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J. Antonio Baeza is affiliated with Clemson University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on subfields such as Ecology, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, and Systematics.

The scientist's work centers on several main topics, including:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions

Among the frequent publication venues for J. Antonio Baeza are the Journal of Crustacean Biology, Gene, Journal of Natural History, BMC Genomics, and PeerJ.

They have collaborated regularly with several co-authors, including Jorge Ortega, María Teresa González, Alyssa Baker, Werner Pieter Veldsman, and Natalie C. Stephens.

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Comparative genomics of the coconut crab and other decapod crustaceans: exploring the molecular basis of terrestrial adaptation," 2021, BMC Genomics
  • "A genome-based phylogeny for Mollusca is concordant with fossils and morphology," 2025, Science
  • "The complete mitochondrial genome of the eusocial sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp Synalpheus microneptunus," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Eusociality Shapes Convergent Patterns of Molecular Evolution across Mitochondrial Genomes of Snapping Shrimps," 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Yes, we can use it: a formal test on the accuracy of low-pass nanopore long-read sequencing for mitophylogenomics and barcoding research using the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus," 2020, BMC Genomics

Best Publications

  • Active brood care in Cancer setosus (Crustacea: Decapoda): the relationship between female behaviour, embryo oxygen consumption and the cost of brooding

    J. A. Baeza;M. Fernández

  • Population dynamics and reproductive traits of the ornamental crab Porcellana sayana: implications for fishery management and aquaculture

    J. Antonio Baeza;Michele Furlan;Ariádine C. Almeida;Samara de Paiva Barros-Alves

  • Social monogamy in the shrimp Pontonia margarita , a symbiont of Pinctada mazatlanica , off the Pacific coast of Panama

    J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza

  • Experimental test of socially mediated sex change in a protandric simultaneous hermaphrodite, the marine shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni (Caridea: Hippolytidae)

    J. Antonio Baeza;Raymond T. Bauer

  • Host use pattern and life history of Liopetrolisthes mitra, a crab associate of the black sea urchin Tetrapygus niger

    J.A. Baeza;M. Thiel

  • MALE DOMINANCE HIERARCHY AND MATING TACTICS IN THE ROCK SHRIMP RHYNCHOCINETES TYPUS (DECAPODA: CARIDEA)

    Cristián Correa;Juan A. Baeza;Ivan A. Hinojosa;Martin Thiel

  • Testing the abundant-centre hypothesis using intertidal porcelain crabs along the Chilean coast: linking abundance and life-history variation

    Marcelo M. Rivadeneira;Marcelo M. Rivadeneira;Patricio Hernáez;Patricio Hernáez;J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza;Sebastian Boltaña

  • Predicting territorial behavior in symbiotic crabs using host characteristics: a comparative study and proposal of a model

    J. A. Baeza;M. Thiel

  • Life history of Allopetrolisthes spinifrons , a crab associate of the sea anemone Phymactis clematis

    J.A. Baeza;W. Stotz;M. Thiel

  • Sex allocation in a simultaneously hermaphroditic marine shrimp.

    J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza

  • TESTING THREE MODELS ON THE ADAPTIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTANDRIC SIMULTANEOUS HERMAPHRODITISM IN A MARINE SHRIMP

    J. Antonio Baeza

  • Patterns of oxygen supply in embryo masses of brachyuran crabs throughout development: the effect of oxygen availability and chemical cues in determining female brooding behavior

    Miriam Fernández;Luis Miguel Pardo;Juan Antonio Baeza

  • Molecular phylogeny of shrimps from the genus Lysmata (Caridea: Hippolytidae) : the evolutionary origins of protandric simultaneous hermaphroditism and social monogamy

    J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza;Christoph D. Schubart;Petra Zillner;Soledad Fuentes

  • LYSMATA HOCHI N. SP., A NEW HERMAPHRODITIC SHRIMP FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA (CARIDEA: HIPPOLYTIDAE).

    J. Antonio Baeza;Arthur Anker

  • Testing the role of male–male competition in the evolution of sexual dimorphism: a comparison between two species of porcelain crabs

    J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza;Cynthia M. Asorey

  • Host fidelity of a symbiotic porcellanid crab: the importance of host characteristics

    Martin Thiel;Anke Zander;Anke Zander;Nelson Valdivia;Juan A. Baeza

  • Male mating opportunities affect sex allocation in a protrandric-simultaneous hermaphroditic shrimp

    J. Antonio Baeza

  • The complete mitochondrial genome of the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus.

    J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza

  • Sexual System, Sex Ratio, and Group Living in the Shrimp <i>Thor amboinensis</i> (De Man): Relevance to Resource-Monopolization and Sex-Allocation Theories

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  • A new species of Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lysmatidae) from the Gulf of Mexico

    Sanjeevi Prakash;J. Antonio Baeza

  • Host‐specific reproductive benefits, host selection behavior and host use pattern of the pinnotherid crab Calyptraeotheres garthi

    Emiliano H. Ocampo;Jesús D. Nuñez;Maximiliano Cledón;J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza

  • AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR AND DEVELOPMENT OF TERRITORIALITY DURING ONTOGENY OF THE SEA ANEMONE DWELLING CRAB ALLOPETROLISTHES SPINIFRONS (H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1837) (DECAPODA: ANOMURA: PORCELLANIDAE)

    J.A. Baeza;W. Stotz;M. Thiel

  • The symbiotic lifestyle and its evolutionary consequences: social monogamy and sex allocation in the hermaphroditic shrimp Lysmata pederseni

    J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza;J. Antonio Baeza

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Thiel
Martin Thiel Catholic University of the North
Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto
Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto Scientific University of the South
Karen A. Bjorndal
Karen A. Bjorndal University of Florida
Ka Hou Chu
Ka Hou Chu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Raphael Ritson-Williams
Raphael Ritson-Williams Smithsonian Institution
Christoph D. Schubart
Christoph D. Schubart University of Regensburg
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Arthur Anker
Arthur Anker Universidade Federal de Goiás
Saara J. DeWalt
Saara J. DeWalt Clemson University
Fernando L. Mantelatto
Fernando L. Mantelatto Universidade de São Paulo

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