Monophyly and phylogenetic origin of the gall crab family Cryptochiridae (Decapoda: Brachyura) by Van Der Meij, S, Schubart, C

“…The results show that gall crabs form a highly supported monophyletic clade within the Thoracotremata, which evolved independently of grapsid crabs. …”

Observations of coral-dwelling gall crabs (Cryptochiridae) in the intertidal zone of Odo Beach (Okinawa, Japan) by Van Der Meij, S, Reijnen, B, Reimer, J

Host species, range extensions, and an observation of the mating system of Atlantic shallow-water gall crabs (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) by Van Der Meij, S

“…This holds true even for relatively wellstudied coral reefs, like those in the Caribbean Sea. Coral gall crabs (Cryptochiridae), obligate symbionts of stony corals, form a much-overlooked component of coral reef communities. …”

Host relations and DNA reveal a cryptic gall crab species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) associated with mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) by Van Der Meij, S

“…Mushroom corals of the Indo-West Pacific Fungiidae (Scleractinia) provide habitats for a rich associated fauna, including three species of gall crabs (Cryptochiridae). During the course of the present study gall crabs were sampled from many different fungiid hosts. …”

Host preferences, colour patterns and distribution records of pseudocryptochirus viridis hiro, 1938 (Decapoda, Cryptochiridae) by Van Der Meij, S

“…The coral gall crab Pseudocryptochirus viridis is an obligate symbiont of some species of the Indo-West Pacific coral genus Turbinaria. …”

A new species of Fizesereneia Takeda and Tamura, 1980 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae) from the Red Sea and Oman by Van Der Meij, S, Berumen, M, Paulay, G

“…A new species of cryptochirid crab, Fizesereneia panda van der Meij, is described and illustrated based on specimens collected from the scleractinian corals Lobophyllia cf. hemprichii and L. cf. corymbosa from the Farasan Banks, Farasan Islands, and the reefs off Thuwal in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea, and from Symphyllia recta from reefs in the Gulf of Oman. …”

Helioseris cucullata as a host coral at St. Eustatius, Dutch Caribbean by Hoeksema, B, van Beusekom, M, ten Hove, H, Ivanenko, V, Van Der Meij, S, van Moorsel, G

“…New records of H. cucullata as host are presented for the coral gall crab Opecarcinus hypostegus (Cryptochiridae), the Christmas tree worm Spirobranchus giganteus (Serpulidae) and an unidentified serpulid tube worm of the genus Vermiliopsis. …”

The curious case of Neotroglocarcinus dawydoffi (Decapoda, Cryptochiridae): Unforeseen biogeographic patterns resulting from isolation by Van Der Meij, S, Reijnen, B

“…Coral gall crabs form a commonly overlooked component of the associated fauna of shallow-water reef corals and therefore little is known about their ecology and biogeography. …”

The mushroom coral as a habitat by Hoeksema, B, Van Der Meij, S, Fransen, C

“…In the present study we show which mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae) are known to act as hosts for other organisms, such as acoel flatworms, copepods, barnacles, gall crabs, pontoniine shrimps, mytilid bivalves, epitoniid snails, coralliophilid snails, fish and certain types of zooxanthellae. …”