Publications
My research focuses on how animals are built, how they evolve, and how they function in close interaction with microorganisms. I explore these themes through symbiotic marine animals, with a particular focus on siboglinid tubeworms and photosymbiotic acoels.
Underlined author indicates corresponding authorship; † equal contribution; * denotes students supervised in my lab.
2026
Kokarev V.†, Rimskaya-Korsakova N.†, Alfaro K.M., Dufour S.C., 2026. Exploring the applicability of SYBR stains for whole-mount high-resolution confocal microscopy of chemosymbiotic invertebrates. Micron 208, 104120. DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2026.104120
Eilertsen, M.H., Rimskaya-Korsakova, N., Martín-Durán, J.M., Oatley, G., Sinclair, E., Aunin, E., Gettle, N., Santos, C., Paulini, M., Niu, H., McKenna, V., O’Brien R., 2026. The chromosome-level genome sequence of a bone-eating worm, Osedax fenrisi Eilertsen, Dahlgren & Rapp, 2020 (Sabellida: Siboglinidae) and its associated microbial metagenome sequences. Wellcome Open Research, 11, p.150. DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.26048.1
Pinton F., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Felbel K., Grimmer E., Hejnol A., 2026. Absence of conserved immune signalling pathways and increased pathogen susceptibility associated to photosymbiosis in acoels. BMC Biology, 24 (1):25. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-026-02506-w
2024
Konovalova O., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Kuznetsov P., Osadchiev A., Fedyaeva M., Moiseeva Y., Purgina D., Kosmach D., Semiletov I., 2024. Benthic communities under methane gradient in the Laptev and East Siberian seas. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12: 1406680. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1406680
2023
Kokarev V., Zalota A., Zuev A., Tiunov A., Kuznetsov P., Konovalova O., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., 2023. Opportunistic consumption of marine pelagic, terrestrial, and chemosynthetic organic matter by macrofauna on the Arctic shelf: a stable isotope approach. PeerJ 11:e15595. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.15595
Moggioli G., Panossian B., Sun Y., Thiel D., Martín-Zamora F., Tran M., Clifford A., Goffredi S., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Jékely G., Tresguerres M., Qian P.-Y., Qiu J.-W., Rouse G., Henry L., Martín-Durán J., 2023. Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms. Nature Communications, 14(1), p.2814. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38521-6
Malakhov V., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Osadchiev A., Semiletov I., Karaseva N., Gantsevich M., 2023. Findings of Pogonophores (Annelida and Siboglinidae) in the Kara Sea associated with the regions of dissociation of seafloor and cryogenic gas hydrates. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 49, 69–74. DOI: 10.1134/S1063074023020050
Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Kokarev V., Simakov M., Smirnov R., Gantsevich M., Malakhov V., 2023. Distribution of Siboglinids (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in the Laptev Sea and adjacent areas of the Arctic Basin. Doklady Biological Sciences 509, 124–127. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496623700217
Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Kokarev V., Simakov M., Smirnov R., Gantsevich M., Malakhov V., 2023. Finds of Siboglinids (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in the estuaries of the largest Arctic rivers are associated with permafrost gas hydrates. Doklady Biological Sciences 509, 116–118. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496623700229
Georgieva M.†, Rimskaya-Korsakova N. †, *Krolenko V., Van Dover C., Amon D., Copley J., Plouviez S., Ball B., Wiklund H., Glover A., 2023. A tale of two tubeworms: taxonomy of vestimentiferans (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre. Invertebrate Systematics 37, 167–191. DOI: 10.1071/IS22047
Temereva E., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., 2023. Nuchal organ in the trochophore of Siboglinum fiordicum (Annelida, Siboglinidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, 340, 366–376. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.23192
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Karaseva N., Osadchiev A., Semiletov I., Gantsevich M., Yurikova D., Malakhov V., 2023. The finding of Pogonophorans (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in the St. Anna Trough (Kara Sea) in an area of gas hydrate dissociation. Doklady Biological Sciences 508, 81–84. DOI: 10.1134/S001249662270020X
2022
Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Smirnov R., Udalov A., Mokievsky V., Gantsevich M., Malakhov V., 2022. Distribution of gutless Siboglinid worms (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in Russian Arctic seas in relation to gas potential. Diversity, 14, 1061. DOI: 10.3390/d14121061
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Temereva E., Malakhov V., 2022. Apoptotic processes precede infection with symbionts in a Pogonophoran larvae (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Doklady Biological Sciences 506, 128–131. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496622050118
Prudkovsky A., Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova M., *Pimenov T. (Sharett T.), Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Malakhov V., 2022. First experience of keeping Pogonophorans (Annelida: Siboglinidae) in laboratory conditions. Doklady Biological Sciences 506, 150–153. DOI: 10.1134/S001249662205009X
Malakhov V., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Gantsevich M., 2022. Structure and origin of the vestimentiferan trophosome (Annelida, Siboglinidae). Doklady Biological Sciences 502 (1) 100–103. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496622010082
2021
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Karaseva N., *Pimenov T., Rapp H., Southward E., Temereva E., Worsaae K., 2021. Myogenesis of Siboglinum fiordicum sheds light on body regionalisation in beard worms (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Frontiers in Zoology 18 (1) 1–24. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-021-00426-9
*Kanafina M., Gabidullina R.I., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Zakharov D., Sabirov R.M., Golikov A., 2021. Functional morphology and ecology of the Arctic pogonophore Nereilinum murmanicum Ivanov, 1961 (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta, Seriya Estestvennye Nauki, 4. DOI: 10.26907/2542-064X.2021.4.655-672
Karaseva N., *Kanafina M., Gantsevich M., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Zakharov D., Golikov A., Smirnov R., Malakhov V., 2021. Distribution of Nereilinum murmanicum (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in the Barents Sea in the context of its oil and gas potential. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 9 (12) 1–14. DOI: 10.3390/jmse9121339
Temereva E., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Dyachuk V., 2021. Detailed morphology of tentacular apparatus and central nervous system in Owenia borealis (Annelida, Oweniidae). Zoological Letters 7 (1) 1–21. DOI: 10.1186/s40851-021-00182-y
Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Ekimova I., Gantsevich M., Kokarev V., Kremnyov S., Simakov M., Udalov A., Vedenin A., Malakhov V., 2021. A new genus of frenulates (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from shallow waters of the Yenisey River estuary, Kara Sea. Invertebrate Systematics 35 (8) 857–875. DOI: 10.1071/IS20075
Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Ekimova I., Kokarev V., Simakov M., Gantsevich M., Malakhov V., 2021. The first discovery of Pogonophora (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in the East Siberian Sea coincides with the areas of methane seeps. Doklady Biological Sciences 501 (1) 187–191. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496621060016
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Fontaneto D., Galkin S., Malakhov V., Martínez A., 2021. Geochemistry drives the allometric growth of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Annelida: Siboglinidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 193 (1) 281–294. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa148
2020
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Dyachuk V., Temereva E., 2020. Parapodial glandular organs in Owenia borealis (Annelida: Oweniidae) and their possible relationship with nephridia. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution 334 (2) 88–99. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22928
Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Gantsevich M., Malakhov V., 2020. Obturacula of Vestimentifera (Annelida, Siboglinidae) are homological to the dorsal lips of the polychaete of the family Sabellidae. Doklady Biological Sciences 490, 16–18. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496620010020
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Karaseva N., Kokarev V., Simakov M., Gantsevich M., Malakhov V., 2020. First discovery of Pogonophora (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in the Kara Sea coincide with the area of high methane concentration. Doklady Biological Sciences 490, 25–27. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496620010081
2019
Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Gantsevich M., Malakhov V., 2019. Changes in body proportions during growth of the hydrothermal vestimentiferan Oasisia alvinae Jones 1985 (Annelida, Siboglinidae). Doklady Biological Sciences 485 (1) 37–39. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496619020029
Gantsevich M., Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Malakhov V., 2019. Postembryonic development of the hydrothermal vestimentiferan Oasisia alvinae Jones, 1985 (Annelida, Siboglinidae). Russian Journal of Marine Biology 45 (5). DOI: 10.1134/S1063074019050043
2018
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Galkin S., Malakhov V., 2018. The neuroanatomy of the siboglinid Riftia pachyptila highlights sedentarian annelid nervous system evolution. PLOS ONE 13 (12). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198271
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Karaseva N., Temereva E., Malakhov V., 2018. Protonephridial excretory system in Vestimentifera (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Doklady Biological Sciences 478, 22–25. DOI: 10.1134/S0012496618010064
Ivanenko V., Hoeksema B., Mudrova S., Nikitin M., Martínez A., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Berumen M., Fontaneto D., 2018. Lack of host specificity of copepod crustaceans associated with mushroom corals in the Red Sea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127, 770–780. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.024
2017
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Galkin S., Malakhov V., 2017. The anatomy of the blood vascular system of the giant vestimentiferan tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Journal of Morphology 278, 810–827. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20677
2016
Karaseva N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Galkin S., Malakhov V., 2016. Taxonomy, geographical and bathymetric distribution of vestimentiferan tubeworms (Annelida, Siboglinidae). Biology Bulletin 43 (9) 937–969. DOI: 10.1134/S1062359016090132
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Kristof A., Malakhov V., Wanninger A., 2016. Neural architecture of Galathowenia oculata Zach, 1923 (Oweniidae, Annelida). Frontiers in Zoology 13 (5) 1–18. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-016-0136-2
Worsaae K., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Rouse G., 2016. Neural reconstruction of bone-eating Osedax spp. (Annelida) and evolution of the siboglinid nervous system. BMC Evolutionary Biology 16 (83) 1–23. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-016-0639-7
2011
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Malakhov V., Galkin S., 2011. Organization of the tentacular region in the vestimentiferan tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Annelida, Vestimentifera). Biology Bulletin 38 (7) 667–678. DOI: 10.1134/S1062359011070065
2010
Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Malakhov V., 2010. Organization of the tentacular apparatus of the vestimentiferan tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Annelida, Vestimentifera). Doklady Biological Sciences 433, 257–260. DOI: 10.1134/S001249661004006X
Preprints
Pinton F., Lando G., Yamakawa S., Cetrangolo V., Felbel K., Grimmer E., Hejnol A., Rimskaya-Korsakova N. Photosymbiotic algae acquisition and their interactions with the acoel Convolutriloba macropyga. bioRxiv, 2026-03. DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.06.710013
Kremnyov S., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Lebedeva T., Kizenko A., Hering L., Mayer G., Heisenberg C.P., Hejnol A. The ancient metazoan cytoplasmic intermediate filament protein, Cilin, shapes cilia arrangement and tissue architecture. bioRxiv, 2025-08 (in revision in Nature Communications). DOI: 10.1101/2025.08.21.671432
Monograph
Nikishin D.A., Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Kremnyov S.V., Bagaeva T.S. (Lebedeva T.S.), Khramova Y.V., Semenova M.L., Kosevich I.A., Kraus Y.A., Vortsepneva E.V., Lavrov A.I., Prudkovsky A.A., 2019. Atlas of the White Sea Invertebrates Development. 3rd Summer Course on Embryology of Marine Invertebrates, June 9–30, 2019, WSBS MSU, Russia. Moscow: Pero M., 44 p. ISBN: 978-5-00150-258-6. Link