylis planifroms Calman, 1907. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(4):649-659
Baóewicz-Paszkowycz, M. and R. W. Heard . 2005. Observations on Cumacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca) form Antarctic and Subantarctic waters. III. The genus Holostylis Stebbing, 1912 (Diastylidae), with the supplemental description of H. helleri (Zimmer, 1907) and the description of H. spinicauda, a new deep-water species. — Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 118(4): 660-673.
Abney, M. A., R. W. Heard, and C. F. Rakocinski. 2005. Life-history observations on the Cayman gambusia, Gambusia xanthosoma Greenfield, 1883 (Poeciliidae), endemic to Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. — Gulf and Caribbean Research.
Heard, R. W. and W. Price. 2006. Status of the genus Bowmaniella of Bǎcescu, 1968 (Mysidacea: Mysidae: Gastrosaccinae): a taxonomic conundrum. — Zootaxa 1269: 1-29.
Heard, R. W., W. W. Price, R. King, and D. Knott. (2006). Guide to the identification of the Mysida of the South Atlantic Bight. — NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 4:1-37.
Heard, R. W., J. W. Martin, T. J. Hansknecht, and D. B. Cadien. 2006. New records for Cubanocuma gutzui Băcescu and Muradian, 1977 (Crustacea: Cumacea: Nannastacidae) from the western Atlantic. — Gulf and Caribbean Research 18: 47-51
Drumm, D. and R. W. Heard. 2006. Transkqalliapseudes spinnulata, new genus, new species (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Kalliapseudidae) from the northwestern Australian shelf. — Zootaxa 1298:17-27.
Drumm, D. and R. W. Heard. 2006. Redescription of Kalliapseudes obtusifrons (Haswell, 1882) form Southwest Australia (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Apseudomoprha: Kalliapseudidae), with the designation of a lectotype 1277: 29-38.
Knight, J. and R. W. Heard. 2006. Apseudes larseni a new species of apsuedid tanaidacean (Crustacea: Peracaraida) from New Zealand marine waters. – Zootaxa 1306:57-67.
Petrescu, I., R. W. Heard. 1906. Cumacea (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida) of the Gulf of Mexico. I. A new species of Sympodomma Stebbing, 1912 (Bodotriidae: Vaunthomp-soniinae). — Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 'Grigore Antipa' 48:57-64.