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Fitzhugh, K. 1983. New species of Fabriciola and Fabricia (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from Belize. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 96: 276-290.

Fitzhugh, K. 1984. Temporal and spatial patterns of the polychaete fauna on the central northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf, pp. 211-225. In Hutchings, P.A. (ed.) Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference, Sydney. The Linnean Society of New South Wales.

Fitzhugh, K. 1987. Phylogenetic relationships within the Nereididae (Polychaeta): implications at the subfamily level. Biological Society of Washington Bulletin No. 7: 174-183.

Fitzhugh K. 1989a. A systematic revision of the Sabellidae-Caobangiidae-Sabellongidae complex (Annelida: Polychaeta). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 192: 1-104.

Fitzhugh, K. 1989. Cladistics in the fast lane. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97: 234-241.

Fitzhugh K. 1990a. Fabricinuda, a new genus of Fabriciinae (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103: 161-178.

Fitzhugh K. 1990b. Two new genera of the subfamily Fabriciinae (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). American Museum Novitates 2967: 1-19.

Fitzhugh K. 1990c. Revision of the Fabriciinae genus Fabriciola Friedrich, 1939 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Zoologica Scripta 19: 153-164.

Fitzhugh K. 1990d. Revision of the Fabriciinae genus Augeneriella Banse, 1957 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Journal of Natural History 24: 195-218.

Fitzhugh K. 1990e. A revision of the genus Fabricia Blainville, 1828 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae). Sarsia 75: 1-16.

Fitzhugh K. 1990f. Invertebrates and ignorance: the book. Cladistics 6: 403-409.

Fitzhugh, K. 1991a. Further revisions of the Sabellidae subfamilies and cladistic relationships among the Fabriciinae (Annelida: Polychaeta). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 305-332.

Fitzhugh, K. 1991b. Systematics of several fabriciin fan worms (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) previously referred to Fabricia and Fabriciola. Journal of Natural History 25: 1101-1120.

Fitzhugh, K. 1991c. Polychaete phylogenetics and the growth of scientific knowledge. Ophelia Supplement 5: 55-62.

Fitzhugh, K. 1991d. Polychaetes. Terra 30: 47-48.

Fitzhugh, K. 1991d. Uncini and the anchor-function hypothesis: empirical tests and causal explanations. Bulletin of Marine Science 48: 574-583.

Fitzhugh K. 1992a. Species of Fabriciola Friedrich, 1939 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae), from the California coast. Pacific Science 46: 68-76.

Fitzhugh, K. 1992b. On the systematic position of Monroika africana (Monro) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) and a description of a new fabriciin genus and species from Australia. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 105: 116-131.

Fitzhugh, K. 1993. Novafabricia brunnea (Hartman, 1969), new combination, with an update on relationships among Fabriciinae taxa (Polychaeta: Sabellidae). Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science No. 438: 12 pp.

Fitzhugh, K. 1995. Additions to the description of the fan worm genus Pseudofabricia Cantone, 1972 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae). Contributions in Science No. 456: 6 pp.

Fitzhugh, K. 1996a. New fanworm species (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) in the genus Pseudofabriciola Fitzhugh. Journal of Natural History 30: 1267-1286.

Fitzhugh, K. 1996b. A polychaete threatens California’s abalone culture industry. Terra 33: 4-5.

Fitzhugh, K. 1998. New fan worm genera and species (Polychaeta, Sabellidae, Fabriciinae) from the western Pacific, and cladistic relationships among genera. Zoologica Scripta 27: 209-245.

Fitzhugh, K. 1999. New fan worm species (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) from Phuket, Thailand, with comments on Fabriciola flammula Rouse and Fabriciola cri Rouse. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science No. 477: 17 pp.

Fitzhugh, K. 2001a. A new deep-water genus and species of Fabriciinae fanworm (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from Antarctica. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science No. 491: 8 pp.

Fitzhugh, K. 2001b. Building trees to better understand biological diversity: cladograms as a tool. Terra 38: 10-11.

Fitzhugh, K. 2002a. New species of Fabricinuda Fitzhugh and Pseudofabriciola Fitzhugh (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae), with an emendation of Pseudofabriciola australiensis (Hartmann-Schröder). Journal of Natural History 36: 893-925.

Fitzhugh K. 2002b. Fan worm polychaetes (Sabellidae: Sabellinae) collected during the Thai-Danida Bioshelf Project. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 24: 353-424.

Fitzhugh, K. 2003. A new species of Megalomma Johansson, 1927 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Sabellinae) from Taiwan, with comments on sabellid dorsal lip classification. Zoological Studies 42: 106-134.

Fitzhugh, K. in press. An emendation of the fan worm genus Fabricinuda Fitzhugh, 1990 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae), and description of a new species from the Caribbean. Journal of Natural History.

Fitzhugh, K. in press. Redescription of Fabricia oregonica Banse, 1956 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae), and placement in a new genus. Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History Contributions in Science.

Fitzhugh, K. in press. Species of Novafabricia Fitzhugh, 1990, and Augeneriella Banse, 1957 (Polychaeta: Sabellinae: Fabriciinae), in the Caribbean Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science.

Fitzhugh, K. in press. A New Species of Chone Krøyer (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Sabellinae) from the British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Sea. Caribbean Journal of Science.

Fitzhugh, K. in review. Phylogenetic inference and the requirement of total evidence. Zoologica Scripta.

Fitzhugh, K., Giangrande, A., and Simboura, N. 1994. New species of Pseudofabriciola Fitzhugh, 1990 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae), from the Mediterranean Sea. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 110: 219-241.

Fitzhugh, K. & G. Rouse. 1999. A remarkable new genus and species of fan worm (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Sabellinae) associated with marine gastropods. Invertebrate Biology 118: 357-390.

Fitzhugh, K. & N. Simboura. 1995. An update on the systematics and occurrence of the fanworm genus Pseudofabriciola Fitzhugh, 1990 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae: Fabriciinae) in the Mediterranean. Contributions in Science 457: 10 pp.

Fitzhugh, K., S.D. Sroka, S. Kruty, M.D. Henderson & A.A. Hay. 1997. Chapter 7A: Polychaete Worms. In Shabica, C.W. & A. Hay (eds.) Guide to the Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek, pp. 65-83. Chicago: Northeastern Illinois University.

Fitzhugh, K. & S.D. Sroka. 1997. Chapter 7B: Non-Annelid Worms. In Shabica, C.W. & A. Hay (eds.) Guide to the Fossil Fauna of Mazon Creek, pp. 84-92. Chicago: Northeastern Illinois University.

Fitzhugh, K. & P.S. Wolf. 1990. Gross morphology of the brain of pilargid polychaetes: taxonomic and systematic implications. American Museum Novitates No. 2992: 16 pp.

Rouse, G. & K. Fitzhugh. 1994. Broadcasting fables: is external fertilization really primitive? Sex, size, and larvae in sabellid polychaetes. Zoologica Scripta 23: 271-312.

Siddall, M.E., K. Fitzhugh & K.A. Coates. 1998. Problems determining the phylogenetic position of echiurans and pogonophorans with limited data. Cladistics 14: 401-410.

Geiger, D.L., K. Fitzhugh, & C.E. Thacker. 2001. Timeless characters: a response to Vermeij (1999). Paleobiology 27: 177-178.