New species of freshwater crab discovered in Sarawak
A recent expedition into the Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary in Sarawak, Borneo has borne the exciting discovery of Arachnothelphusa rimba, a new species of freshwater tree-climbing crab. This discovery was […]
READ MOREAmazing New Species of Pebble Crab with Asymmetric Reproductive Units
Scientists from LKCNHM, NUS and the University of the Ryukyus, Japan, have recently identified and described a new genus and species of xanthid crab with strongly asymmetrical reproductive structures.
READ MOREA Gem from the Mangroves of Kerala, India: New Tree-climbing Crab Species
This section first appeared in NUS Research News on 30 September 2020. A new species of tree-spider crab, Leptarma biju, has been uncovered from the mangroves in Kerala, India, by researchers from the […]
READ MOREUntangling the Knotted Identities of Commercially Important Swimming Crabs
Are you sure the seafood you are consuming is what it says on the label or the menu? In 2015, a survey of Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) meat sold in supermarkets and restaurants in Maryland, USA, revealed that nearly 50% of the products tested were from totally different, non-Atlantic species. DNA barcoding matched a
READ MOREVisiting Scientist Feature: Mr. Hirozumi Kobayashi
This week, we welcomed our first research visitor for the year – Mr. Hirozumi Kobayashi! It’s his first visit to LKCNHM, and he came with Dr. Tohru Naruse, who is an old friend of the museum. 🙂 Mr. Hirozumi Kobayashi (left), with Prof. Peter Ng (middle), and Dr. Tohru Naruse (right) in the LKCNHM research
READ MOREVisiting Scientist Feature – Dr. S. Ravichandran
Early last week, we welcomed a new visitor to the museum! Dr. S. Ravichandran, an Assistant Professor at Annamalai University in India, will be here till the end of this week. He is a crab taxonomist (or carcinologist), with a research career spanning over two decades. On this visit, Dr. Ravichandran is collaborating with Prof.
READ MOREVisiting Scientist(s) Feature: Carcinologist Edition
Over the past few weeks, we have been hosting new and familiar guests here at the museum: carcinologists Prof. Dwi Listyo Rahayu, Ms. Ernawati Widyastuti, and Dr. Lin Chia-Wei. (From left) Ms. Ernawati Widyastuti, Prof. Dwi Listyo Rahayu, and Dr. Lin Chia-Wei in the LKCNHM research lab. Prof. Rahayu and Dr. Lin are no strangers
READ MOREVisiting Scientists Feature: Students from the Iligan Institute of Technology
Over two weeks following the CNY holidays, the LKCNHM research lab was ablaze with the enthusiasm and lively chatter from a group of graduate students from the Iligan Institute of Technology, Mindanao State University, in the Philippines. The exuberant group of four—Ms. Meriam M. Rubio, Ms. Ziljih S. Molina, Mr. Jemateo B. Neri, and Ms.
READ MOREStories from Christmas Island – The elusive Labuanium vitatum
Somewhere in Christmas Island resides a cryptic tree-climbing crab (Labuanium vitatum), commonly known as the white-stripe crab. With bright purple claws, a purplish body and neon-yellow eyes, it should not be hard to spot. However, even the most seasoned crab catcher has had no luck finding it. The head of the museum, Prof. Peter Ng,
READ MOREVisiting Scientist(s) Feature: Carcinologist Edition (Part Two!)
This November, the labs at LKCNHM were bustling with activity from visitors whom we have had the pleasure of hosting. After the recent feature on visiting entomologists, we are back with another feature – this time on carcinologists! Their work has been most fruitful and we expect a windfall of scientific publications (and other goodies)
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