I am studying the evolution, development, and symbiosis of marine invertebrates. My work focuses on annelids, particularly gutless siboglinid worms that live in extreme environments such as hydrothermal vents and Arctic methane seeps. Using comparative morphology, ultrastructure, and developmental approaches, I investigate how symbiosis influences organismal biology and evolutionary innovation. I am interested in interdisciplinary collaborations on marine biodiversity, evolutionary morphology, and symbiosis.

iDiV publication

Pinton F., Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Felbel K., Grimmer E. and 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

Previous affiliations

Friedrich Schiller University

Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology, Norway

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Academic training:

Ph.D. Moscow State University (2012)

Microscopic anatomy of giant vestimentiferan tubeworm Riftia pachyptila Jones, 1980 (Annelida: Vestimentifera)

Selected peer-reviewed publications

1. 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. Ecol. Evol., 12: 1406680 Doi: 10.3389/fevo.2024.1406680
2. Kokarev V, Zalota AK, 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
3. Moggioli, G., Panossian, B., Sun, Y., Thiel, D., Martín-Zamora, F.M., Tran, M., Clifford, A.M., Goffredi, S.K., Rimskaya-Korsakova, N., Jékely, G., Tresguerres, M., Qian, P.-Y., Qiu, J.-W., Rouse, G.W., Henry, L.M., and Martín-Durán, J.M. 2023. Distinct genomic routes underlie transitions to specialised symbiotic lifestyles in deep-sea annelid worms. Nat. commun., 14(1), p.2814. Doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-38521-6
4. Georgieva M. N., Rimskaya-Korsakova N. N., *Krolenko V. I., Van Dover C. L., Amon D. J., Copley J. T., Plouviez S., Ball B., Wiklund H., Glover A. G., 2023. A tale of two tubeworms: taxonomy of vestimentiferans (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from the Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre. Invertebr. Syst 37, 167-191. Doi: 10.1071/IS22047
5. Temereva E., Rimskaya-Korsakova N., 2023 Nuchal organ in the trochophore of Siboglinum fiordicum (Annelida, Siboglinidae). Exp. Zool. B Mol. Dev. Evol., 340, 366–376 (2023). Doi: 10.1002/jez.b.23192
6. Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Karaseva N.P., Osadchiev A.A., Semiletov I. P., Gantsevich M. M., Yurikova D. A., Malakhov V. V. The Finding of Pogonophorans (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in the St. Anna Trough (Kara Sea) in an Area of Gas Hydrate Dissociation. Dokl. Biol. Sci. 508, 81–84 (2023). Doi: 10.1134/S001249662270020X
7. Karaseva N.P., Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Smirnov R.V., Udalov A.A., Mokievsky V.O., Gantsevich M.M., Malakhov V.V. Distribution of Gutless Siboglinid Worms (Annelida, Siboglinidae) in Russian Arctic Seas in Relation to Gas Potential. Diversity, 14, 1061. Doi: 10.3390/d14121061
8. Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Temereva E.N., Malakhov, V.V., 2022. Apoptotic Processes Precede Infection with Symbionts in a Pogonophoran Larvae (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Dokl Biol Sci 506, 128–131 (2022). Doi: 10.1134/S0012496622050118
9. Prudkovsky, A.A., Karaseva, N.P., Rimskaya-Korsakova M.N., *Pimenov TP, Rimskaya-Korsakova NN., Malakhov VV. First Experience of Keeping Pogonophorans (Annelida: Siboglinidae) in Laboratory Conditions. Dokl. Biol. Sci. 506, 150–153. Doi: 10.1134/S001249662205009X
10. Rimskaya-Korsakova N., Karaseva N., *Pimenov T., Rapp H.T., Southward E., Temereva E., Worsaae K, Myogenesis of Siboglinum fiordicum sheds light on body regionalisation in beard worms (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Front. in Zool. 18 (1) 1-24. Doi: 10.1186/s12983-021-00426-9
11. *Kanafina M., Gabidullina R.I., Rimskaya-Korsakova N, Zakharov D., Sabirov R.M., Golikov A. Functional morphology and ecology of the Arctic pogonophore Nereilinum murmanicum Ivanov, 1961 (Siboglinidae, Annelida). Uch. Zap. Kazan. Universit. Seriya Estestvennye Nauki, 4. doi:10.26907/2542-064X.2021.4.655-672
12. 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. Mar. Sci. Eng. 9 (12) 1-14. Doi: 10.3390/jmse9121339
13. Temereva E., N Rimskaya-Korsakova, V Dyachuk., Detailed morphology of tentacular apparatus and central nervous system in Owenia borealis (Annelida, Oweniidae). Zool. Lett. 7 (1) 1-21. Doi: 10.1186/s40851-021-00182-y
14. Karaseva N.P., Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Ekimova I.A., Gantsevich M.M., Kokarev V.N., Kremnyov S.V., Simakov M.I., Udalov A.A., Vedenin A.A., Malakhov V.V., 2021. A new genus of frenulates (Annelida: Siboglinidae) from shallow waters of the Yenisey River estuary, Kara Sea. Syst. 35 (8) 857-875. Doi: 10.1071/IS20075
15. Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Fontaneto D., Sergey Galkin, Malakhov V., Martínez A., Geochemistry drives the allometric growth of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Annelida: Siboglinidae) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 193 (1) 281-294 Doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa148
16. Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Dyachuk V., Temereva E.N. 2020 Parapodial glandular organs in Owenia borealis (Annelida: Oweniidae) and their possible relationship with nephridia Exp. Zool. B Mol. Dev. Evol 334 (2) 88-99. Doi: 10.1002/jez.b.22928
17. Rimskaya-Korsakova NN, Galkin SV, Malakhov VV. The neuroanatomy of the siboglinid Riftia pachyptila highlights sedentarian annelid nervous system evolution PloS One. 13 (12) Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198271
18. Rimskaya-Korsakova N. N., Karaseva N. P., Temereva E. N., Malakhov V. 2018. Protonephridial excretory system in vestimentifera (Siboglinidae, Annelida) Dokl. Biol. Sci. 47 22–25. Doi: 10.1134/S0012496618010064
19. Ivanenko VI, Hoeksema BW, Mudrova SF, Nikitin MA, Martínez A, Rimskaya-Korsakova NN, Berumen ML, Fontaneto D. Lack of host specificity of copepod crustaceans associated with mushroom corals in the Red Sea Phylogenet. Evol. 127 770-780 Doi. 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.06.024.
20. Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Galkin S.V., Malakhov V.V. The anatomy of the blood vascular system of the giant vestimentiferan tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Siboglinidae, Annelida) J. Morphol. 278 810–827. Doi: 10.1002/jmor.20677
21. Karaseva, N.P., Rimskaya-Korsakova, N.N., Galkin, S.V., Malakhov V.V., 2016. Taxonomy, geographical and bathymetric distribution of vestimentiferan tubeworms (Annelida, Siboglinidae) Biol. Bull. 43 (9) 937–969. Doi: 1134/S1062359016090132
22. Rimskaya-Korsakova NN, Kristof A., Malakhov VV, Wanninger A. 2016. Neural architecture of Galathowenia oculata Zach, 1923 (Oweniidae, Annelida) Front. In Zool. 13 (5) 1-18. Doi: 10.1186/s12983-016-0136-2
23. Worsaae K, Rimskaya-Korsakova NN, Rouse GW. Neural reconstruction of bone-eating Osedax spp. (Annelida) and evolution of the siboglinid nervous system BMC Evol. Biol. 16 (83) 1-23. Doi: 10.1186/s12862-016-0639-7
24. Rimskaya-Korsakova NN, Malakhov VV, Galkin SV. 2011. Organization of the tentacular region in the vestimentiferan tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (Annelida, Vestimentifera) Biol. Bull. 38 (7) 667-678. Doi: 1134/S1062359011070065

Monograph

Nikishin D.A., Rimskaya-Korsakova N.N., Kremnyov S.V., Bagaeva T.S., Khramova Y.V., Semenova M.L., Kosevich I.A., Kraus Y.A., Vortsepneva E.V., Lavrov A.I., Prudkovsky A.A. Atlas of the White Sea Invertebrates Development. 3rd Summer Course on Embryology of Marine Invertebrates, June 9-30, 2019, WSBS MSU, Russia. Moskva: Pero M., 2019, 44 p. ISBN: 978-5-00150-258-6