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Burrow Architecture of the Ghost Crab Ocypode ceratophthalma on a Sandy Shore in Hong Kong by Chan, Benny Kwok Kan, Chan, Karen Kit Yu, Leung, Philip Cheuk Man

“…The ghost crab Ocypode ceratophthalma (Pallas) creates burrows of variety shapes at different ages. Juveniles (mean carapace length 11 mm) produced shallow…”
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Sex-specific metamorphosis of cypris larvae in the androdioecious barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica) and its implications for the adaptive evolution of dwarf males by Dreyer, Niklas, Olesen, Jørgen, Dahl, Rikke Beckmann, Kan Chan, Benny Kwok, Høeg, Jens Thorvald

“…Androdioecy (co-existence of hermaphrodites and dwarf males) is a fascinating yet poorly understood phenomenon. The pedunculated barnacle Scalpellum scalpellum…”
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Histology and transcriptomic analyses of barnacles with different base materials and habitats shed lights on the duplication and chemical diversification of barnacle cement proteins by Lin, Hsiu-Chin, Wong, Yue Him, Sung, Chia-Hsuan, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…Abstract Background Barnacles are sessile crustaceans that attach to underwater surfaces using barnacle cement proteins. Barnacles have a calcareous or…”
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Sponge symbiosis is facilitated by adaptive evolution of larval sensory and attachment structures in barnacles by Yu, Meng-Chen, Dreyer, Niklas, Kolbasov, Gregory Aleksandrovich, Høeg, Jens Thorvald, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…Symbiotic relations and range of host usage are prominent in coral reefs and crucial to the stability of such systems. In order to explain how symbiotic…”
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Morphological and host specificity evolution in coral symbiont barnacles (Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae) inferred from a multi-locus phylogeny by Tsang, Ling Ming, Chu, Ka Hou, Nozawa, Yoko, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…[Display omitted] •Coral-inhabiting barnacles are symbionts of scleractinian and fire corals.•The origin of shell characters in determining generic relatedness…”
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Zoogeography of intertidal communities in the West Indian Ocean as determined by ocean circulation systems: patterns from the Tetraclita barnacles by Tsang, Ling Ming, Achituv, Yair, Chu, Ka Hou, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…The Indian Ocean is the least known ocean in the world with the biogeography of marine species in the West Indian Ocean (WIO) understudied. The hydrography of…”
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The Mitochondrial Genome of the Globally Invasive Barnacle Megabalanus coccopoma Darwin 1854 (Crustacea: Balanomorpha): Rearrangement and Phylogenetic Consideration within Balanomorpha by Zhang, Mengjuan, Cai, Yuefeng, Ji, Nanjing, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan, Shen, Xin

“…Megabalanus coccopoma (Darwin, 1854) is a globally invasive species in Balanomorpha (Crustacea). This species is a model organism for studying marine pollution…”
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Community Structure of Macrobiota and Environmental Parameters in Shallow Water Hydrothermal Vents off Kueishan Island, Taiwan by Chan, Benny Kwok Kan, Wang, Teng-Wei, Chen, Pin-Chen, Lin, Chia-Wei, Chan, Tin-Yam, Tsang, Ling Ming

“…Hydrothermal vents represent a unique habitat in the marine ecosystem characterized with high water temperature and toxic acidic chemistry. Vents are…”
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The impact of physical stress and molluscan grazing on the settlement and recruitment of Tetraclita species (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha) on a tropical shore by Chan, Benny Kwok Kan, Williams, Gray A

“…Tetraclita japonica [Bull. U. S. Natl. Mus. 93 (1916) 241] and Tetraclita squamosa [Encycl. Method.: Hist. Natl. Vers 1 (1789) 158] are common barnacles on…”
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Molluscan diversity in shallow water hydrothermal vents off Kueishan Island, Taiwan by Chen, Chong, Chan, Tin-Yam, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…Hydrothermal vents are among the most ‘extreme’ habitats in the marine ecosystem, with increased water temperature, drastically different pH to the surrounding…”
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Population Genetic Differentiation on the Hydrothermal Vent Crabs Xenograpsus testudinatus along Depth and Geographical Gradients in the Western Pacific by Yang, Chien-Hui, Wang, Teng-Wei, Ng, Peter Kee Lin, Chan, Tin-Yam, Lin, Yi-Yang, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…Connectivity in deep-sea organisms must be considered across both depth gradient and horizontal geographical scales. The depth-differentiation hypothesis…”
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Galkinius Perreault, 2014 or Darwiniella (Anderson, 1992)? A new coral-associated barnacle sharing characteristics of these two genera in Pacific waters (Crustacea, Cirripedia, Thoracica, Pyrgomatidae) by Chan, Benny Kwok Kan, Liu, Jennie Chien Wen

“…A new species of coral associated barnacle (Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae) sharing morphological features of (Anderson, 1992) and Perreault, 2014 is described. It…”
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Mitochondrial genome of Tesseropora rosea: molecular evidence for non-monophyly of the genus Tetraclita by Cai, Yue Feng, Shen, Xin, Zhou, Liang, Chu, Ka Hou, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…The complete mitochondrial genome of Tesseropora rosea (Tetraclitidae) was presented. The genome is a circular molecule of 15,330 bp, which encodes 13 PCGs,…”
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Mitochondrial genome of the acorn barnacle Tetraclita rufotincta Pilsbry, 1916: highly conserved gene order in Tetraclitidae by Song, Jun, Shen, Xin, Chu, Ka Hou, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…The complete mitochondrial genome of the intertidal barnacle Tetraclita rufotincta Pilsbry, 1916 (Crustacea: Maxillopoda: Sessilia) is presented. The genome is…”
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STUDIES ON TETRACLITA SQUAMOSA AND TETRACLITA JAPONICA (CIRRIPEDIA: THORACICA) II: LARVAL MORPHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT by Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…Nauplius larvae (Stages I–VI) and cyprids of Tetraclita squamosa (Brugiére, 1789) and Tetraclita japonica (Pilsbry, 1916) were cultured and their morphologies…”
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Effects of polystyrene microplastics on larval development, settlement, and metamorphosis of the intertidal barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite by Yu, Sing-Pei, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…The effects of microplastic on mortality and sublethal responses on larval development of meroplankton are still largely unknown. Present study investigated…”
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DISTRIBUTION, ADULT MORPHOLOGY, AND LARVAL DEVELOPMENT OF SACCULINA SINENSIS (CIRRIPEDIA: RHIZOCEPHALA: KENTROGONIDA) IN HONG KONG COASTAL WATERS by Chan, Benny Kwok Kan, Poon, David Yiu Nam, Walker, Graham

“…Sacculina sinensis (Cirripedia: Rhizocephala) is a parasitic barnacle first reported in Hong Kong by Boschma (1933) to infect the intertidal crab, Leptodius…”
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Comparison between the catch composition of the French and ORE type beam trawls on deep-sea decapod crustaceans: implications for quantitative sampling of the deep-sea decapod biodiversity by Tsai, Pei-Chen, Yeh, Hsin-Ming, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan, Chan, Tin-Yam

“…The French beam trawl and the ORE beam trawl are common research sampling gears for deep-sea biodiversity. The French beam trawl is equipped with a tickler…”
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Trans-Pacific genetic differentiation in the deep-water stalked barnacle Scalpellum stearnsii (Cirripedia: Thoracica: Scalpellidae) by Lin, Hsiu-Chin, Cheang, Chi-Chiu, Corbari, Laure, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan

“…Recent advancements in deep-sea expeditions have made possible to sample adequate quantities of deep-sea organisms over wide geographical ranges for population…”
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Pharmaceutical Residues in Edible Oysters along the Coasts of the East and South China Seas and Associated Health Risks to Humans and Wildlife by Wu, Rongben, Sin, Yan Yin, Cai, Lin, Wang, Youji, Hu, Menghong, Liu, Xiaoshou, Xu, Wenzhe, Kwan, Kit Yue, Gonçalves, David, Chan, Benny Kwok Kan, Zhang, Kai, Chui, Apple Pui-Yi, Chua, Song Lin, Fang, James Kar-Hei, Leung, Kenneth Mei-Yee

“…The investigation of pharmaceuticals as emerging contaminants in marine biota has been insufficient. In this study, we examined the presence of 51…”
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