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Christopher B. Boyko is affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable specialization in ecology, oceanography, paleontology, global and planetary change, and aquatic science.

The scientist's body of work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Crustacean Biology and Ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Subterranean Biodiversity and Taxonomy
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Christopher B. Boyko has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed papers. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Benchmarking global biodiversity of decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda)," 2023, Journal of Crustacean Biology
  • "Integrative taxonomy of the subfamily Orbioninae (Crustacea: Isopoda) based on mitochondrial and nuclear data with evidence that supports Epicaridea as a suborder," 2022, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • "A new species and depth record of bopyrid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from a squat lobster in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench," 2020, European Journal of Taxonomy
  • "Out on a limb: novel morphology and position on appendages of two new genera and three new species of ectoparasitic isopods (Epicaridea: Dajidae) infesting isopod and decapod hosts," 2021, Zoosystema
  • "Establishment of a new subfamily for the parasitic isopod genus Pleurocryptella (Isopoda: Bopyridae), including recognition of epicaridium larval yolk sacs and description of a new genus and species of hyperparasite," 2024, Journal of Crustacean Biology

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Jason D. Williams
  • Shane T. Ahyong
  • Wim Decock
  • Stefanie Dekeyzer
  • Tammy Horton

Christopher B. Boyko has published extensively in several scientific venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Zootaxa
  • Journal of Crustacean Biology
  • Nauplius
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Systematic Parasitology

Their work integrates data from diverse biological fields, lending insight into parasite-host dynamics and the ecology of crustaceans within marine and aquatic environments. The publications also demonstrate an emphasis on taxonomy and the description of new species, supporting the understanding of biodiversity in crustacean groups.

Best Publications

  • The magnitude of global marine species diversity

    Ward Appeltans;Shane T. Ahyong;Shane T. Ahyong;Gary Anderson;Martin V. Angel

  • The global diversity of parasitic isopods associated with crustacean hosts (Isopoda: Bopyroidea and Cryptoniscoidea).

    Jason D. Williams;Christopher B. Boyko;Christopher B. Boyko

  • A Review of Bopyrids (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) Parasitic on Caridean Shrimps (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from China

    Jianmei An;Christopher B. Boyko;Xinzheng Li

  • The unwanted guests of hermits: A global review of the diversity and natural history of hermit crab parasites

    John J. McDermott;Jason D. Williams;Christopher B. Boyko

  • A WORLDWIDE REVISION OF THE RECENT AND FOSSIL SAND CRABS OF THE ALBUNEIDAE STIMPSON AND BLEPHARIPODIDAE, NEW FAMILY (CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA: ANOMURA: HIPPOIDEA)

    Christopher B. Boyko

  • Parasites (Isopoda: Epicaridea and Nematoda) from ghost and mud shrimp (Decapoda: Axiidea and Gebiidea) with descriptions of a new genus and a new species of bopyrid isopod and clarification of Pseudione Kossmann, 1881.

    Christopher B. Boyko;Jason D. Williams;Jeffrey D. Shields

  • Out on a limb: novel morphology and position on appendages of two new genera and three new species of ectoparasitic isopods (Epicaridea: Dajidae) infesting isopod and decapod hosts

    Jason D. Williams;Christopher B. Boyko

  • Rhopalione kali sp. nov., first known epicaridean parasite on the Malaysian pinnotherid crab, Serenotheres besutensis (Serène, 1967).

    Shane T Ahyong;Christopher B Boyko

  • A new species of Pseudione Kossmann, 1881 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) parasitizing the squat lobster Munida microphthalma A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 in the Southwestern Atlantic.

    Ayrton Brito;Irene Azevedo Cardoso;Christopher B. Boyko

  • A new species and depth record of bopyrid (Crustacea, Isopoda) from a squat lobster in the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench

    Jason D. Williams;Christopher B. Boyko;Ivan N. Marin

  • New hosts and localities for species of Cancricepon Giard & Bonnier, 1887 Isopoda: Epicaridea: Bopyridae) with description of two new species and comments on the relationship between Cancricepon and Trapezicepon Bonnier, 1900

    Jianmei An;Mingxiao Wang;Christopher B. Boyko;Jason D. Williams

  • A new genus and species of freshwater crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Potamoidea) from northern Madagascar, and a second new species associated with Pandanus leaf axils

    Neil Cumberlidge;Christopher B. Boyko;Alan W. Harvey

  • Recent and fossil Isopoda Bopyridae parasitic on squat lobsters and porcelain crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea), with notes on nomenclature and biogeography

    Christopher B. Boyko;Jason D. Williams;John C. Markham

  • Distribution patterns of the Malagasy freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

    Neil Cumberlidge;Sadie K. Reed;Christopher B. Boyko

  • Anatomy and Biology of Mysella pedroana (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Galeommatoidea), and its Commensal Relationship with Blepharipoda occidentalis (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae)

    Christopher B. Boyko;Christopher B. Boyko;Paula M. Mikkelsen

  • The bopyridae (Crustacea: Isopoda) of Taiwan

    Christopher B. Boyko

  • CATALOG OF RECENT TYPE SPECIMENS IN THE DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY, AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. V. MOLLUSCA, PART 2 (CLASS GASTROPODA [EXCLUSIVE OF OPISTHOBRANCHIA AND PULMONATA], WITH SUPPLEMENTS TO GASTROPODA [OPISTHOBRANCHIA], AND BIVALVIA)

    Christopher B. Boyko;James R. Cordeiro

  • A review of Pseudionella Shiino, 1949 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae), with the description of a new species parasitic on Calcinus hermit crabs from Easter Island

    C B Boyko;J D Williams

  • A REVIEW OF THE FAMILY LERNAEODISCIDAE (CIRRIPEDIA: RHIZOCEPHALA). I. THE GENUS LERNAEODISCUS MÜLLER, 1862: NEW SYNONYMY, HOSTS, RANGE EXTENSIONS, AND THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

    Christopher B. Boyko;Alan W. Harvey

  • On a small collection of harpacticoids from Easter Island: The family Laophontidae T. Scott (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida)

    Samuel Gómez;Christopher B. Boyko

Frequent Co-Authors

Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Tin-Yam Chan
Tin-Yam Chan National Taiwan Ocean University
David I. Gibson
David I. Gibson Natural History Museum
Dávid Murányi
Dávid Murányi Eszterházy Károly Catholic University
D. Christopher Rogers
D. Christopher Rogers Northeastern State University
Sammy De Grave
Sammy De Grave University of Oxford
Rafael Lemaitre
Rafael Lemaitre National Museum of Natural History
Fernando L. Mantelatto
Fernando L. Mantelatto Universidade de São Paulo
Thomas H. Cribb
Thomas H. Cribb University of Queensland

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