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Overview

Hsi-Te Shih is affiliated with National Chung Hsing University in Taiwan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research predominantly focuses on Ecology, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Aquatic Science, and Global and Planetary Change. This body of work involves study areas such as crustacean biology and ecology, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, fish biology, ecology and behavior, marine and fisheries research, and genetic diversity and population structure.

Significant recent publications by Hsi-Te Shih include:

  • A New Fiddler Crab of Austruca Bott, 1973, Closely Related to A. perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1852) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae), from the South Pacific Islands., 2020, PubMed
  • Diversity and Distribution of Fiddler Crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) around the Arabian Sea., 2022, PubMed
  • Phylogeography of the Fiddler Crab Tubuca arcuata (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) in East Asia and Northern Vietnam., 2022, PubMed

Their research has also been published in other notable venues such as Zootaxa, ZooKeys, Crustaceana, and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, with the most frequent publications appearing in PubMed.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hsi-Te Shih include Jhih-Wei Hsu, Chao Huang, Shane T. Ahyong, Kai Chang, and Carl L. Thurman. These collaborations span multiple papers, highlighting a network of research focused on taxonomy, phylogeography, and biodiversity of crustaceans and related marine organisms.

Hsi-Te Shih's research areas intersect prominently with several topics, summarized as follows:

  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Publication venues where Hsi-Te Shih frequently contributes include:

  • PubMed
  • Zootaxa
  • ZooKeys
  • Crustaceana
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility

The scope of Hsi-Te Shih's research contributes to advancing the understanding of marine biodiversity and taxonomy, particularly with regard to fiddler crabs and other crustaceans in diverse aquatic environments across Asia and the Pacific regions.

Best Publications

  • An updated annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda)

    示冀麟(Peter K. L. Ng);Hsi-Te Shih;Ping-Ho Ho;Chia-Hsiang Wang

  • Systematics of the Genus Geothelphusa (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Southern Taiwan: A Molecular Appraisal

    Hsi-Te Shih;Peter K. L. Ng;Hsueh-Wen Chang

  • Two new freshwater crab species of the genus Nanhaipotamon Bott, 1968 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Potamidae) from Huizhou, Guangdong Province, southern China.

    Chao Huang;Siying Mao;Hsi-Te Shih

  • Population genetics of the fiddler crab Uca sindensis (Alcock, 1900) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from the Arabian Sea

    Hsi-Te Shih;Noor Us Saher;Ehsan Kamrani;Peter Kl Ng

  • Seven new species of Amynthas (Clitellata: Megascolecidae) and new earthworm records from Taiwan

    Samuel W. James;Hsi‐Te Shih;Hsueh‐Wen Chang

  • A new genus and new species of Potamidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamoidae), the first stygomorphic cave crab known from China and East Asia

    Chao Huang;Hsi-Te Shih;Peter K. L. Ng

  • Geothelphusa boreas, a new montane freshwater crab (Crustacea: Potamidae: Geothelphusa) from northeastern Taiwan, and the identity of G. hirsuta Tan & Liu, 1998

    Jhy-Yun Shy;Hsi-Te Shih;Jean-Jay Mao

  • Ankerius aenigmaticus, a new genus and new species of aphanodactylid crab symbiotic with polychaetes from the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Aphanodactylidae).

    Peter K. L. Ng;Dwi Listyo Rahayu;Hsi-Te Shih

  • Genetic evidence for the recognition of two fiddler crabs, Uca iranica and U. albimana (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae), from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with notes on the U. lactea species-complex

    Hsi-Te Shih;Ehsan Kamrani;Peter J. F. Davie;Min-Yun Liu

  • Phylogeny and biogeography of the freshwater crab genus Johora (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae) from the Malay Peninsula, and the origins of its insular fauna

    Darren C. J. Yeo;Hsi-Te Shih;Rudolf Meier;Peter K. L. Ng

  • Phylogeny of the freshwater crab genus Somanniathelphusa Bott (Decapoda : Parathelphusidae) from Taiwan and the coastal regions of China, with notes on their biogeography

    Hsi-Te Shih;Shao-Hua Fang;Peter K. L. Ng

  • Description of a new montane freshwater crab (Crustacea: Potamidae: Geothelphusa ) from northern Taiwan

    Jhy-Yun Shy;Hsi-Te Shih;Jean-Jay Mao

  • The identities of three species of Parahelice Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) from the western Pacific, based on morphological and molecular evidence

    Hsi-Te Shih;Jhih-Wei Hsu;Jheng-Jhang Li;Ngan Kee Ng

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  • Descriptions of three new species of the harvestmen genus Pseudogagrella (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Gagrellinae) from Taiwan, supported by morphological and molecular evidence

    Ssu-Li Chen;Hsi-Te Shih

  • Uca jocelynae sp. nov., a new species of fiddler crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from the Western Pacific

    Hsi-Te Shih;Tohru Naruse;Peter K. L. Ng

  • A New Species Of Mictyris (Decapoda, Brachyura, Mictyridae) From The Ryukyu Islands, Japan

    Peter J. F. Davie;Hsi-Te Shih;Benny K. K. Chan

  • Pleistocene speciation of freshwater crabs (Crustacea: Potamidae: Geothelphusa) from northern Taiwan and southern Ryukyus, as revealed by phylogenetic relationships

    Hsi-Te Shih;Peter K.L. Ng;Tohru Naruse;Shigemitsu Shokita

  • Taxonomy of the sand bubbler crabs Scopimera globosa De Haan, 1835, and S. tuberculata Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Dotillidae) in East Asia, with description of a new species from the Ryukyus, Japan

    Kingsley J. H. Wong;Benny K. K. Chan;Hsi-Te Shih

  • Two new species of the land-locked freshwater shrimps genus, Neocaridina Kubo, 1938 (Decapoda : Caridea : Atyidae), from Taiwan, with notes on speciation on the island

    Hsi-Te Shih;Yixiong Cai;Nobuaki Niwa;Yasuhiko Nakahara

  • Species diversity of fiddler crabs, genus Uca Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Ocypodidae), from Taiwan and adjacent islands, with notes on the Japanese species.

    Hsi-Te Shih;Jung-Hsiang Lee;Ping-Ho Ho;Hung-Chang Liu

  • Tubuca alcocki, a new pseudocryptic species of fiddler crab from the Indian Ocean, sister to the southeastern African T. urvillei (H. Milne Edwards, 1852) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Ocypodidae).

    Hsi-Te Shih;Benny K.K. Chan;Peter K.L. Ng

  • Morphology of Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae), an Endemic Fiddler Crab from Taiwan, with Notes on its Ecology

    Hsi-Te Shih;Hin-Kiu Mok;Hsueh-Wen Chang;Sin-Che Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter K. L. Ng
Peter K. L. Ng National University of Singapore
Benny K. K. Chan
Benny K. K. Chan Academia Sinica
Shane T. Ahyong
Shane T. Ahyong Australian Museum
Christoph D. Schubart
Christoph D. Schubart University of Regensburg
Darren C. J. Yeo
Darren C. J. Yeo National University of Singapore
Ka Hou Chu
Ka Hou Chu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Gray A. Williams
Gray A. Williams University of Hong Kong
Robert Hall
Robert Hall Royal Holloway University of London
Gary R. Carvalho
Gary R. Carvalho Bangor University
Thomas von Rintelen
Thomas von Rintelen Museum für Naturkunde

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