Wong THH, Chow LH, Tsang LM (2024) Agonistic behaviors of boxer shrimps (Stenopus species): insights into the importance of antennae, antennules and tactile contact. Behavioural Processes 221:105094. link

 

Chow LH, Chan JCF, Tsang LM (2024) Caridina ngankeeae sp. nov., a new species of freshwater shrimp (Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae) from Hong Kong. Zootaxa 5476: 44-50.
link: https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5476.1.7

 

Tsang CTT, Hui TKL, Chung NM, Yuen WT, Tsang LM (2024) Comparative analysis of gut microbiome of mangrove brachyuran crabs revealed patterns of phylosymbiosis and codiversification. Molecular Ecology 33: e17377.
link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mec.17377

 

Chang S-C, Ahyong ST, Tsang LM (2024) Molecular phylogeny of deep-sea blind lobsters of the family Polychelidae (Decapoda: Polychelida), with implications for the origin and evolution of these “living fossils”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 192:107998.
link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107998

 

Wolfe J, Ballou L, Luque J, Watson-Zink V, Ahyong S, Barido-Sottani J, Chan, T-Y, Chu KH, Crandall KA, Daniels S, Felder DL, Mancke H, Martin J, Ng PKL, Ortega-Hernández J, Palacios Theil E, Pentcheff DN, Robles R, Thoma B, Tsang LM, Wetzer R, Windsor A, Bracken-Grissom H (2024) Convergent adaptation of true crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) to a gradient of terrestrial environments. Systematic Biology 73: 247-262.
link: https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syad066

 

Hui TKL, Lo ICN, Wong KKW, Tsang CTT, Tsang LM (2024) Metagenomic analysis of gut microbiome illuminates the mechanisms and evolution of lignocellulose degradation in mangrove herbivorous crabs. BMC Microbiology 24:57.
link: https://bmcmicrobiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12866-024-03209-4

 

Yu HY, Chu KH, Tsang LM, Ma KY (2024) Incomplete lineage sorting and long-branch attraction confound phylogenomic inference of Pancrustacea. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1243221.
link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2024.1243221

 

Chow LH, Ahyong ST, Tsang CTT, Lam YF, Naruse T, Ng PKL, Tsang LM (2023) Shift in symbiotic lifestyle as the major process shaping the evolution of pea crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheroidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 188:107904.
link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107904

 

Tsang LM, Naruse T (2023) Recognitions of Parapinnixidae Števčić, 2005, and Tetriasidae fam. nov. in Pinnotheroidea De Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Thoracotremata). Zootaxa 5249: 540-558.
link: https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.5249.5.2

 

Ng PKL, Wong KJH, CTT Tsang, Tsang LM (2022) On Cryptocoeloma haswelli Rathbun, 1923 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Pilumnidae): taxonomy and first record from Hong Kong and Taiwan. Crustaceana 95:1045-1062.
link: https://brill.com/view/journals/cr/95/8-9/article-p1045_12.xml

 

Chow LH, Yu VPF, Kho ZY, See GCL, Wang A, Baker DM, Tsang LM (2022) An updated checklist of sea slugs (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) from Hong Kong supported by citizen science. Zoological Studies 61:52.
link: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9810844/

 

Tsang CTT, Schubart CDS, Chu KH, Ng PKL, Tsang LM (2022) Molecular phylogeny of Thoracotremata crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura): Toward adopting monophyletic superfamilies, invasion history into terrestrial habitats and multiple origins of symbiosis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 177: 107596.
link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107596

 

Chow LH, Chan JCF, Tsang LM (2022) A synopsis of Macrobrachium Spence Bate, 1868 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from Hong Kong with description of a new species. Journal of Crustacean Biology 42: ruac039
link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruac039

 

Guinot D, Davie PJF, Tsang LM, Ng PKL (2022) Formal re-establishment of Macrocheiridae Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) for the giant spider crab Macrocheira kaempferi (Temminck, 1836), based on a reappraisal of morphological and genetic characters. Journal of Crustacean Biology 42: ruac022.
link: https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/42/2/ruac022/6586047

 

Chow LH, Wong THH, Tsang LM (2022) Notes on sexual dimorphisum in Brachycarpus crosnieri Bruce, 1998 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae). Crustaceana 95: 373-378.
link: https://brill.com/view/journals/cr/95/3/article-p373_10.xml

 

Chow LH, Tsang LM, Chu KH, Ma KY (2022) Genetic assessment of the rare freshwater shrimp Caridina logemanni endemic to Hong Kong and its hybridisation with a widespread congener. Marine and Freshwater Research 73: 491-502.
link: https://www.publish.csiro.au/mf/MF21192

 

Chow LH, De Grave S, Anker A, Poon KKY, Ma KY, Chu KH, Chan T-Y, Tsang LM (2021) Distinct suites of pre- and post-adaptations indicate independent evolutionary pathways of snapping claws in the shrimp family Alpheidae (Decapoda: Caridea). Evolution 75: 2898-2910.
link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34585374/

 

Wang Y, Ma KY, Tsang LM, Wakabayashi K, Chan TY, De Grave S, Chu KH (2021) Confirming the systematic position of two enigmatic shrimps, Amphionides and Procarididae (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zoologica Scripta 50: 812-823.
link: https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12509

 

Ma KY, Chow LH, Tsang LM, De Grave S, Chu KH (2021) Contrasting population structures of freshwater atyid shrimps in Hong Kong and their conservation implications. Marine and Freshwater Research 72: 1667-1678.
link: https://doi.org/10.1071/MF21069
 

Lee BY, Wakabayashi K, Sin SYW, Ohtsuka S, Tsang LM (2021) DNA metabarcoding revealed interspecific dietary difference and prey selectivity in juvenile horseshoe crabs Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus tridentatus from Hong Kong. Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 752806.
link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.752806
 

Chow LH, De Grave S, Tsang LM (2021) Evolution of protective symbiosis in palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea) with emphases on host spectrum and morphological adaptations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 162: 107201.

link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107201

 

Cheang C-C, Lee B-Y, Ip B-H-Y, Yiu W-H, Tsang L-M, Ang P-O Jr (2020) Fish and crustacean biodiversity in an outer maritime estuary of the Pearl River Delta revealed by environmental DNA. Marine Pollution Bulletin 161: 111707.
link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111707
 

Wong KJH, Tsang LM, Ng PKL (2020) Journey from the West: first record of the Indian Ocean pilumnid crab Pilumnopeus convexus (Maccagno, 1936) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnoidea) in Hong Kong. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40: 563-573.
link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa056
 

Wang HY, Tsang LM, Lima FP, Seabra R, Ganmanee M, Willaims GA, Chan BKK (2020) Spatial variation in thermal stress experienced by barnacles on rocky shores: the interplay between geographic variation, tidal cycles and microhabitat temperatures. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:553.

link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00553

 

Chow LH, De Grave S, Tsang LM (2020) The family Anchistioididae Borradaile, 1915 (Decapoda: Caridea) is a synonym of Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 based on molecular and morphological evidence. Journal of Crustacean Biology 40:277-287.

link: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa012
 

Pang K-L, Guo S-Y, Chen I-A, Burgaud G, Luo Z-H, Dahms HU, Hwang J-S, Lin Y-L, Huang J-S, Ho T-W, Tsang LM, Chiang MW-L, Cha H-J (2019) Insights into fungal diversity of a shallow-water hydrothermal vent field at Kueishan Island, Taiwan by culture-based and metabarcoding analyses. PLoS ONE 14: e0226616.
link: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226616

 

Wong WY, Chow LH, Wu TH, Ma KY, Tsang LM, Chu KH (2019) Conservation of freshwater wildlife in Hong Kong: A genetic perspective. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 29: 2204-2218.
link: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3211
 

Chi W-C, Chen W, He C-C, Guo S-Y, Cha H-J, Tsang LM, Ho TW, Pang KL (2019). A highly diverse fungal community associated with leaves of the mangrove plant Acanthus ilicifolius var. xiamenensis revealed by isolation and metabarcoding analyses. PeerJ 7: e7293.
link: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7293
 

Ma KY, Qin J, Lin C-W, Chan T-Y, Ng PKL, Chu KH, Tsang LM (2019) Phylogenomic analyses of brachyuran crabs support early divergence of primary freshwater crabs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 135: 62-66.
link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.02.001
 

Wu TH, Tsang LM, Chow LH, Chen I-S, Chu KH (2019). Cryptic lineages and hybridization of the predaceous chub Parazacco spilurus (Actinopterygii, Cypriniformes, Xenocyprididae) in Hong Kong. Hydrobiologia 826:99–111.
link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10750-018-3720-y

 

Ma KY, Chow LH, Wong KJH, Chen H-N, Ip BHY Schubart CD, Tsang LM, Chan BKK, Chu KH (2018) Speciation pattern of the horned ghost crab Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772): an evaluation of the drivers of Indo-Pacific marine biodiversity using a widely distributed species. Journal of Biogeography 45: 2658-2668.

link: https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13443

 

Tsang LM, Ahyong ST, Shih H-T, Ng PKL (2018) Further polyphyly of pinnotheroid crabs: the molecular phylogenetic position of the polychaete-associated Aphanodactylidae. Invertebrate Systematics 32:92-99.

link: https://doi.org/10.1071/IS17038

 

Qin J, Hu Y, Ma KY, Jiang X, Ho CH, Tsang LM, Yi L, Leung RWT, Chu KH (2017) CrusTF: a comprehensive resource of transcriptomes for evolutionary and functional studies of crustacean transcription factors. BMC Genomics 18:908
link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-017-4305-2

 

Wong WY, Ma KY, Tsang LM, Chu KH (2017) Genetic legacy of tertiary climatic change: a case study of two freshwater loaches, Schistura fasciolata and Pseudogastromyzon myersi, in Hong Kong. Heredity 119:360-370.
link: https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2017.47​