Dr. Christoph Schubart

Curriculum vitae  Scientific Interests

Recent Publications :


Online First:

Landstorfer, R.B. & C.D. Schubart, online first. A phylogeny of Pacific fiddler crabs of the subgenus Minuca (Crustacea, Brachyura, Ocypodidae: Uca) with the description of a new species from a tropical gulf in Pacific Costa Rica. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00554.x

Ragionieri, L., S. Cannici, C.D. Schubart & S. Fratini, online first. Gene flow and demographic history of the mangrove crab Neosarmatium meinerti: A case study from the western Indian Ocean, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.002

Projecto-Garcia, J., H. Cabral & C.D. Schubart, online first. High regional differentiation in a North American crab species throughout its native range and invaded European waters: a phylogeographic analysis. Biological Invasions, doi: 10.1007/s10530-009-9447-y.

2009:
Jesse, R., M. Pfenninger, S. Fratini, M. Scalici, B. Streit & C.D. Schubart, 2009. Disjunct distribution of the freshwater crab Potamon fluviatile – natural expansion or human introduction? Biological Invasions 11(10): 2209-2221.

Silva, I.C., N. Mesquita, C.D. Schubart, M.J. Alves & J. Paula, 2009. Genetic patchiness of the shore crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus along the Portuguese coast. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 378: 50-57.

Schubart, C.D., H.-C. Liu, & P.K.L. Ng, 2009. Revision of Selatium Serène & Soh, 1970 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), with description of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 2154: 1-29.

Naderloo, R. & C.D. Schubart, 2009. Redescription and mitochondrial identification of Chiromantes boulengeri (Calman, 1920) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) based on fresh material from the Persian Gulf, Iran. Zootaxa 2128:61-68.

Ragionieri, L., S. Fratini, M. Vannini & C.D. Schubart, 2009. Phylogenetic and morphometric differentiation reveal geographic radiation and pseudo-cryptic speciation in a mangrove crab from the Indo-West Pacific. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52: 825-834.

Schubart C.D., 2009. Mitochondrial DNA and decapod phylogenies; the importance of pseudogenes and primer optimization. In: Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds.), Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, pp. 47-65. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor & Francis/CRC Press.

Klaus, S., Brandis, D., Ng, P.K.L., Yeo, D.C.J. & Schubart, C.D. 2009. Phylogeny and Biogeography of Asian Freshwater Crabs of the family Gecarcinucidae (Brachyura: Potamoidea). In: Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds.), Crustacean Issues18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, pp. 509-531. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor & Francis/CRC Press.

Schubart C.D. & S. Reuschel, 2009. A proposal for a new classification of Portunoidea and Cancroidea (Brachyura: Heterotremata) based on two independent molecular phylogenies. In: Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds.), Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, Pp. 533-549. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor & Francis/CRC Press.

Thoma, B.P., C.D. Schubart & D.L. Felder, 2009. Molecular phylogeny of western Atlantic representatives of the genus Hexapanopeus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Panopeidae). In: Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds.), Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, pp. 551-565. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor & Francis/CRC Press.

Mantelatto, F.L., R. Robles, C.D. Schubart & D.L. Felder, 2009. Geographic differentiation and molecular phylogeny of the genus Cronius Stimpson, 1860, with reclassification of C. tumidulus and several American species of Portunus within the genus Achelous De Haan, 1833 (Brachyura: Portunidae). In: Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (eds.), Crustacean Issues 18: Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics, pp. 567-579. Boca Raton, Florida: Taylor & Francis/CRC Press.

Klaus, S., C.D. Schubart & D. Brandis, 2009. Ultrastructure of spermatozoa and spermatophores of Old World freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Gecarcinucidae, Potamidae, and Potamonautidae). Journal of Morphology, 270(2): 175-193.

2008:
Baeza, J.A., C.D. Schubart, P. Zillner, S. Fuentes & R.T. Bauer, 2009. Molecular phylogeny of shrimps from the genus Lysmata (Caridea: Lysmatidae): the evolutionary origins of pair-living, protandric simultaneous hermaphroditism and species status. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 96: 415-424.

Schubart, C.D., T. Santl & P. Koller, P., 2008. Mitochondrial patterns of intra- and interspecific differentiation among endemic freshwater crabs of ancient lakes in Sulawesi. Contributions to Zoology 77: 83-90.

Schubart, C.D. & P.K.L. Ng, 2008. A new molluscivore crab from Lake Poso confirms multiple colonisation of ancient lakes in Sulawesi by freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 154: 211-221.

Vogt, G., M. Huber, M. Thiemann, G. van den Boogaart, O.J. Schmitz & C.D. Schubart, 2008. Production of different phenotypes from the same genotype in the same environment by developmental variation, Journal of Experimental Biology 211: 510-523.

2007:
Ng, N.K., P.J.F. Davie, C.D. Schubart & P.K.L. Ng, 2007. Xenograpsidae, a new family of grapsoid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura) associated with shallow water hydrothermal vents. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 16: 233-256.

Guerao, G., J.A. Cuesta & C.D. Schubart, 2007. Complete larval development of two species of the Asian crab genus Pseudosesarma (Brachyura, Thoracotremata, Sesarmidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 27(4): 597-615.

Diesel, R. & C.D. Schubart, 2007. The social breeding system of the Jamaican bromeliad crab Metopaulias depressus. In: Evolutionary ecology of social and sexual systems: Crustaceans as model organisms. J.E. Duffy & M. Thiel, editors. Oxford University Press, New York. Pp. 365-386.

Guerao, G., K. Anger & C.D. Schubart, 2007. Larvae and first-stage juveniles of the American genus Armases (Brachyura: Sesarmidae): a morphological description of two complete developments and one first zoeal stage. Journal of Natural History 41: 1811-1839.

Shih, H.T., P.K.L. Ng, C.D. Schubart, & H.W., 2007. Phylogeny and phylogeography of the genus Geothelphusa (Crustacea: Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) in southwestern Taiwan based on two mitochondrial genes. Zoological Science 24: 57-66.

Reuschel, S. & C.D. Schubart, 2007. Contrasting genetic diversity with phenotypic diversity in coloration and size in Xantho poressa (Brachyura: Xanthidae), with new results on its ecology. Marine Ecology 28: 1-10.

González-Ortegón, E., J.A. Cuesta & C.D. Schubart, 2007. First report of the oriental shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902 (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) from German waters. Helgoländer Marine Research 61: 67-69.

Robles, R., C.D. Schubart, J.E. Conde, C. Carmona-Suárez, F. Alvarez, J.L. Villalobos & D.L. Felder, 2007. Molecular phylogeny of the American Callinectes Stimpson, 1860 (Brachyura: Portunidae), based on two mitochondrial genes. Marine Biology 150: 1265-1274.

2006:
Cuesta, J.A., G. Guerao, H.-C. Liu & C.D. Schubart, 2006. Morphology of the first zoeal stages of eleven Sesarmidae (Crustacea, Brachyura, Thoracotremata) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a revision of larval characters of the family. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 49(3): 151-173.

Klaus, S., C.D. Schubart & D. Brandis, 2006. Phylogeny, biogeography and a new taxonomy for the Gecarcinucoidea Rathbun, 1904 (Decapoda: Brachyura). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 6(3): 199-217.

Schubart, C.D., M. Vannini, S. Cannicci & S. Fratini, 2006. Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 44(3): 193-199.

Shih, H.T., H.C. Hung, C.D. Schubart, C.L.A. Chen & H.W. Chang, 2006. Infraspecific diversity of the endemic freshwater crab Candidiopotamon rathbunae (Crustacea: Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) reflects five million years of geological history of Taiwan. Journal of Biogeography 33: 980-989.

Schubart, C.D. & M.G.J. Huber, 2006. Genetic comparisons of German populations of the stone crayfish, Austropotamobius torrentium (Crustacea: Astacidae). Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture 380-381: 1019-1028.

Schubart, C.D., M. Vannini, S. Cannicci & S. Fratini, 2006. Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research: 44(3): 193-199.

Reuschel, S. & C.D. Schubart, 2006. Phylogeny and geographic differentiation of two Atlanto- Mediterranean species of the genus Xantho (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) based on genetic and morphometric analyses. Marine Biology 148: 853-866.

2005:
Schubart, C.D., J.A.
Cuesta & D.L. Felder, 2005. Phylogeography of Pachygrapsus transversus
(Gibbes, 1850): The effect of the American continent and the Atlantic
Ocean as gene flow barriers and recognition of Pachygrapsus socius
Stimpson, 1871 as a valid species. Nauplius 13(2): 99-113

Huber, M.G.J. & C.D. Schubart, 2005. Distribution and reproductve biology of Austropotamobius torrentium in Bavaria and documentation of a contact zone with the alien crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus. Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture 376-377:759-776.

Anger, K. & C.D. Schubart, 2005. Experimental evidence of food-independent larval development in endemic Jamaican freshwater-breeding crabs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78(2): 246-258.

Schubart, C.D. & P. Koller, 2005. Genetic diversity of freshwater crabs (Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from central Jamaica with description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 39(6): 469-481.

Fratini, S., M. Vannini, S. Cannicci & C.D. Schubart, 2005. Tree-climbing mangrove crabs, a case of convergent evolution. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7(2): 219-233.

2004:
Guerao, G., K. Anger, U. Nettelmann & C.D. Schubart, 2004. Complete larval and early juvenile development of the mangrove crab Perisesarma fasciatum (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Singapore, with a larval comparison of Parasesarma and Perisesarma. Journal of Plankton Research 26(12): 1389-1408.

Gillikin, D.P. & C.D. Schubart, 2004. Ecology and systematics of the genus Perisesarma (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from East Africa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141: 435-445.

Ng, P.K.L., H.-C. Liu & C.D. Schubart, 2004. Geosesarma hednon, a new species of terrestrial crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Taiwan and Philippines. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52(1): 239-249.

McLay, C.L. & C.D. Schubart, 2004. On the correct name for Hemigrapsus edwardsii (Hilgendorf 1882) (Brachyura: Varunidae) from New Zealand. Journal of Natural History 38(20): 695-704.

2003:
Ng, P.K.L. & C.D. Schubart, 2003. On the identities of Sesarma obesum Dana, 1851, and Sesarma eydouxi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae). Zoosystema 25(3): 425-437.

Schubart, C.D., 2003. The East Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Brachyura: Varunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, an independent introduction. Scientia Marina 67(2): 195-200 .

Schubart, C.D., H.-C. Liu, & J.A. Cuesta, 2003. Scandarma lintou, a new genus and new species of tree-climbing crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Taiwan with notes on its ecology, larval morphology and phylogeny. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51(1): 49-63.

Spivak, E.D. & C.D. Schubart, 2003. Species status in question: a morphometric and molecular comparison of Cyrtograpsus affinis (Dana) and C. altimanus Rathbun (Decapoda, Brachyura, Varunidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(1): 212-222.

2002:
Ng, P.K.L. & C.D. Schubart, 2002. Haberma nanum, a new genus and new species of mangrove crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50(2): 437-442.

Schubart, C.D. & P.K.L. Ng, 2002. The sesarmid genus Neosarmatium (Decapoda: Brachyura): new distributionary records and a new species from Sulawesi. Crustacean Research 31: 28-38.

Cuesta, J.A., H.-C. Liu & C.D. Schubart, 2002. First zoeal stages of Epigrapsus politus Heller, E. notatus Heller, and Gecarcoidea lalandii H. Milne-Edwards, with remarks on zoeal morphology of the Gecarcinidae Macleay (Crustacea: Brachyura). Journal of Natural History 36(14): 1671-1685.

Mathews, L.M., C.D. Schubart, J.E. Neigel & D.L. Felder, 2002. Genetic, ecological, and behavioural divergence between two sibling snapping shrimp species (Crustacea: Decapoda). Molecular Ecology 11: 1427-1437.

Schubart, C.D., J.A. Cuesta & D.L. Felder, 2002. Glyptograpsidae, a new brachyuran family from Central America: larval and adult morphology, and a molecular phylogeny of the Grapsoidea. Journal of Crustacean Biology 22(1): 28-44 .

2001:
Guerao, G., C.D. Schubart & J.A. Cuesta, 2001 (published in 2003). The first zoeal stage of Grapsus grapsus L. and Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne Edwards) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Grapsidae) from the western Atlantic. Nauplius 9(2): 111-121.

Schubart, C.D., J.I. González-Gordillo, N. Reyns, H.-C. Liu, & J.A. Cuesta, 2001. Are Atlantic and Indo-Pacific populations of the rafting crab, Plagusia depressa, distinct? New evidence from larval morphology and mtDNA. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 49(2): 301-310.

Cuesta, J.A., R. Diesel & C.D. Schubart, 2001. Re-examination of zoeal morphology of Chasmagnathus granulata, Cyclograpus lavauxi, Hemigrapsus crenulatus, and H. sexdentatus confirms consistent chaetotaxy in Varunidae (Decapoda: Brachyura). Crustaceana 74(9): 895-912.

Schubart, C.D., J.A. Cuesta & A. Rodríguez, 2001. Molecular phylogeny of the crab genus Brachynotus (Brachyura: Varunidae) based on the 16S rRNA gene. Hydrobiologia 449: 41-46.

Schubart, C.D., J.E. Conde, C. Carmona-Suárez, R. Robles & D.L. Felder, 2001. Lack of divergence between 16S mtDNA sequences of the swimming crabs Callinectes bocourti and C. maracaiboensis (Brachyura: Portunidae) from Venezuela. Fishery Bulletin 99: 475-481.

2000:
Cuesta, J.A., C.D. Schubart & A. Rodríguez, 2000. Larval development of Brachynotus sexdentatus (Risso, 1827) (Decapoda, Brachyura) reared under laboratory conditions, with notes on larval characters of the Varunidae. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 38(3): 207-223
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Schubart, C.D. & P.K.L. Ng, 2000. On the identities of the rafting crabs Cancer depressus Fabricius, 1775, Cancer squamosus Herbst, 1790, Plagusia immaculata Lamarck, 1818, and Plagusia tuberculata Lamarck, 1818 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Plagusiidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 48(2): 327-336.

González-Gordillo, J.I., S. Tsuchida & C.D. Schubart, 2000. Redescription of the megalopa of Plagusia dentipes (Brachyura: Plagusiidae) from Japan. Crustacean Research 29: 143-151.

Schubart, C.D., J.E. Neigel & D.L. Felder, 2000. A molecular phylogeny of mud crabs (Brachyura: Panopeidae) from the northwestern Atlantic and the role of morphological stasis and convergence. Marine Biology 137(1): 11-18.

Schubart, C.D., J.A. Cuesta, R. Diesel & D.L. Felder, 2000. Molecular phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of nonmarine lineages within the American grapsoid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15(2): 179-190.

Diesel, R. & C.D. Schubart, 2000. Die außergewöhnliche Evolutionsgeschichte jamaikanischer Felsenkrabben. Biologie in unserer Zeit 30(3): 136-147.

Schubart, C.D., J.E. Neigel & D.L. Felder, 2000. The use of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene for phylogenetic and biogeographic studies of Crustacea. Crustacean Issues 12: 817-830.

Diesel, R., C.D. Schubart & M. Schuh, 2000. A reconstruction of the invasion of land by Jamaican crabs. Journal of Zoology, London 250(2): 141-160.

1999:
Cuesta, J.A. & C.D. Schubart, 1999. First zoeal stages of Geograpsus lividus and Goniopsis cruentata from Panama confirm consistent larval characters within the subfamily Grapsinae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsidae). Ophelia 51(3): 163-176.

Schubart, C.D., J. Reimer & R. Diesel, 1999. Gonopod morphology and 16S mtDNA sequence alignment of the freshwater crabs Sesarma bidentatum and S. ayatum (Grapsidae: Sesarminae) from Jamaica. Zoologica Scripta 28(3-4): 367-369.

Schubart, C.D., D. Horst & R. Diesel, 1999. First record of Sesarma rectum Randall (Brachyura: Grapsidae: Sesarminae) from the Lesser Antilles. Crustaceana 72(5): 537-538.

Schubart, C.D. & R. Diesel, 1999. Osmoregulation and the evolution from marine to freshwater and terrestrial life: a comparative study of Jamaican crabs of the genus Sesarma. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 145(3): 331-347.

Cuesta, J.A., M. Schuh, R. Diesel & C.D. Schubart, 1999. Abbreviated development in Armases miersii (Brachyura: Grapsidae: Sesarminae), a crab that breeds in supralittoral rock pools. Journal of Crustacean Biology 19(1): 26-41.

1998:
Schubart, C.D., J. Reimer & R. Diesel, 1998. Morphological and molecular evidence for a new endemic freshwater crab, Sesarma ayatum sp. n., (Grapsidae, Sesarminae) from eastern Jamaica. Zoologica Scripta 27(4): 373-380.

Schubart, C.D., R. Diesel & S.B. Hedges, 1998. Rapid evolution to terrestrial life in Jamaican crabs. Nature 393: 363-365.

Cuesta, J.A. & C.D. Schubart, 1998. Morphological and molecular differentiation between three allopatric populations of the littoral crab Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes, 1850) (Brachyura: Grapsidae). Journal of Natural History 32: 1499-1508.

Schubart, C.D. & R. Diesel, 1998. Osmoregulatory capacities and penetration into terrestrial habitats: a comparative study of Jamaican crabs of the genus Armases Abele, 1992 (Brachyura: Grapsidae: Sesarminae). Bulletin of Marine Science 63(2): 743-752.

Reimer, J., C.D. Schubart & R. Diesel, 1998. Description of a new freshwater crab of the genus Sesarma Say, 1817 (Brachyura: Grapsidae: Sesarminae) from western Jamaica. Crustaceana 71(2): 185-196.

Schubart, C.D. & J.A. Cuesta, 1998. First zoeal stages of four Sesarma species, from Panama, with identification keys and remarks on the American Sesarminae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsidae). Journal of Plankton Research 20(1): 61-84.

1997:
Cuesta, J.A. & C.D. Schubart, 1997. The first zoeal stage of Glyptograpsus impressus, with comments on the subfamilial arrangement of Grapsidae (Crustacea: Brachyura). Cahiers de Biologie Marine 38: 291-299.

Schubart, C.D., J. Reimer, R. Diesel & M. Türkay, 1997. Taxonomy and ecology of two endemic freshwater crabs from western Jamaica with the description of a new Sesarma species (Brachyura: Grapsidae: Sesarminae). Journal of Natural History 31(3): 403-419.

Schubart, C.D., L.V. Basch & G. Miyasato, 1995. Recruitment of Balanus glandula Darwin (Crustacea: Cirripedia) into empty barnacle tests and its ecological consequences. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 186: 143-181.

2) Not internationally-reviewed contributions