Shane Timothy Ahyong

Shane Timothy Ahyong, Australian carcinologist

Australian Museum, 6 College St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia, and School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

33 taxon names authored by Shane Timothy Ahyong

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2004

Ahyong, S.T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2004. Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia. Zootaxa 472: 1–76. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

2005

Ahyong, S.T., Chen, H. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005 Pleistacantha stilipes, a new species of spider crab from the South China Sea (Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae). Zootaxa 822: 1–10. Abstract & excerpt ResearchGate Reference page.
Ahyong, S. T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2005. Review of Durckheimia and Xanthasia, with descriptions of two new genera (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae).. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(1): 116-129. ResearchGate DOI: 10.1651/c-2504 Reference page.

2007

Ahyong, S.T. 2007. Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae. Zootaxa 1593: 1–54. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2007 The pinnotherid type material of Semper (1880), Nauck (1880) and Burger (1895) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl 16: 191–226. PDF Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. & Ng, P.K.L. 2007 Pleistacantha ori, a new species of deep-water spider crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brahcyura: Majidae) from the western Indian Ocean. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 16: 67-74. PDF Reference page.

2008

Hosie, A.M. & Ahyong, S.T. 2008. First records of the giant barnacles, Austromegabalanus nigrescens (Lamarck, 1818) and A. psittacus (Molina, 1782) (Cirripedia: Balanidae) from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Balanidae. Zootaxa 1674: 59–64. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1674.1.5 Reference page.

2009

Ahyong, S.T., & Ng, P.K.L. 2009. Aphanodactylidae, a new family of thoracotreme crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) symbiotic with polychaete worms. Zootaxa 2289: 33–47. Abstract & excerpt ResearchGate Reference page.
De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan T-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. 2009. A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 21: 1–109. PDF. Reference page.

2010

Ahyong, S.T. 2010. The marine fauna of New Zealand: king crabs of New Zealand, Australia and the Ross Sea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 123: 1–194. PDF. Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. 2010. Neolithodes flindersi, a new species of king crab from southeastern Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Lithodidae). Zootaxa 2362(1): 55–62. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2362.1.3 ResearchGate Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. 2010. New species and new records of Caridea (Hippolytidae: Pasiphaeidae) from New Zealand. Zootaxa 2372: 341–357. Preview PDF Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T., Baba, K., MacPherson, E. & Poore, G.C.B. 2010. A new classification of the Galatheoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Zootaxa 2676: 57–68. Preview Reference page.
Low, M.E.Y. & Ahyong, S.T. 2010. Kempella nom. nov., a replacement name for Kempina Manning, 1978 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae), preoccupied by Kempina Roewer, 1911, a junior synonym of Zaleptus Thorell, 1877 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae). Zootaxa 2642: 68–68. Preview PDF Reference page.
Schnabel, K.E. & Ahyong, S.T. 2010. A new classification of the Chirostyloidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura). Zootaxa 2687: 56–64. Preview ResearchGate . Reference page.
Taylor, J., Ahyong, S.T. & Andreakis, N. 2010. New records and new species of the munidopsine squat lobsters (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheidae: Munidopsinae) from Australia. Zootaxa 2642: 1–18. Preview Reference page.

2011

Ahyong, S.T., Lowry, J.K., Alonso, M., Bamber, R.N., Boxshall, G.A., Castro, P., Gerken, S., Karaman, G.S., Goy, J.W., Jones, D.S., Meland, K., Rogers, D.C. & Svavarsson, J. 2011. Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. Pp 165–191 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7 (online edition). PDF. Reference page.
Kilgallen, N.M. & Ahyong, S.T. 2011. The genus Mallacoota (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Maeridae) in New Zealand. Zootaxa 2929: 22–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2929.1.2 . Reference page.
Read, G.B., Inglis, G., Stratford, P. & Ahyong, S.T. 2011. Arrival of the alien fanworm Sabella spallanzanii (Gmelin, 1791) (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) in two New Zealand harbours. Aquatic invasions 6(3): 273–279. DOI: 10.3391/ai.2011.6.3.04 . Reference page.

2012

Ahyong, S.T. 2012: Polychelid lobsters (Decapoda: Polychelida: Polychelidae) collected by the CIDARIS expeditions off Central Queensland, with a summary of Australian and New Zealand distributions. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 56(1): 1–8. Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. 2012. The marine fauna of New Zealand: mantis shrimps (Crustacea: Stomatopoda). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir (125) Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. 2012. Stomatopod Crustacea of the KUMEJIMA 2009 Expedition, Japan. Zootaxa 3367: 232–251. Preview Reference page.
Naruse, T., Chan, T.-Y., Tan, H.H., Ahyong, S.T. & Reimer, J.D. (eds.) 2012. Scientific results of the Kumejima Marine Biodiversity Expedition—KUMEJIMA 2009. Zootaxa 3367: 1-280. special issue [erratum in Zootaxa 3390: 68–68. Preview PDF (2012)] Reference page.
Naruse, T., Chan, T.-Y., Tan, H.H., Ahyong, S.T. & Reimer, J.D. 2012. Scientific Results of the Kumejima Marine Biodiversity Expedition — KUMEJIMA 2009 — Editorial. Zootaxa 3367: 5–7. Preview Reference page.

2013

Ahyong, S.T. 2013. Munidopsis kareenae, a new species of seamount squat lobster from New Zealand with a key to the New Zealand species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae). Zootaxa 3599(5): 490–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3599.5.6 Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. & Low, M.E.Y. 2013. Miyakella nom. nov., a replacement name for Miyakea Manning, 1995, (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae), preoccupied by Miyakea Marumo, 1933 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae). Zootaxa 3616(1): 99–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3616.1.9 Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. & Low, M.E.Y. 2013. Cancer (Mantis) digitalis Herbst, 1793, an objective synonym of Oratosquillina quinquedentata (Brooks, 1886): neotype designation and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae). Zootaxa 3691(5): 597–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3691.5.6 Reference page.
Ng, P.K.L. & Ahyong, S.T. 2013: Discovery of a new genus and new species of Indo-West Pacific pilumnoidid crab from a semisubmersible oil platform (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pseudozioidea). Zootaxa 3682(4): 513–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.4.2 ResearchGate Reference page.
Richer de Forges, B., Ng, P.K.L. & Ahyong, S.T. 2013: Parapleisticantha Yokoya, 1933, a valid genus of deep-sea inachid spider crab from Japan and the Philippines (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3635(1): 15–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.1.2 ResearchGate PDF Reference page.
Ebach, M.C., Gill, A.C., Kwan, A., Ahyong, S.T., Murphy, D.J. & Cassis, G. 2013. Corrections to a recently published area taxonomy of Australia. Zootaxa 3652(2): 299–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.9 Reference page.

2014

Ahyong, S.T. 2014. Deep-sea squat lobsters of the Munidopsis serricornis complex in the Indo-West Pacific, with descriptions of six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Munidopsidae). Records of the Australian Museum 66(3): 197–216. DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.66.2014.1630 Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. 2014: Paramoguai kavieng, a new genus and species of camptandriid crab from Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Brachyura). Zootaxa 3856(4): 578–584. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3856.4.6 Reference page.

2015

Ahyong, S.T. 2015. Preliminary diagnoses of three new species of Tasmanian mountain shrimps, Anaspides Thomson, 1894 (Syncarida, Anaspidacea, Anaspididae). Zootaxa 3957(5): 596–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.5.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. & Wassenberg, T.J. 2015. The rare mantis shrimp Areosquilla indica (Hansen, 1976) (Crustacea, Stomatopoda) from the Great Barrier Reef: first Australian records of the genus and species. Zootaxa 4000(4): 492–496. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.4.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Schnabel, K.E. & Ahyong, S.T. 2015. Two new species of Munidopsis (Crustacea: Anomura: Munidopsidae) from the Kermadec and Louisville ridge systems off New Zealand. Zootaxa 3995(1): 241–251. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.20. Preview (PDF) Reference page.

2016

Wang, T-W., Ahyong, S.T. & Chan, T-Y. 2016. First records of Lithodes longispina Sakai, 1971 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Lithodidae) from southwestern Taiwan, including a site in the vicinity of a cold seep. Zootaxa 4066(2): 173–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.2.6. Reference page.

2017

Ahyong, S.T. 2017. Stomatopod Crustacea of the Austral and Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Zootaxa 4286(4): 555–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.4.8. Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T., Tan, S.H., Low, M.E.Y. & Macpherson, E. 2017. Cancer strigosus Linnaeus, 1760: neotype selection, its identification with Cancer cancharus Linnaeus, 1758, and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Decapoda: Galatheidae). Zootaxa 4323(3): 440–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.3.12. Reference page.
Low, M.E.Y. & Ahyong, S.T. 2017. Cancer neptuni Linnaeus, 1768 (now Alima neptuni): original description, authorship and date of publication (Crustacea: Stomatopoda: Squillidae). Zootaxa 4319(2): 373–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4319.2.7. Reference page.
McCormack, R.B. & Ahyong, S.T. 2017. Euastacus vesper sp. nov., a new giant spiny crayfish (Crustacea, Decapoda, Parastacidae) from the Great Dividing Range, New South Wales, Australia. Zootaxa 4244(4): 566–567. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.6 Reference page.
Schnabel, K.E., Burghardt, I. & Ahyong, S.T. 2017. Southern high latitude squat lobsters II: description of Uroptychus macquariae sp. nov. from Macquarie Ridge. Zootaxa 4353(2): 327–338. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.4. Reference page.

2018

Ahyong, S.T. & Farrelly, C.A. 2018. First Australian records of Ethusina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ethusidae) and additional records from New Zealand. Zootaxa 4486(2): 161–168. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.5 Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. & Biju Kumar, A. 2018. First records of seven species of mantis shrimp from India (Crustacea: Stomatopoda). Zootaxa 4370(4): 381–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.4.4 Reference page.
Baba, K., Ahyong, S.T. & Schnabel, K.E. 2018. Rediagnosis of the squat lobster genus Gastroptychus Caullery, 1896, with a new genus Sternostylus and a new family Sternostylidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostyloidea). Zootaxa 4524(1): 77–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.1.5 Reference page.
Huang, C., Wong, K.C. & Ahyong, S.T. 2018. The freshwater crabs of Macau, with the description of a new species of Nanhaipotamon Bott, 1968 and the redescription of Nanhaipotamon wupingense Cheng, Yang, Zhong & Li, 2003 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Potamidae). Zookeys, 810: 91–111. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.810.30726 Reference page.
Hwang, H-S., Ahyong, S.T. & Kim, W. 2018. A new species of Chorisquilla Manning, 1969 (Stomatopoda: Protosquillidae) from Korea and Japan with redescription of C. mehtae Erdmann & Manning, 1998. Zootaxa 4483(2): 365–374. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.2.8 Reference page.
Lee, B.Y., Ahyong, S.T., Low, M.E.Y. & Ng, P.K.L. 2018. Hyastenus verreauxii A. Milne-Edwards, 1872, a synonym of Hyastenus elatus Griffin & Tranter, 1986: lectotype designation and reversal of precedence (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Epialtidae). Zootaxa 4497(1): 145–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.1.10 Reference page.
Ng, P.K.L. & Ahyong, S.T. 2018 New species of reef spider crabs of the genus Schizophroida Sakai, 1933 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae) from the Western Pacific. Records of the Australian Museum 70(4): 377-390. PDF Reference page.
Thomson, S.A., Pyle, R.L., Ahyong, S.T., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A., Ammirati, J., Araya, J.F., et al. 2018. Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation. PLOS Biology 16(3): e2005075. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075 Reference page.
MacIntosh, H. et al. 2018. Invertebrate diversity in the deep Great Australian Bight (200–5000 m). Marine Biodiversity Records. 11(23): 1–17. DOI: 10.1186/s41200-018-0158-x

2019

Ahyong, S.T. 2019. Discovery of the sponge-associated caridean genus Paralebbeus in New Zealand and southeastern Australia: P. pegasus sp. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Thoridae). Zootaxa 4652(2): 375–383. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4652.2.10 Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T. & Boyko, C. 2019. Rhopalione kali sp. nov., first known epicaridean parasite on the Malaysian pinnotherid crab, Serenotheres besutensis (Serène, 1967). Zootaxa 4590(2): 283–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4590.2.5 Reference page.
Ng, P.K.L., Ahyong, S.T. & Campos, E. 2019 Two new genera of pinnotherid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheroidea) from the Americas and the Western Pacific. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 337-351. PDF Reference page.
Schnabel, K.E. & Ahyong, S.T. 2023. The squat lobster genus genus Phylladiorhynchus Baba, 1969 in New Zealand and eastern Australia, with description of six new species. Zootaxa 4688(3): 301–347. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.3.1 Reference page.

2020

Ahyong, S.T., & Ng, P.K.L. 2020 New species of pinnotherid crabs from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa 4816(3): 333–349. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.3.4 ResearchGate Reference page.
Ahyong, S.T., Porter, M.L. & Caldwell, R.L. 2020. The Leopard Mantis Shrimp, Ankersquilla pardus, a new genus and species of eurysquillid from Indo-West Pacific coral reefs. Records of the Australian Museum. 72(1): 1-8. DOI: 10.3853/J.2201-4349.72.2020.1758 Reference page.
Guerra-García, J.M., Keable, S.J. & Ahyong, S.T. 2020. A new species of Paraproto (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from southern New South Wales, Australia. Zootaxa 4755(2): 271–293. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.4 Reference page.
Huang, C., Ahyong, S.T. & Shih, H-T. 2020. The second known stygomorphic freshwater crab from China, Phasmon typhlops gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Potamidae), diverged at the beginning of the Late Miocene. ZooKeys, 1008: 1–5. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1008.58854 Reference page.

2021

Colgan, D.J., Ahyong, S.T., Mardon, K. & Brereton, I.M. 2021. Rare specimen identification in an un-integrated taxonomy: implications of DNA sequences from a Taiwanese Philine (Mollusca, Philinidae). ZooKeys 1060: 93–110. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1060.28809 Reference page.

2022

Ng, P.K.L. & Ahyong, S.T. 2022. The pea crab genus Arcotheres Manning, 1993 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae) from Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia, with a reappraisal of diagnostic characters and descriptions of two new genera. Raffles bulletin of Zoology 70: 134–248. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2022-0009. . Full article. Reference page.