PUBLICATIONS
General Sea Slug Research
Nimbs, M. J. 2017. A Victorian emigrant: First observation and range extension of the nudibranch Tenellia catachroma (Burn, 1963) in Western Australia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 129 (1) 37-40.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.1071/RS17003
Nimbs, M. J. & Smith, S. D. A. 2017. An Illustrated Inventory of the Sea Slugs of New South Wales, Australia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 128 (2) 44-113.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.1071/RS16011
Smith, S. D. A, & Nimbs, M. J. 2017. Quantifying temporal variation in heterobranch (Mollusca: Gastropoda) sea slug assemblages: tests of alternate models. Molluscan Research. 37 (2) 140-147.
Nimbs, M. J. 2017. NudiKey: an illustrated, interactive identification key to the families of Australian heterobranch sea-slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Australian Zoologist. 38 (4) 537-546.
Nimbs, M. J. & Smith, S. D. A. 2017. Welcome strangers: southern range extensions for seven heterobranch sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on the subtropical east Australian coast, a climate-change hot spot. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 8 (1) 27-32.
Nimbs, M. J., Larkin, M., Davis, T. R., Harasti, D., Willan, R. C. & Smith, S. D. A. 2016. Southern range extensions for twelve heterobranch sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) on the eastern coast of Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records. 9 (27).
Nimbs, M. J., Willan, R. C. & Smith, S. D. A. 2015. Range extensions for heterobranch sea slugs (formerly opisthobranch) belonging to the families diaphanidae, plakobranchidae and facelinidae on the eastern coast of Australia. Marine Biodiversity Records. 8 (e76).
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs1755267215000524
CORRIGENDUM - https://doi.org/10.1017%2Fs1755267215000822
Nimbs, M. J. & Smith, S. D. A. 2018. Beyond Capricornia: Tropical Sea Slugs (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) Extend Their Distributions into the Tasman Sea. Diversity. 10 (3), 99.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.3390/d10030099.
Tagliafico, A., Nimbs, M. J. & Rangel, M. S. 2017. Observations of novel locomotion in the sea star Luidia senegalensis (Lamark, 1816) (Asteroidea: Paxillosida). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. 50 (3) 233-237.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.1080/10236244.2017.1353883
Nimbs, M. J., Hutton, I., Davis, T. R., Larkin, M. F. & Smith, S. D. A. 2020. The Heterobranch sea slugs of Lord Howe Island, NSW, Australia (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 132(1), 12-41.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.1071/RS20002
Nimbs, M. J. and Smith, S. D. A. 2021. Genetic evidence confirms that the porostomate nudibranch Dendrodoris gunnamatta Allan, 1932 is a morphotype of Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850)
(Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Taxonomy, 1 (2), 152-159.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy1020012
Smith, S. D. A. and Nimbs, M. J. 2022. Citizen scientists record significant range extensions for tropical sea slug species in subtropical eastern Australia. Diversity. 14(4), 244.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.3390/d14040244
Nimbs, Matt J.; Davis, Tom R.; Hill, Lachlan; Wehmeyer, Samara; Holmes, Sebastian; Prior, Amanda; Williamson, Jane. 2023. The taming of Smeagol? A new population, and an assessment of the known population, of the critically endangered pulmonate gastropod Smeagol hilaris (Heterobranchia, Otinidae). Diversity. 15(1), 86.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.3390/d15010086
Sea Hare (Aplysiidae) Research
Nimbs, M. J. & Smith, S. D. A. 2017. Revision of the southern distribution limit for the tropical marine herbivore Syphonota geographica (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (Heterobranchia: Aplysiidae) in a global climate change hot-spot. Australian Zoologist. 38 (4) 582-589.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.019
Nimbs, M. J., Willan, R. C. & Smith, S. D. A. 2017. An Historical Summary of the Distribution and Diet of Australian Sea Hares (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplysiidae). Zoological Studies. 56.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/doi:10.6620/ZS.2017.56-35
Nimbs, M. J., Willan, R. C. & Smith, S. D. A. 2017. Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)? Molluscan Research. 37 (2) 45-65.
Nimbs, M. J., Wilson, N., Limmon, G. V. & Smith, S. D. A. 2020. Redescription of the sea hare Phyllaplysia viridis (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia; Aplysiida). Malacologia. 63 (1), 11-20.
Nimbs, M. J. and Wilson, N. 2020. Description of a new species of Bursatella Blainville, 1817 (Gastropoda, Aplysiida, Aplysiidae) from southern Australia. Molluscan Research.
Nimbs, M. J. 2020. The taxonomy and systematics of the Australian Aplysiidae. PhD Thesis. Supported by Southern Cross University, National Marine Science Centre. Download PDF.
Nimbs, M. J. and Wilson, N. 2021. Saved by the shell: molecular analysis detects the cryptic sea hare Aplysia concava G. B. Sowerby I, 1833. (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Aplysiidae), from Oceania, with a Redescription. Taxonomy, 1 (2), 48-59.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy1020006
Nimbs, M. J. 2021. Designation of a neotype for the dwarf sea hare Aplysia concava G. B. Sowerby I, 1833, and a review of the status of Aplysia norfolkensis G. B. Sowerby II, 1869 (Mollusca: Heterobranchia). Records of the Australian Museum, 73 (5), 147-151.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.3853/j.2201-4349.73.2021.1773
Marine Climate Change Research
Coleman, M. , Reddy, M., Nimbs, M., Marshell, A., Al-Ghassani, S., Bolton, J., Jupp, B., De Clerck, O., Leliaert, F., Champion, C., Pearson, G., Serrao, E., Madeira, P., Wernberg, T. 2022. Loss of a globally unique kelp forest and genetic diversity from the Northern Hemisphere. Scientific Reports. 12 5020.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08264-3
Davis, T. R. & Nimbs, M. 2022. Susceptibility of Tidal Pool Fish Assemblages to Climate Change.
Ecologies. 3, 510-520.
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies3040037
Nimbs, M. J., Wernberg, T., Davis, T. R., Champion, C. and Coleman, M. A. 2023. Climate change threatens unique evolutionary diversity in Australian kelp refugia.
Scientific Reports. 13:1248
OPEN ACCESS - https://rdcu.be/c30iQ
Nimbs, M. J., Champion, C. Lobos, S., Malcolm, H. A., Miller, A. D., Seinor, K., Smith, S. D. A., Knott, N. A., Wheeler, D. and Coleman, M. A. 2023. Genomic analyses indicate resilience of a commercially and culturally important marine gastropod snail to climate change.
PeerJ 11:e16498
OPEN ACCESS - https://doi10.7717/peerj.16498
Other
Ponder, W. F., Nimbs, M. J. & Shea, M. E. 2023. Hyporheic Tateidae (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea) from the Flinders Ranges, South Australia and Judbarra (Gregory) National Park, western Northern Territory, Australia, with some taxonomic notes on the family.
Molluscan Research (in press)