1979

• van Soest, R.W.M. 1979. A catalogue of the Coelenterate type specimens of the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam. IV. Gorgonacea, Actiniaria, Scleractinia. Beaufortia 29(353): 81–126. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2009

• Van Soest, R.W.M. 2009. New sciophilous sponges from the Caribbean (Porifera: Demospongiae). Zootaxa 2107(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2107.1.1 Reference page. 

2010

• Van Soest, R.W.M., Beglinger, E., De Voogd, N.J. 2010. Skeletons in confusion: a review of astrophorid sponges with (dicho–)calthrops as structural megascleres (Porifera, Demospongiae, Astrophorida). ZooKeys 68: 1–88. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.68.729 Reference page. 

2012

• van Soest, R.W.M., Boury-Esnault, N., Vacelet, J., Dohrmann, M., Erpenbeck, D., de Voogd, N.J., Santodomingo, N., Vanhoorne, B., Kelly, M. & Hooper, J.N.A. 2012. Global Diversity of Sponges (Porifera). PLoS One 7(4): e35105.

• Erpenbeck, D., Sutcliffe, P., Cook, S. de C., Dietzel, A., Maldonado, M., Van Soest, R.W., Hooper, J.N. & Wörheide, G. 2012. Horny sponges and their affairs: On the phylogenetic relationships of keratose sponges. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 63(3): 809–816. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.02.024 Reference page. 

2014

• van Soest, R.W.M., Meesters, E.H.W.G. & Becking, L.F. 2014. Deep-water sponges (Porifera) from Bonaire and Klein Curaçao, southern Caribbean. Zootaxa 3878(5): 401–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3878.5.1 Reference page. 

• Rützler, K., Piantoni, C., van Soest, R.W.M. & Díaz, M. C. 2014. Diversity of sponges (Porifera) from cryptic habitats on the Belize barrier reef near Carrie Bow Cay. Zootaxa 3805(1): 1–129. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3805.1.1 Reference page. 

2015

• Kelly, M., Erpenbeck, D., Morrow, C. & Van Soest, R. 2015 First record of a living species of the genus Janulum (Class Demospongiae) in the Southern Hemisphere. Zootaxa 3980(2): 255–266. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.6 . Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

• van Soest, Rob W.M. & de Voogd, N.J. 2015. Calcareous sponges of Indonesia. Zootaxa 3951(1): 1–105. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3951.1.1 Preview (PDF). Full article (PDF). ISBN 978-1-77557-683-9 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-684-6 (Online edition) Reference page. 

• Van Soest, R.W.M., Hoeksema, B.W., Reimer, J.D. & De Voogd, N.J. 2015. New records of the rare calcareous sponge Paragrantia waguensis Hôzawa, 1940. ZooKeys 546: 1–20. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.546.6122 Reference page. 

2016

• Alvarez, B., de Voogd, N.J. & van Soest, R.W.M. 2016. Sponges of the family Axinellidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) in Indonesia. Zootaxa 4137(4): 451–477. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4137.4.1 Reference page. 

• Santos, G.G., Pinheiro, U., Hajdu, E. & van Soest, R. 2016. New Genus and species of Heteroxyidae from Brazil (Axinellida: Demospongiae: Porifera), with a revised identification key for the family. Zootaxa 4158(1): 105–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.6 Reference page. 

2017

• Hooper, J.N.A., van Soest, R.W.M. & Pisera, A. 2011. Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. Pp 13–18 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. . Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• van Soest, R.W.M. 2017. Sponges of the Guyana Shelf. Zootaxa 4217(1): 1–225. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4217.1.1 . Reference page. 

• van Soest, R.W.M. 2017. Flagellia, a new subgenus of Haliclona (Porifera, Haplosclerida). European Journal of Taxonomy 351: 1–48. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

2018

• van Soest, R.W.M. & de Voogd, N.J. 2018. Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Zootaxa 4426(1): 1–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1 . Reference page.