Publications
Holst S, Miranda LS, Meyer P, Michalik P, Sötje I (2021) Morphological analyses of the adult and juvenile stages of the stalked jellyfish Craterolophus convolvulus (Johnston, 1835) (Cnidaria: Staurozoa: Stauromedusae: Craterolophidae) using micro-CT. Zoologischer Anzeiger 242: 240-260.
Båmstedt U, Sötje I, Tiemann H, Martinussen MB (2020) Fecundity and early life of the deep-water jellyfish Periphylla periphylla. Journal of Plankton Research 42(1): 87-101.
Sötje I, Henne S. The senses of Scyphozoa. In: Jarms G & Morandini A (eds) Medusenatlas (in press)
Sötje I, Holst S. The stinging cell of Scyphozoa. In: Jarms G & Morandini A (eds) Medusenatlas (in press)
Heins A, Sötje I, Holst H. (2017) Assessment of various investigation techniques for scyphozoan statoliths with focus on the early development of the jellyfish Sanderia malayensis Goette, 1886. Mar Ecol Prog Ser (published online) https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12292
Sötje I, Dishon T, Hoffmann F, Holst S. (2017) New methods of morphometric analyses on scyphozoan jellyfish statoliths including the first direct evidence for statolith growth using calcein as a fluorescent marker. Microsc Microanal 23: 553-568. doi:10.1017/S1431927617000344
Holst S, Michalik P, Noske M, Krieger J, Sötje I (2016) Potential of X-ray micro-computed tomography for soft-bodied and gelatinous cnidarians with special emphasis on scyphozoan and cubozoan statoliths. Journal of Plankton Research 38(5): 1225-1242. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbw054
Sötje I, Neues F, Epple M, Ludwig W, Rack A, Gordon M, Boese R, Tiemann H (2011) Comparison of the statolith structures of Chironex fleckeri (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) and Periphylla periphylla (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa): a phylogenetic approach. Mar Biol 158 (5): 1149- 1161. doi 10.1007/s00227-011-1637-3
Wiebring A, Helmholz H, Sötje I, Prange A, Tiemann H (2010) A new method for the separation of different types of nematocysts from Scyphozoa and investigation of proteinaceous toxins utilizing laser catapulting and subsequent mass spectrometry. J Mar Biotech 12:308-317. doi 10.1007/s10126-010-9261-7
Sötje I, Jarms G (2009) Derivation of the reduced life cycle of Thecoscyphus zibrowii Werner, 1984 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Mar Biol 156 (10):2331-2341. doi 10.1007/s00227-009-1261-7
Tiemann H, Sötje I, Johnston BD, Flood PR, Båmstedt U (2009) Documentation of potential courtship-behaviour in Periphylla periphylla (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa) JMBA 89 (1):63-66. doi:10.1017/S0025315408001264
Holst S, Sötje I, Tiemann H, Jarms G (2007) Life cycle of the rhizostome jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus (L.) (Scyphozoa, Rhizostomeae), with studies on cnidocysts and statoliths. Mar Biol 151:1695-1710. doi 10.1007/s00227-006-0594-8
Boßelmann F, Epple M, Sötje I, Tiemann H (2007) Statoliths of calcium sulfate hemihydrate are used for gravity sensing in rhopaliophoran medusae (Cnidaria). In Biomineralisation: Biological Aspects and Structure Formation (ed. Baeuerlein, E), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, p. 261-272. ISBN 978-3-527-31804-9
Sötje I, Tiemann H, Båmstedt U (2006) Trophic ecology and the related functional morphology of the deepwater medusa Periphylla periphylla (Scyphozoa, Coronatae). Mar Biol 150(3):329-343. doi 10.1007/s00227-006-0369-2
Tiemann H, Sötje I, Becker A, Jarms G, Epple M (2006) Calcium sulfate hemihydrate (bassanite) statoliths in the cubozoan Carybdea sp.. Zool Anz 245:13-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2006.03.001
Becker A, Sötje I, Paulmann C, Beckmann F, Donath T, Boese R, Prymak O, Tiemann H, Epple M (2005) Calcium sulfate hemihydrate is the inorganic mineral in statoliths of scyphozoan medusae (Cnidaria). J Chem Soc, Dalton Trans 1445-1550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B111524C
also selected for inclusion in the RSC's (Royal Society of Chemistry) Chemical Biology Virtual Journal, Issue 7, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B416246C
Prymak O, Tiemann H, Sötje I, Marxen J, Klocke A, Kahl-Nieke B, Beckmann F, Donath T, Epple M (2005) Application of synchrotron radiation-based computer microtomography (SRµCT) to biominerals: embryonic snails, statoliths of medusae, and human teeth. J Bio Inorg Chem 10:688–695. doi 10.1007/s00775-005-0023-3
Sötje, I (2003) Untersuchung zur Ontogenese von Thecoscyphus zibrowii Werner, 1984 (Cnidaria, Scyphozoa). Dissertation im Fachbereich Biologie der Universität Hamburg.
Zander CD, Sötje I (2002) Seasonal and geographical differences in cleaner fish activity in the Mediterranean Sea. Helgoland Marine Research 55: 232-241. doi 10.1007/s101520100084
Tiemann H, Sötje I, Jarms G, Paulmann C, Epple M, Hasse, B (2002) Calcium sulfate hemihydrate in statoliths of deep-sea medusae. Journal of the Chemical Society, J Chem Soc, Dalton Transactions 1266-1268 (Cover feature). doi: 10.1039/b111524c
also selected for inclusion in the RSC's (Royal Society of Chemistry) Chemical Biology Virtual Journal, Issue 6, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/B111524C
Sötje I, Jarms G (1999) Detailed description of Thecoscyphus zibrowii Werner, 1984 (Scyphozoa, Coronatae) with remarks on the life cycle. Mitt hamb zool Mus Inst 96: 5-13. ISSN 0072 9612