Van der Meij lab - Marine Evolutionary Ecology

Research output

Research output per year 2018 2021 2023 2024 2024

• 32 Article
• 2 Book
• 2 Thesis fully internal (DIV)
• 1 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2024

  A new species of coral-dwelling crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus) from the West Pacific

  Wong, K. J. H., van der Meij, S. E. T. & Chan, B. K. K., 4-Jul-2024, In: Zootaxa. 5476, 1, p. 474–504 32 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

  • Coral 100%
  • Cryptochiridae 100%
  • Decapoda 100%
  • West Pacific 100%
  • Brachyura 100%

• An Indo-West Pacific distribution for the coral-dwelling gall crab Lithoscaptus doughnut (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae)

  Claassen, J., Tuti, Y. & van der Meij, S. E. T., 18-Feb-2024, In: Arthropoda. 2, 1, p. 66-75 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Decapoda 100%
  • Doughnut 100%
  • Pacific Distribution 100%
  • Haplotype 80%
  • Intraspecific Variation 20%
  30 Downloads (Pure)

• Complete mitochondrial genome characterisation of Ratha longimana (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) from the western Atlantic Ocean, with a phylogeny of the Xanthidae (Decapoda: Brachyura)

  van der Meij, S. E. T. & Xu, T., Sept-2024, In: Journal of Crustacean Biology. 44, 3, 7 p., ruae058.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Xanthidae 100%
  • Transfer RNA 100%
  • Ribosomal RNA 66%
  • Xanthoidea 33%
  • Gene Order Analysis 33%
  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Coral Triangle Cameos: Biodiversity and the Small Majority

  Powderham, A. J. & van der Meij, S. E. T., 17-Sept-2024, Malta: Dived Up Publications.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Popular

  • CAMEO 100%
  • Deep-sea Corals 33%

• Critical thermal maxima and oxygen uptake in Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804), a sea slug that steals chloroplasts to photosynthesize

  Laetz, E. M. J., Kahyaoglu, C., Borgstein, N. M., Merkx, M., van der Meij, S. E. T. & Verberk, W. C. E. P., May-2024, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 227, 10, 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Oxygen Consumption 100%
  • Chloroplast 100%
  • Heat Tolerance 100%
  • Frequency Doubled Neodymium YAG Laser 100%
  • Critical Thermal Maximum 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  26 Downloads (Pure)

• Dining on corals: Stable isotope evidence for close trophic connection between gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) and their stony coral hosts

  Bravo, H., R. Dromard, C., van der Meer, M. T. J., Schleimer, A. & van der Meij, S. E. T., 6-Feb-2024, In: Symbiosis. 92, p. 51-62 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Coral Reef 100%
  • Food Web 100%
  • Symbion 100%
  • Symbiont 100%
  • Taxon 66%
  57 Downloads (Pure)

• Diversity and evolution of coral-dwelling gall crabs (Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus)

  Xu, T., 2024, [Groningen]: University of Groningen. 314 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Thesis fully internal (DIV)

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  • Lineages 100%
  • New Species 100%
  • Symbiont 100%
  • Coral Reef 100%
  • Symbiotic Relationship 75%
  157 Downloads (Pure)

• On the symbiosis of species in coral reefs

  Bravo Gouveia, H. M., 2024, [Groningen]: University of Groningen. 196 p.

  Research output: Thesis › Thesis fully internal (DIV)

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  • Symbiont 100%
  • Symbion 28%
  • Host Range 14%
  • Coral Degradation 14%
  • Coral Reef Decline 14%
  407 Downloads (Pure)

• Overcoming barriers to reef restoration: Field-based method for approximate genotyping of Acropora cervicornis

  Blanco-Pimentel, M., Kenkel, C. D., Kitchen, S. A., Calle-Triviño, J., Baums, I. B., Cortés-Useche, C. & Morikawa, M. K., Mar-2024, In: Restoration Ecology. 32, 3, 12 p., e14073.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Genotyping 100%
  • Ramet 100%
  • Acropora 100%
  • Genotype 100%
  • Genetic Divergence 50%
  36 Downloads (Pure)

• Potential energetic and oxygenic benefits to unstable photosymbiosis in the cladobranch slug, Berghia stephanieae (Nudibranchia, Aeolidiidae)

  Borgstein, N., van der Meij, S. E. T., Christa, G. & Laetz, E., 2024, In: Marine biology research. 20, 1-2, p. 45-58 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Energy Transfer 100%
  • Photosynthesis 100%
  • Heat Tolerance 100%
  • Nudibranch 100%
  • Photosystem 100%
  38 Downloads (Pure)
• 2023

  A Red Sea depth record of the coral-dwelling crab Opecarcinus (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) in the mesophotic zone

  Vimercati, S., van der Meij, S. E. T., Terraneo , T. I., Chimienti , G., Marchese, F., Eweida , A. A., Purkis , S. J., Rodrigue , M. & Benzoni , F., 31-May-2023, In: Diversity. 15, 6, 4 p., 723.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Decapoda 100%
  • Symbion 100%
  • Agariciidae 100%
  • Mesophotic Zone 100%
  • Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• Benchmarking global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda)

  De Grave, S., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Davie, P. J. F., Fransen, C. H. J. M., Boyko, C. B., Poore, G. C. B., Macpherson, E., Ahyong, S. T., Crandall, K. A., de Mazancourt, V., Osawa, M., Chan, T.-Y., Ng, P. K. L., Lemaitre, R., van der Meij, S. E. T. & Santos, S., 1-Aug-2023, In: Journal of Crustacean Biology. 43, 3, p. 1-9 9 p., uad042.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Decapoda 100%
  • Crustacea 100%
  • Decapods 100%
  • Decapoda (Crustacea) 100%
  • Marine Species 50%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  73 Downloads (Pure)

• DNA barcoding, dwelling morphology, and fecundity of the gall-forming shrimp Paratypton siebenrocki Balss, 1914 (Caridea: Palaemonidae)

  van der Meij, S. E. T., Bowmeester, J. & Bähr, S., 1-Feb-2023, In: Journal of Natural History. 57, 1-4, p. 25-37 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Shrimp 100%
  • DNA Barcoding 100%
  • Palaemonidae 100%
  • Caridea 100%
  • Acropora 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  86 Downloads (Pure)

• Genomic survey sequencing and complete mitochondrial genome of the elkhorn coral crab Domecia acanthophora (Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Domeciidae)

  Bravo, H., Baeza, J. A. & van der Meij, S. E. T., 23-Aug-2023, In: Journal of Crustacean Biology. 43, 3, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Mitochondrial Genome 100%
  • Transfer RNA 100%
  • Brachyura 100%
  • Decapoda 100%
  • Acanthophora 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  49 Downloads (Pure)

• Grazing activity of Clibanarius corallinus (H. Milne Edwards, 1848) (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) on epilithic algae in Australian coral reefs

  Bravo, H. & Tibbetts, I., Sept-2023, In: Journal of Crustacean Biology. 43, p. 1-5 5 p., ruad044.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Coral Reef 100%
  • Australians 100%
  • Decapoda 100%
  • Clibanarius 100%
  • Diogenidae 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  49 Downloads (Pure)

• Interspecific coral competition does not affect the symbiosis of gall crabs (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) and their scleractinian hosts

  Bähr, S., van der Meij, S. E. T., Terraneo, T. I., Xu, T. & Benzoni, F., May-2023, In: Ecology and Evolution. 13, 5, 8 p., 10051.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Decapoda 100%
  • Porites 100%
  • Coral-algal Competition 100%
  • Coral Reef 50%
  • Pavona 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  47 Downloads (Pure)

• Lithoscaptus aquarius sp. nov. (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) described from a Catalaphyllia jardinei (Scleractinia) out of the aquarium trade

  van der Meij, S. E. T., 31-Jul-2023, In: Arthropoda. 1, 3, p. 350 358 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Cryptochiridae 100%
  • Decapoda 100%
  • Aquarius 100%
  • Scleractinia 100%
  • Aquarium Trade 100%
  51 Downloads (Pure)

• Phylomitogenomics elucidates the evolution of symbiosis in Thoracotremata (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae, Pinnotheridae, Varunidae)

  Xu, T., Bravo, H. & van der Meij, S. E. T., 16-Oct-2023, In: PeerJ. 11, 24 p., e16217.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Cladistics 100%
  • Decapoda 100%
  • Varunidae 100%
  • Selective Pressure 50%
  • Evolution 25%
  60 Downloads (Pure)
• 2022

  Diversification and distribution of gall crabs (Brachyura: Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus) associated with Agariciidae corals

  Xu, T., Bravo, H., Paulay, G. & van der Meij, S. E. T., Jun-2022, In: Coral Reefs. 41, p. 699-709 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Agariciidae 100%
  • Cladistics 66%
  • Evolution 33%
  • Lineages 33%
  • Coral Reef 33%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  77 Downloads (Pure)

• Host use of the elkhorn coral crab Domecia acanthophora (Brachyura: Domeciidae), with a phylogeny of the genus

  van der Meij, S. E. T., Bravo, H., J.H. Scholten, Y. & Dromard, C. R., 2022, In: Cahiers de biologie marine. 63, 3, p. 239-246 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Cladistics 100%
  • Acanthophora 100%
  • Elkhorn Coral 100%
  • Acropora 40%
  • Coral Reef 20%
  160 Downloads (Pure)

• Integrating a UAV-derived DEM in object-based image analysis increases habitat classification accuracy on coral reefs

  Nieuwenhuis, B., Marchese, F., Casartelli , M., Sabino, A., van der Meij, S. E. T. & Benzoni, F., 9-Oct-2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 19, 24 p., 5017.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Image Analysis 100%
  • Coral Reef 100%
  • Digital Elevation Model 100%
  • Pilotless Aircraft 100%
  • Object-based Image Analysis 100%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  130 Downloads (Pure)

• Observation of a coral-dwelling gall crab (Cryptochiridae) in a dead coral host highlights their vulnerability to reef degradation

  van der Meij, S. E. T., 24-Jun-2022, In: Nauplius. 30, 1 p.

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  • Vulnerability 100%
  • Coral 100%
  • Coral Host 100%
  • Cryptochiridae 100%
  • Gall Crabs 100%
  67 Downloads (Pure)
• 2021

  A DNA barcode library for mangrove gastropods and crabs of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area reveals an unexpected faunal diversity associated with the intertidal forests of Southern China

  Bravo, H., Cheng, C. L. Y., Iannucci, A., Natali, C., Quadros, A., Rhodes, M., Yip, M. M. L., Cannicci, S. & Fratini, S., 23-Sept-2021, In: BMC Ecology and Evolution. 21, 15 p., 180.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • DnaA 100%
  • DNA Barcoding 100%
  • Brachyura 100%
  • China 100%
  • Hong Kong 100%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  212 Downloads (Pure)

• A functional analysis reveals extremely low redundancy in global mangrove invertebrate fauna

  Cannicci, S., Lee, S. Y., Bravo, H., Cantera-Kintz, J. R., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Fratini, S., Fusi, M., Jimenez, P. J., Nordhaus, I., Porri, F. & Diele, K., 10-Aug-2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118, 32, 8 p., e2016913118.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Deforestation 100%
  • Low Redundancy 100%
  • Global Mangroves 100%
  • Pacific Ocean 50%
  • Underpinning 50%
  42 Citations (Scopus)

  85 Downloads (Pure)

• Bioengineering promotes habitat heterogeneity and biodiversity on mussel reefs

  van der Ouderaa, I. B. C., Claassen, J. R., van de Koppel, J., Bishop, M. J. & Eriksson, B. K., Jul-2021, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 540, 7 p., 151561.

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  • Bioengineering 100%
  • Tidal Flat 50%
  • Biological Process 50%
  • Underpinning 50%
  • Microhabitat 50%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  100 Downloads (Pure)

• Conservation of coral-associated fauna

  Bravo, H., Xu, T. & van der Meij, S. E. T., 28-Aug-2021, Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier, 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › Academic › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Coral Reef 100%
  • Symbiont 100%
  • Conservation Status 100%
  • Taxon 100%
  • Ecosystem Approach 50%
  4 Citations (Scopus)

  317 Downloads (Pure)

• Distribution, associations and role in the biological carbon pump of Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea) off Cabo Verde, NE Atlantic

  Stenvers, V. I., Hauss, H., Osborn, K. J., Neitzel, P., Merten, V., Scheer, S., Robison, B. H., Freitas, R. & Hoving, H. J. T., Dec-2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 9231.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Water Column 100%
  • Carbon Flux 100%
  • Cabo Verde 100%
  • Pyrosome 100%
  • Thaliacea 100%
  14 Citations (Scopus)

  41 Downloads (Pure)

• Ecological health of coral reefs in Zanzibar

  Bravo, H., Cannicci, S., Huyghe, F., Leermakers, M., Sheikh, M. A. & Kochzius, M., Nov-2021, In: Regional studies in marine science. 48, 9 p., 102014.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Stone Town 100%
  • Coral Reef 100%
  • Trace Metal 80%
  • Reef Health 75%
  • Haliclona Fascigera 25%
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  141 Downloads (Pure)

• Kleptoplasts are continuously digested during feeding in the plastid-bearing sea slug Elysia viridis

  Frankenbach, S., Luppa, Q., Serôdio, J., Greve, C., Bleidissel, S., Melo Clavijo, J., Laetz, E. M. J., Preisfeld, A. & Christa, G., 1-Sept-2021, In: Journal of Molluscan Studies. 87, 3, 5 p., eyab022.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  4 Citations (Scopus)

  162 Downloads (Pure)

• Morphology and reproduction in the Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 species complex (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae)

  Bähr, S., Johnson, M. L., Berumen, M. L., Hardenstine, R. S., Rich, W. A. & van der Meij, S. E. T., Sept-2021, In: Journal of Crustacean Biology. 41, 3, 15 p., ruab052.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Cladistics 100%
  • Decapoda 100%
  • Brachyura 100%
  • Reproductives 66%
  • Stylophora 66%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  172 Downloads (Pure)

• Statocyst content in Aeolidida (Nudibranchia) is an uninformative character for phylogenetic studies

  Baumann, C., Laetz, E. M. J. & Wägele, H., 1-Jun-2021, In: Journal of Molluscan Studies. 87, 2, 4 p., eyab009.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  95 Downloads (Pure)
• 2020

  At the Heart of the Coral Triangle: Celebrating Biodiversity

  Powderham, A. J. & van der Meij, S. E. T., Dec-2020, CRC Press. 240 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › Popular

  • Coral Reef 100%
  • Coral Triangle 100%
  • Climate Change 50%
  • Pacific Ocean 50%
  • Indian Ocean 50%

• Environmental flexibility in Oulastrea crispata in a highly urbanised environment: A microbial perspective

  Röthig, T., Bravo, H., Corley, A., Prigge, T.-L., Chung, A., Yu, V., McIlroy, S. E., Bulling, M., Sweet, M. & Baker, D. M., Jun-2020, In: Coral Reefs. 39, 3, p. 649-662 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Spatial Variation 100%
  • Salinity 100%
  • Turbidity 100%
  • Nitrite 100%
  • Dissolved Oxygen 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  82 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Red fluorescence in symbiotic coral-dwelling gall crabs

  Bähr, S. & van der Meij, S. E. T., 2019, In: Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies. 21, 1, p. 27-28 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  56 Downloads (Pure)

• Systematics of the subfamily Aclyvolvinae (Caenogastropoda: Ovulidae) based on molecular and morphometric analyses

  Reijnen, B. T. & van der Meij, S. E. T., 3-Sept-2019, In: Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85, 3, p. 336-347

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Cladistics 100%
  • Caenogastropoda 100%
  • Rugosa 75%
  • Nuclear 28S 25%
  • Histone 16%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  170 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Multiple observations of the sea anemone Phyllodiscus semoni Kwietniewski, 1897 (Actiniaria: Aliciidae) from Sabah, Borneo represent first records for Malaysia

  van der Meij, S. E. T., Draisma, S. G. A. & Waheed, Z., Feb-2018, In: Regional studies in marine science. 18, p. 135-138 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Actiniaria 100%
  • Sea Anemone 100%
  • Coral Rock 50%
  • Nematocysts 50%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  71 Downloads (Pure)

• Reproductive strategies of the crinoid-associated shrimps Cristimenes commensalis (Borradaile, 1915) and Pontoniopsis comanthi Borradaile, 1915 (Crustacea: Palaemonidae)

  van der Meij, S. E. T., Johnson, M. L. & De Grave, S., 24-Oct-2018, In: Crustacean Research. 47, p. 89–99 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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  • Reproductives 100%
  • Shrimp 100%
  • Crustacea 100%
  • Palaemonidae 100%
  • Crinoids 100%
  44 Downloads (Pure)