Area of research
Ecology · Oceanography
Research interest
Research interests include Crustacean biology and ecology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, and Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation.
The sea spider <i>Pycnogonum litorale</i> overturns the paradigm of the absence of axial regeneration in molting animals
Gradients of Orientation, Composition, and Hydration of Proteins for Efficient Light Collection by the Cornea of the Horseshoe Crab
Phylogenomic Resolution of Sea Spider Diversification through Integration of Multiple Data Classes
A postlarval instar of <i>Phoxichilidium femoratum</i> (Pycnogonida, Phoxichilidiidae) with an exceptional malformation
Eocarcinus praecursor Withers, 1932 (Malacostraca, Decapoda, Meiura) is a stem group brachyuran
D’Arcy W. Thompson’s Cartesian transformations: a critical evaluation
Trilobite compound eyes with crystalline cones and rhabdoms show mandibulate affinities
Comparative analysis of the antennae of three amphipod species with different lifestyles
Adaptation Aftereffects in the Perception of Crabs and Lobsters as Examples of Complex Natural Objects
Comparison of ventral organ development across Pycnogonida (Arthropoda, Chelicerata) provides evidence for a plesiomorphic mode of late neurogenesis in sea spiders and myriapods
Larval neurogenesis in the copepod Tigriopus californicus (Tetraconata, Multicrustacea)
No sight, no smell? – Brain anatomy of two amphipod crustaceans with different lifestyles
The morphology of the male and female reproductive system in two species of spider crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) and the issue of the velum in majoid reproduction
Morphology of the female reproductive system of three dorippid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Dorippidae) and the role of accessory cuticle structures associated with seminal receptacles
Paradorippe granulata – A crab with external fertilization and a novel type of sperm storage organ challenges prevalent ideas on the evolution of reproduction in Eubrachyura (Crustacea: Brachyura: Dorippidae)
The pattern of a specimen of Pycnogonum litorale (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) with a supernumerary leg can be explained with the “boundary model” of appendage formation
Phylogenetic implications of sperm storage in Podotremata: Histology and 3D‐reconstructions of spermathecae and gonopores in female carrier crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Homoloidea)
The parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Cambaridae) is a triploid organism
Serotonin-immunoreactivity in the ventral nerve cord of Pycnogonida – support for individually identifiable neurons as ancestral feature of the arthropod nervous system
When a 520 million-year-old Chengjiang fossil meets a modern micro-CT – a case study
The complete mitogenomes of lobsters and crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea) reveal surprising differences in closely related taxa and convergences to Priapulida
Evolution of crabs – history and deconstruction of a prime example of convergence
The ‘Ventral Organs’ of Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) Are Neurogenic Niches of Late Embryonic and Post-Embryonic Nervous System Development
Early embryonic development of the freshwater shrimp Caridina multidentata (Crustacea, Decapoda, Atyidae)
The early development of the onychopod cladoceran Bythotrephes longimanus (Crustacea, Branchiopoda)
Arthropod Embryology: Cleavage and Germ Band Development
Water-to-Land Transitions
Arthropod Embryology: Cleavage and Germ Band Development
Embryonic neurogenesis in Pseudopallene sp. (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) includes two subsequent phases with similarities to different arthropod groups
A crab with three eyes, two rostra, and a dorsal antenna-like structure