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Peter Funch

Associate Professor

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Peter Funch

Associate Professor

  • Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution
  • Arctic Research Centre
Type of address: Postal address.
Ny Munkegade 116
1540, 215
8000
Aarhus C
Denmark
Type of address: Postal address.
Ole Worms Allé 1
1540, 215
8000
Aarhus C
Denmark

Email: funch@bio.au.dk

Mobile: +4523382482

Phone: +4587156526

Publications

Funch, P., Kealy, R. A., Goldstein, J., Brewer, J. R., Solovyeva, V., & Riisgård, H. U. (2023). Fate of microplastic captured in the marine demosponge Halichondria panicea. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4467283
Klein, J., Vestbo, S., Funch, P., & Anna, T. (2023). Marine Hitchhikers and Nested Holobionts: Is the Aquarium Trade Creating Weedy Sponge Invaders? In N. Bubandt, A. O. Andersen, & R. Cypher (Eds.), Rubber Boots Methods for the Anthropocene: Doing Fieldwork in Multispecies Worlds (pp. 249-275). University of Minnesota Press.
Funch, P., Kealy, R. A., Goldstein, J., Brewer, J. R., & Riisgård, H. U. (in press). Fate of microplastic captured in the marine demosponge Halichondria panicea. Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Flensburg, S. B., Garm, A. L., & Funch, P. (2022). The contraction-expansion behaviour in the demosponge Tethya wilhelma is light-controlled and follows a diurnal rhythm. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(24), Article jeb244751. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.244751
Flensburg, S. B., Garm, A. L., & Funch, P. (2022). Diurnal rhythms and light regulated behaviour in the demosponge Tethya wilhelma. Poster session presented at 11th World Sponge Conference, Leiden, Netherlands.
Kealy, R. A., Goldstein, J., Riisgård, H. U., Brewer, J. R., Solovyeva, V., & Funch, P. (2022). Particle capture and transport in the demosponge Halichondria panicea: Speed talk and poster. Abstract from 11th World Sponge Symposium, Leiden, Netherlands.
Goldstein, J., & Funch, P. (2022). A review on genus Halichondria (Demospongiae, Porifera). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(9), Article 1312. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10091312
Flensburg, S. B., Garm, A. L., & Funch, P. (2022). The contraction-expansion behaviour in the demosponge Tethya wilhelma is diurnal and light-controlled. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.06.499042
Wardiatno, Y., Aini, N. K., Mashar, A., Zairion , Z., Funch, P., Hastuti , Y. P., & Sangaji, U. (2022). Citizen Science Approach for Indonesian Horseshoe Crab Conservation. In International Horseshoe Crab Conservation and Research Efforts: 2007- 2020 (pp. 497-509). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82315-3_28
Colon, C. P., Botton, M. L., Funch, P., Hoffgaard, E. E., Mandeep, K., & Mansfield, K. (2022). Ecology of Juvenile American Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) at Plumb Beach, Jamaica Bay, New York. In International Horseshoe Crab Conservation and Research Efforts: 2007- 2020 (pp. 669-690). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82315-3_40
Funch, P., Kristensen, R. M., & Cardoso Neves, R. (in press). Phylum Cycliophora. In C. Young, M. Sewell, & M. Boyle (Eds.), Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae (2nd ed.). Elsevier.
Riesgo, A., Santodomingo, N., Koutsouveli, V., Kumala, L., Leger, M. M., Leys, S. P., & Funch, P. (2022). Molecular machineries of ciliogenesis, cell survival, and vasculogenesis are differentially expressed during regeneration in explants of the demosponge Halichondria panicea. BMC Genomics, 23(1), Article 858. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-09035-0
Funch, P. (2021). Cycliophora: An Emergent Model Organism for Life Cycle Studies. In A. Boutet, & S. Bernd (Eds.), Handbook of Marine Model Organisms in Experimental Biology: Established and Emerging (pp. 259-270). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003217503-14
Wardiatno, Y., Riyanto, B., Iskandar, N. A., Kleinertz, S., Funch, P., & Kurniawan, F. (2021). A New Marine Biomaterial: The shell of mangrove horseshoe crabs, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille, 1802) emphasizing Its physico-chemical characteristics. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, Article 612016. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.612016
Funch, P. (Producer). (2020). Is there a Trojan Horse in drinking water?. Interactive production, Stanford University Press. https://doi.org/10.21627/2020fa
Goldstein, J., Bisbo, N., Funch, P., & Riisgård, H. U. (2020). Contraction-Expansion and the Effects on the Aquiferous System in the Demosponge Halichondria panicea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 113. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00113
Nuraisah , R., Aini, N. K., Mashar, A., Zairion , Z., Hastuti , Y. P., Funch, P., & Wardiatno, Y. (2020). Food habit of horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus gigas (Müller 1785) and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille 1802) in Balikpapan coastal waters, East Kalimantan. Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, 10(2), 153-162. https://doi.org/10.29244/jpsl.10.2.153-162
Aini, N. K., Erwyansyah, E., Kurnia, R., Butet, N. A., Mashar, A., Zairion , Z., Funch, P., Madduppa, H., & Wardiatno, Y. (2020). Two morphotypes of tri-spine horseshoe crab, Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819) (Xiphosura Limulidae) in Indonesia and implications for species identification. Biodiversity Journal, 11(2), 535-540. https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2020.11.2.535.540
Eriksen, N. T., Wollenberg, R. D., Tophøj, J., Sondergaard, T. E., Funch, P., & Andersen, P. (2019). Growth and single cell kinetics of the loricate choanoflagellate Diaphanoeca grandis. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 14543. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50998-0
Vestbo, S., Hindberg, C., Forbes, M. R., Mallory, M. L., Merkel, F., Steenweg, R. J., Funch, P., Gilchrist, H. G., Robertson, G. J., & Provencher, J. F. (2019). Helminths in common eiders (Somateria mollissima): Sex, age, and migration have differential effects on parasite loads. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 9, 184-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.05.004
Vestbo, S., Hindberg, C., Olesen, J. M., & Funch, P. (2019). Eiders as Long Distance Connectors in Arctic Networks. Cross-Cultural Research, 53(3), 252-271. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397118806820
Varney, R. M., Funch, P., Kocot, K. M., & Sørensen, M. V. (2019). A new species of Echinoderes (Cyclorhagida: Echinoderidae) from the San Juan Islands, Washington State, USA, and insights into the kinorhynch transcriptome. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 282, 52-63. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2019.06.003
Funch, P., & Cardoso Neves, R. A. (2018). Cycliophora. In A. Schmidt-Rhaesa (Ed.), Handbook of Zoology: Miscellaneous Invertebrates (pp. 87-110). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110489279-005
Vestbo, S., Obst, M., Fernandez, F., Intanai, I., & Funch, P. (2018). Present and Potential Future Distributions of Asian Horseshoe Crabs Determine Areas for Conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5(MAY), Article 164. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00164
Vestbo, S., Toft, S., Swanson, H. A., Olesen, J. M., & Funch, P. (2018). Transportation infrastructures and arthropod movements: Are Harvestmen (Opiliones) Hitchhiking to Northern Europe? Journal of Ethnobiology, 38(1), 55-71. https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-38.1.055, https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-38.1.055
Schwager, E. E., Sharma, P. P., Clarke, T., Leite, D. J., Wierschin, T., Pechmann, M., Akiyama-Oda, Y., Esposito, L., Bechsgaard, J., Bilde, T., Buffry, A. D., Chao, H., Dinh, H., Doddapaneni, H., Dugan, S., Eibner, C., Extavour, C. G., Funch, P., Garb, J., ... McGregor, A. P. (2017). The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution. B M C Biology, 15(1), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0399-x
Funch, P. (2017). Synchronies at Risk: The intertwined lives of horseshoe crabs and red knot birds. In A. Tsing, H. A. Swanson, E. Gan, & N. O. Bubandt (Eds.), Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet University of Minnesota Press.
Andreas, F. C., & Funch, P. (2017). Rotiferan Hox genes give new insights into the evolution of metazoan bodyplans. Nature Communications, 8(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00020-w
Enok, S., Simonsen, L. S., Funch, P., Kruse, A., Dahlerup, J. F., & Wang, T. (2017). Digestive physiology in reptiles with special reference to pythons. In Amphibian and Reptile Adaptations to the Environment: Interplay Between Physiology and Behavior (pp. 81-114). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b20420
Vestbo, S., & Funch, P. (2016). Kravlende eller kørende? Er der kommet nye mejere til Danmark som blinde passagerer? Habitat, (14), 14-21.
Funch, P. (2016). Flercellede organismer. In K. Finster, T. Wang, F. Borchsenius, & F. B. Christiansen (Eds.), Evolutionsbiologiske Milepæle (pp. 107-123). Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
Funch, P., Wang, T., Pertoldi, C., & Middelbo, A. B. (2016). Low oxygen levels slow embryonic development of Limulus polyphemus. Biological Bulletin, 231(2), 113-119. https://doi.org/10.1086/690091
Schreiber, L., Kjeldsen, K. U., Funch, P., Jensen, J., Obst, M., López-Legentil, S., & Schramm, A. (2016). Endozoicomonas are specific, facultative symbionts of sea squirts. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(JUL), Article 1042. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01042
Schreiber, L., Kjeldsen, K. U., Obst, M., Funch, P., & Schramm, A. (2016). Description of Endozoicomonas ascidiicola sp. nov., isolated from Scandinavian ascidians. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 39(5), 313-318. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2016.05.008
Kroer, P., Kjeldsen, K. U., Nyengaard, J. R., Schramm, A., & Funch, P. (2016). A novel extracellular gut symbiont in the marine worm Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) reveals an alphaproteobacterial symbiont clade of the Ecdysozoa. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(APR), Article 539. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00539
Bechsgaard, J. S., Vanthournout, B., Funch, P., Vestbo, S., Gibbs, R. A., Richards, S., Sanggaard, K. W., Enghild, J. J., & Bilde, T. (2016). Comparative genomic study of arachnid immune systems indicates loss of beta-1,3-glucanase-related proteins and the immune deficiency pathway. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(2), 277-291. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.12780
Lauridsen, S. E., Simonsen, L. S., Funch, P., Kruse, A., Dahlerup, J. F., & Wang, T. (2016). Digestive physiology in reptiles with special reference to pythons. In D. V. Andrade, C. R. Bevier, & J. E. Carvalho (Eds.), Amphibian and Reptile Adaptations to the Environment: Interplay Between Physiology and Behavior (pp. 81-113). CRC Press.
Vestbo, S., Hindberg, C., Olesen, J. M., & Funch, P. (2015). Eiders as long distance connectors in Arctic networks. Abstract from Forging of cultures in the Circumpolar North - a comparative perspective, Aarhus, Denmark.
Kroer, P., Schramm, A., Kjeldsen, K. U., & Funch, P. (2015). A new α-proteobacterium in the penis worm reveals clade of gut symbionts of the Ecdysozoa. Abstract from IV International Workshop on Scalidophora, Ferrol, Galicia, Spain.
Funch, P., Obst, M., Quevedo, F., Intanai, I., & Vestbo, S. (2015). Present and future distributions of horseshoe crabs under predicted climate changes. Abstract from The Third International Workshop on the Science and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs, Nagasaki, Japan.
Riisgård, H. U., Funch, P., & Larsen, P. S. (2015). The mussel filter-pump - present understanding, with a reexamination of gill preparations. Acta Zoologica, 96(3), 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1111/azo.12110
Schreiber, L., Kjeldsen, K. U., Tegetmeyer, H., Funch, P., López-Legentil, S., Dubilier, N., & Schramm, A. (2014). A tunicate-specific Endozoicomonas-lineage, and comparative genomicsand physiology of the symbiotic Endozoicomonas clade. Poster session presented at 15th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Seoul, Korea, Republic of.
Funch, P., & Thybring, M. (2014). Morphology and ontogeny of the pectines of Babycurus jacksoni (Scorpiones: Buthidae). Poster session presented at International Congress on Invertebrat Morphology, Berlin, Germany. http://www.icim3.org/posters.htm
Funch, P., & Wang, T. (2014). Hvorfor gik dyrene på land? Weekendavisen, 4-5.
Sanggaard, K. W., Bechsgaard, J. S., Fang, X., Duan, J., Dyrlund, T. F., Gupta, V., Jiang, X., Cheng, L., Fan, D., Feng, Y., Han, L., Huang, Z., Wu, Z., Liao, L., Settepani, V., Thøgersen, I. B., Vanthournout, B., Wang, T., Zhu, Y., ... Wang, J. (2014). Spider genomes provide insight into composition and evolution of venom and silk. Nature Communications, 5, Article 3765. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms4765
Vanthournout, B., Bilde, T., Funch, P., Settepani, V., & Bechsgaard, J. S. (2013). Spider silk genes in a cribellate, non-orb weaver spider. Poster session presented at First International SpiderWeb Meeting, Oxford, United Kingdom. http://bms.brookes.ac.uk/news/spiderwebmeeting
Nakano, H., Lundin, K., Bourlat, S. J., Telford, M. J., Funch, P., Nyengaard, J. R., Obst, M., & Thorndyke, M. C. (2013). Xenoturbella bocki exhibits direct development with similarities to Acoleomorpha. Nature Communications, 4, Article 1537. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2556
Handrup, M. M., Fuursted, K., Funch, P., Møller, J. K., & Schrøder, H. (2012). Biofilm formation in long-term central venous catheters in children with cancer: a randomized controlled open-labelled trial of taurolidine versus heparin. A P M I S. Acta Pathologica, Microbiologica et Immunologica Scandinavica, 120(10), 794-801. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02910.x
Funch, P. (2012). Micrognathozoa. In McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology, 11th Edition (pp. 87-88). McGraw-Hill. http://0-www.accessscience.com.library.hct.ac.ae/abstract.aspx?id=900166&referURL=/content/Micrognathozoa/900166
Haug, C., Van Roy, P., Leipner, A., Funch, P., Rudkin, D. M., Schöllmann, L., & Haug, J. T. (2012). A holomorph approach to xiphosuran evolution : a case study on the ontogeny of Euproops. Development, Genes and Evolution, 222(5), 253-268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-012-0407-7
Haug, C., Van Roy, P., Leipner, A., Funch, P., Rudkin, D. M., Schöllmann, L., & Haug, J. T. (2012). When developmental biology meets taxonomy: a holomorph approach to distinguish fossil chelicerates. Poster session presented at 4th meeting of the European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology, Lisbon, Portugal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-012-0407-7
Faurby, S., Jørgensen, A., Kristensen, R. M., & Funch, P. (2012). Distribution and speciation in marine intertidal tardigrades: testing the roles of climatic and geographical isolation. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 1596–1607. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2012.02720.x
Obst, M., Faurby, S., Bussarawit, S., & Funch, P. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of extant horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura, Limulidae) indicates Paleogene diversification of Asian species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 62, 21-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.025
Toft, S., Nielsen, B. O., & Funch, P. (2012). Parasitoid suppression and life-history modifications in a wolf spider following infection by larvae of an acrocerid fly. Journal of Arachnology, 40, 13-17. http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_tocs/JOA_contents_v40n1.html
Neves, R. C., Kristensen, R. M., & Funch, P. (2012). Ultrastructure and morphology of the cycliophoran female. Journal of Morphology, 273(8), 850-869. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.20025
Funch, P., Conradsen, A. D., & Nielsen, T. (2011). Comparative SEM studies of horseshoe crab larvae. http://icim.harvard.edu/conference-program
Faurby, S., & Funch, P. (2011). Size is not everything: A meta-analysis of geographic variation in microscopic eukaryotes. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20(3), 475-485. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00609.x
Obst, M., Nakano, H., Bourlat, S. J., Thorndyke, M. C., Telford, M. J., Nyengaard, J. R., & Funch, P. (2011). Spermatozoon ultrastructure of Xenoturbella bocki (Westblad 1949). Acta Zoologica, 92, 109-115. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2010.00496.x
Faurby, S., Nielsen, K. S. K., Bussarawit, S., Intanai, I., Cong, N. V., Pertoldi, C., & Funch, P. (2011). Intraspecific shape variation in horseshoe crabs: the importance of sexual and natural selection for local adaptation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 407, 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.05.025
Faurby, S., Jørgensen, A., Kristensen, R. M., & Funch, P. (2011). Phylogeography of North Atlantic tidal tardigrades: refugia, cryptic speciation and the history of the Mid Atlantic islands. Journal of Biogeography, 38(8), 1613-1624. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02533.x
Neves, R. C., Cunha, M. R., Funch, P., Kristensen, R. M., & Wanninger, A. W. G. (2010). Comparative myoanatomy of cycliophoran life cycle stages. Journal of Morphology, 271(5), 596-611. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmor.10819
Neves, R. C., Cunha, M. R., Funch, P., Wanninger, A. W. G., & Kristensen, R. M. (2010). External morphology of the cycliophoran dwarf male: a comparative study of Symbion pandora and S. americanus. Helgoland Marine Research, 64, 257-262.
Riisgård, H. U., Okamura, B., & Funch, P. (2010). Particle capture in ciliary filter-feeding gymnolaemate and phylactolaemate bryozoans - a comparative study. Acta Zoologica, 91, 416-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6395.2009.00417.x
Faurby, S., King, T. L., Obst, M., Hallerman, E. M., Pertoldi, C., & Funch, P. (2010). Population dynamics of American horseshoe crabs—historic climatic events and recent anthropogenic pressures. Molecular Ecology, 19, 3088–3100. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04732.x
Kjeldsen, K. U., Obst, M., Nakano, H., Funch, P., & Schramm, A. (2010). Two types of endosymbiotic bacteria in the enigmatic marine worm Xenoturbella. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(8), 2657-2662. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01092-09
Funch, P., & Cedhagen, T. (2010). Zoologi - Invertebrater.
Funch, P., Obst, M., & Wang, T. (2008). Dolkhalers fysiologi, genetiske diversitet og udbredelse. Dansk Ekspeditionsfond Galathea 3 2006-2007, 222-227.
Funch, P., Obst, M., & Wang, T. (2008). Dolkhalers fysiologi, genetiske diversitet og udbredelse. In Galathea 3: 2006-2007 (pp. 222-227)
Madsen, B. L., Funch, P., Hornor, D., & Wang, T. (2008). En mulig ny åndingsmekanisme: Vandkalve, der trækker vejret gennem dækvingerne.. Abstract from Ferskvandssymposium, Biologisk Institut, Plantebiologi,  Aarhus Universitet, Århus, Denmark.
Hornor, D., Funch, P., Wang, T., & Madsen, B. L. (2008). Identification of a novel gill structure in Dytiscid beetle respiration. Poster session presented at Ferskvandssymposium 2008, Biologisk Institut, Plantebiologi, Aarhus Universitet, Århus, Denmark.
Wetter, M., Cong, N., Nielsen, T., Bayley, M., Funch, P., Intanai, I., & Wang, T. (2008). Osmoregulation and acid base regulation of the Asian Horseshoe crab Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 150(3), S107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.04.228
Funch, P., Thor, P., & Obst, M. (2008). Symbiotic Relations and Feeding Biology of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora) and Triticella flava (Bryozoa). Vie et Milieu, 58(2), 185-188.
Obst, M., Nakano, H., Bourlat, S. J., Thorndike, M. C., Telford, M. J., Nyengaard, J. R., & Funch, P. (2008). The spermatozoan ultrastructure of Xenoturbella suggests a close relationship to enteropneust hemichordates. Abstract from 1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology, Copenhagen 2008, København, Denmark.
Faurby, S., Jönsson, K. I., Rebecchi, L., & Funch, P. (2008). Variation in anhydrobiotic survival of two eutardigrade morphospecies: a story of cryptic species and their dispersal. Journal of Zoology, 275, 139-145.
Funch, P., Toft, S., Bilde, T., & Cedhagen, T. (2008). Zoologi Invertebrater.
Funch, P., Toft, S., & Bilde, T. (2008). Zoologi Invertebrater.
Funch, P., Cong, N. V., Intanai, I., Bussarawit, S., Nielsen, T., Wang, T., Faurby, S., & Obst, M. (2008).  The diversity of horseshoe crabs - protecting an endangered resource. Poster session presented at International Conference on Marine Organisms and their Biomedical Potentials: Expectations and Realizations, Terengganu, Malaysia.
Baker, J. M., Funch, P., & Giribet, G. (2007). Cryptic speciation in the recently discovered American cycliophoran Symbion americanus; genetic structure and population expansion. Marne Biology, 151, 2183-2193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-007-0654-8
Baczynska, A., Funch, P., Fedder, J., Knudsen, H. J., Birkelund, S., & Christiansen, G. (2007). Morphology of human Fallopian tubes after infection with Mycoplasma genitalium and Mycoplasma hominis - in vitro organ culture study. Human Reproduction, 22(4), 968-979. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/del455
Obst, M., Funch, P., & Kristensen, R. M. (2006). A new species of Cycliophora from the mouthparts of the American lobster Homarus americanus (Nephropidae, Decapoda). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 6, 83-97.
Rasmussen, B. F., Funch, P., & Obst, M. (2006). Ferskvandsmosdyrs fylogeni. Poster session presented at Ferskvandssymposium Aarhus Universitet, januar 2006 - Plantebiologi, Biologisk Institut, Aarhus, Denmark.
Fuchs, J., Bright, M., Funch, P., & Wanninger, A. (2006). Immunocytochemistry of the neuromuscular systems of Loxosomella vivipara and L. parguerensis (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae). Journal of Morphology, 267, 866-883.
Obst, M., & Funch, P. (2006). The microhabitat of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora) on the mouthparts of its host Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Nephropidae). Marine Biology, 148, 945-951.
Funch, P., Obst, M., & Giribet, G. (2005). Cycliophora from the European lobster Homarus. In 40th European Marine Biology Symposium - Vienna, 21-25 August 2005 (pp. 56)
Obst, M., Funch, P., & Gonzalo, G. (2005). Hidden diversity and host specificity in cycliophorans; a phylogeographic analysis along the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology, 14, 4427-4440.
Sørensen, M. V., Segers, H., & Funch, P. (2005). On a new Seison Grube, 1861 from coastal waters of Kenya, with a reappraisal of the classification of the Seisonida (Rotifera). Zoological Studies, 44(1), 34-43.
Funch, P., Sørensen, M. V., & Obst, M. (2005). On the phylogenetic position of Rotifera - have we come any further? Hydrobiologia, 546, 11-28.
Riisgård, H. U., Nielsen, K. K., Fuchs, J., Rasmussen, B. F., Obst, M., & Funch, P. (2004). Ciliary feeding structures and particle capture mechanism in the freshwater bryozoan Plumatella repens (Phylactolaemata). Invertebrate Biology, 123(2), 156-167.
Giribet, G., Sørensen, M. V., Funch, P., Kristensen, R. M., & Sterrer, W. (2004). Investigations into phylogenetic position of Micrognathozoa using four molecular loci. Cladistics, 20, 1-13.
Obst, M., & Funch, P. (2003). Dwarf Male of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora). Journal of Morphology, 255, 261-278.
Sørensen, M. V., Funch, P., Hooge, M., & Tyler, S. (2003). Musculature of Notholca acuminata (Rotifera: Ploima: Brachionidae) revealed by confocal scanning laser microscopy. Invertebrate Biology, 122(3), 223-230.
Sørensen, M. V., Funch, P., Hooge, M., & Tyler, S. (2003). Musculature of Notholca acuminata (Rotifera : Ploima : Brachionidae) revealed by confocal scanning laser microscopy. Invertebrate Biology, 122(3), 223-230.
Sørensen, M. V., Tyler, S., Hooge, M. D., & Funch, P. (2003). Organization of pharyngeal hard parts and musculature in Gnathostomula armata (Gnathostomulida: Gnathostomulidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81, 1463-1470.
Funch, P. (2003). Phylum Cycliophora - Bizarre organisms on lobster's mouth.
Funch, P., & Kristensen, M. R. (2002). Coda: The micrognathozoa - A new class or phylum of freshwater meiofauna? Freshwater Meiofauna: Biology and Ecology, 337-348.
Berg, P., Rysgaard, S., Funch, P., & Sejr, M. K. (2001). Effects of bioturbation on solutes and solids in marine sediments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 26, 81-94.
Kristensen, R. M., & Funch, P. (2001). Phylum Cycliophora. In Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae (pp. 199-208)
Funch, P., & Sørensen, M. V. (2001). Rotifers in saline waters from Disko Island, West Greenland. Hydrobiologia, 446/447, 273-282.
Rysgaard, S., Christensen, P. B., Sørensen, M. V., Funch, P., & Berg, P. (2000). Marine meiofauna, carbon and nitrogen mineralization in sandy and soft sediments of Disko Bay, West Greenland. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 21(1), 59-71.
Kristensen, R. M., & Funch, P. (2000). Micrognathozoa: a new class with complicated jaws like those of Rotifera and Gnathostomulida. Journal of Morphology, 246(1), 1-49. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4687(200010)246:1<1::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-D
Sørensen, M. V., Funch, P., Willerslev, E., Hansen, A. J., & Olesen, J. (2000). On the phylogeny of the Metazoa in the light of Cycliophora and Micrognathozoa. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 239(3-4), 297-318.
Funch, P., & Kristensen, R. M. (1999). Cycliophora. In E. Knobil, & J. D. Neill (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Vol. 1, pp. 800-808). Academic Press.
Nielsen, B. O., Funch, P., & Toft, S. (1999). Self-injection of a dipteran parasitoid into a spider. Naturwissenschaften, 86(11), 530-2.
Funch, P., Kristensen, R. M., Harrison, F. W. (Ed.), & Woollacott, R. M. (Ed.) (1997). Cycliophora. In Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Vol.13; Lophophorates, Entoprocta, and Cycliophora (pp. 409-474). John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Kristensen, R. M., & Funch, P. (1997). Jagten på nye dyrerækker: - er ringbærernes livscyklus opklaret? Dyr i Natur og Museum, 2, 12-17.
Hansen, B., Humlum, O., Nielsen, N., Rasch, M., & Funch, P. (1997). Meteorological observations in 1996 at the Arctic Station, Qeqertarsuaq (Godhavn), central West Greenland. Geografisk Tidsskrift, 97, 152-153.
Kristensen, R. M., & Funch, P. (1996). A new worm with gnathostomulid-like jaws from a cold homothermic spring in West Greenland: support for further removal of the Gnathostomulida from the Plathyhelminthes. In 8th International Symposium of the Biology of the Turbellaria (pp. 57). Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Funch, P. (1996). The chordoid larva of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora) is a modified trochophore. Journal of Morphology, 230(3), 231-263.
Funch, P. (1995). Hummerens hemmelighed. Weekendavisen, 1.
Funch, P., & Kristensen, R. M. (1995). Cycliophora is a new phylum with affinities to Entoprocta and Ectoprocta. Nature, 378(6558), 711-714.
Kristensen, R. M., & Funch, P. (1995). En ny aschelminth med gnathostomulid-lignende kæber fra en kold kilde ved Issunngua. In C. Ehrhardt, D. Gedde, D. Grastrup-Hansen, H. Heldbjerg, & O. Vestergaard (Eds.), Arktisk Biologisk Feltkursus, Qeqertarsuaq/Godhavn 1994 Museum Tusculanum.
Funch, P., Segers, H., & Dumont, H. J. (1995). Rotifera in tap water in Gent, Belgium. Biologisch Jaarboek - Dodonaea, 63, 53-57.
Huys, R., Funch Andersen, P., & Kristensen, R. M. (1992). Tantulacus hoegi gen. et sp. nov. (Tantulocarida: Deoterthridae) from the meiobenthos of the Faroe Bank, North Atlantic. Marine Biology Research, 76(4), 287-297.
Funch Andersen, P., Düwel, L., & Hansen, O. S. (Eds.) (1992). Feltkursus i Arktisk biologi, Godhavn 1990.
Funch Andersen, P. (1992). Foreløbige resultater om marine Rotifera fra Disko Fjord, Grønland. In P. Funch Andersen, L. Düwel, & O. S. Hansen (Eds.), Feltkursus i Arktisk biologi, Godhavn 1990 (pp. 143-153).
Funch Andersen, P., & Hartmann, M. (1992). Makrozoobenthos i blødbunden fra Vestgrønland. In Feltkursus i Arktisk biologi, Godhavn 1990 (pp. 211-233).

Activities

1st International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology

Peter Funch (Organizer)

17 Aug 200821 Aug 2008

2nd International Congress on Invertebrate Morphology

Peter Funch (Participant)

20 Jun 201123 Jun 2011

3rd Marine Genomics Europe Summer course on  Analyzing Biodiversity & Life History Strategies

Peter Funch (Participant)

15 Jul 200820 Jul 2008

Analysing Biodiversity & Life History Strategies

Peter Funch (Participant)

17 Jul 200628 Jul 2006

Analysing Biodiversity & Life History Strategies : Marine Genomics Network Summer Course

Peter Funch (Participant)

9 Jul 200720 Jul 2007

Animal phylogeny in light of Cycliophora and Micrognathozoa

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

23 Apr 2001

Beretning fra Grønland om et "missing link" mellem hjuldyr og kæbemunde og livet i gletsjer-isen

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

24 Mar 1999

B M C Evolutionary Biology (Journal)

Peter Funch (Reviewer)

1 Apr 2013

Censor

Peter Funch (Examiner)

18 Jun 2012

Censor (bacheloreksamen)

Peter Funch (Examiner)

29 Nov 2010

Censor (bacheloreksamen)

Peter Funch (Examiner)

25 Jun 2012

Censor (kandidateksamen)

Peter Funch (Examiner)

28 Mar 2012

Censor (specialeeksamen)

Peter Funch (Examiner)

10 Jan 2007

Censor (specialeeksamen)

Peter Funch (Examiner)

24 Jun 2008

Censor (specialeeksamen)

Peter Funch (Examiner)

5 Feb 2010

Censor (specialeeksamen): Censor ved specialeeksamen for Kenneth Agerlin Halberg. Titel: Cyclomorphosis in the marine eutardigrade Halobiotus crispae

Peter Funch (Examiner)

4 Jun 2008

Censor (specialeeksamen): Specialeeksamen for Martin Macnaughton: Ultrastructural investigations of the jaw apparatus in Dorvilleidae (Annelida, Polychaeta): The systematic importance of intra- and intergeneric diversity and ontogenetic development

Peter Funch (Examiner)

17 Nov 2008

Censor ved specialeeksamen

Peter Funch (Examiner)

20 Jun 2023

Del af Galathea-udstillingen, "Fede forskere"

Peter Funch (Participant)

26 Apr 20071 Mar 2008

Demonstration of SEM

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

19 Mar 2010

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution (Organisational unit)

Peter Funch (Member)

2022

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution (Organisational unit)

Peter Funch (Member)

2014

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution (Organisational unit)

Peter Funch (Member)

2008

Dolkhaler - er de "levende fossiler" truede

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

7 Nov 2008

Dolkhaler - fortidsdyr med en usikker fremtid

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

4 Mar 2010

Dolkhaler - Fortidsdyr med en usikker fremtid

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

21 Mar 2017

Dolkhaler - Havets levende fossiler

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

2 Sept 2011

Early evolution of multicellular sponges

Per Andersen (Lecturer), Fynn-Rasmus Alt (Lecturer) & Peter Funch (Lecturer)

4 Mar 2016

Eiders as long distance connectors in Arctic networks

Peter Funch (Other)

25 Sept 2015

Erobring af landjorden

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

3 Feb 2013

Espeland Marine Biology Station, Universitetet i Bergen

Peter Funch (Visiting researcher)

30 Jun 19988 Jul 1998

External examiner, m. sc. thesis: Dennis Persson: Extreme survival of tardigrades

Peter Funch (Examiner)

31 Oct 2008

Flercellede organismer

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

12 Oct 2016

Foredrag i forbindelse med tilbudstime

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

4 Sept 1998

Formidlingsakademiet, Videnskabernes Selskab. Kursus 2022

Peter Funch (Participant)

1 Sept 202218 Dec 2022

Harvard University

Peter Funch (Visiting researcher)

3 Jan 200519 Jan 2005

Harvard University

Peter Funch (Visiting researcher)

1 Oct 20033 Jan 2004

Helgoland Marine Research (Journal)

Peter Funch (Editor)

28 Oct 2005 → …

Hemmeligheden bag udvikling af vacciner og levende fossilers blåt blod

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

25 Apr 2023

Horseshoe crabs

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

2 Apr 2009

Horseshoe crabs - living fossils of the sea

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

29 Oct 2010

Horseshoe crabs: living fossils of the sea

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

23 Nov 2006

Horseshoe crabs - the "living fossils"

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

22 Jan 2010

Hvad vil fremtidige klimaændringer betyde for dolkhalers udbredelse?

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

14 Dec 2016

Introduction to the Priapulida

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

22 Aug 2012

IUCN Species Survival Commission (External organisation)

Peter Funch (Member)

2013

IV International Workshop on Scalidophora

Peter Funch (Speaker)

14 Sept 2015

IXth International Rotifer Symposium

Peter Funch (Participant)

16 Jan 200023 Jan 2000

Journal of Morphology (Journal)

Peter Funch (Editor)

1 Jan 2008

Kristinebergs Marinbiologiske Station

Peter Funch (Visiting researcher)

17 Apr 200019 May 2000

Kristinebergs Marinbiologiske Station

Peter Funch (Visiting researcher)

26 Jun 200016 Jul 2000

Leddyrenes erobring af landjorden

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

23 Oct 2014

Life on a lobster

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

9 May 2000

Louise Haugaard Jørgensens filmprojekt: Afslutningsprojekt for 3. årgang på Det Jyske Kunstakademi

Peter Funch (Participant)

13 Apr 201222 Apr 2012

Meiofauna Marina (Journal)

Peter Funch (Editor)

1 Apr 2003 → …

Phylum Cycliophora – Bizarre organisms on lobster’s mouth

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

6 Aug 2002

P L o S One (Journal)

Peter Funch (Reviewer)

9 Nov 2012

P L o S One (Journal)

Peter Funch (Reviewer)

30 Jan 2015

Population studies of Cycliophora

Peter Funch (Participant)

13 Mar 200420 Mar 2004

Ringbæreren og kæbedyret

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

13 Sept 2001

Sære, små livsformer bringer bud fra en fjern fortid

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

22 Nov 2004

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, USA

Peter Funch (Participant)

22 Sept 20088 Oct 2008

SEM Temadag 2012

Peter Funch (Participant)

29 Aug 2012

Skønheden og udyret

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

9 Apr 2001

Små dyr - store opdagelser

Peter Funch (Invited speaker)

2 Feb 2011

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Peter Funch (Participant)

8 Oct 200826 Oct 2008

Studies on Cycliophora at Kristineberg

Peter Funch (Participant)

22 Apr 20034 May 2003

Studies on Cycliophora at Kristineberg

Peter Funch (Participant)

7 Apr 200313 Apr 2003

Symbiotic Cycliophora: Bizarre Organisms on a Lobster’s Mouth

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

31 Oct 2014

Tales on cycliophorans, horseshoe crabs, and tardigrades

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

3 Oct 2008

Tales on Tardigrades: microscopic water bears in time and space

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

16 Oct 2008

The horseshoecrab: a living fossil

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

5 Sept 2006

The horseshoecrab: a living fossil

Peter Funch (Lecturer)

12 Nov 2006

The Third International Workshop on the Science and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs

Peter Funch (Speaker)

18 Jun 2015

Third International Scalidophora Workshop

Peter Funch (Speaker)

19 Aug 201225 Aug 2012

Tillidsrepræsentant for akademikere

Peter Funch (Participant)

1 Apr 2021

TWIMCO - 12th International Meiofauna Conference

Peter Funch (Participant)

11 Jul 200417 Jul 2004