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2018

Baeza, J. A., Steedman*, S., Prakash, S. Liu*, X., Bortolini, J. L., Dickson, M., and D. C. Behringer. 2018. Mating system and reproductive performance in the isopod Parabopyrella lata, a parasitic castrator of the ‘peppermint’ shrimp Lysmata boggessi. Marine Biology 165: 41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-018-3297-z. Early Online.

Baeza, J. A., M. J. Childress, and L. J. Ambrosio. 2018. Chemical sensing of microhabitat by pueruli of the reef-dwelling Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus: testing the importance of red algae, juveniles, and their interactive effect. Bulletin of Marine Science. Early Online.

Prakash, S., and J. A. Baeza. 2018. A new species of shrimp of the genus Urocaridella Borradaile, 1915 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Crustacean Biology. Early Online.

2017

Prakash, S., and J. A. Baeza. 2017. A new species of Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Lysmatidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 4363(4): 576–582

Wassick, A., J. A. Baeza, A. Fowler, and D. Wilber. 2017. Reproductive performance of the marine green porcelain crab Petrolisthes armatus Gibbes, 1850 in its introduced range favors further range expansion. Aquatic Invasions 12(4): 469–485.

Baeza, J. A., S. de P. Barros-Alves, R. A. Lucena, S. F. Barbosa Lima, and D. F. Rodrigues Alves. 2017. Host-use pattern of the shrimp Periclimenes paivai on the scyphozoan jellyfish Lychnorhiza lucerna: probing for territoriality and inferring its mating system. Helgolander Marine Research 71:17. DOI 10.1186/s10152-017-0497-8

Rodrigues Alves, D. G. L. Hirose, S. de P. Barros-Alves, and J. A. Baeza. 2017. The mating system of the symbiotic pea-crab Dissodactylus crinitichelis (Brachyura, Pinnotheridae): monogamy or promiscuity? Marine Biology 164:200. DOI 10.1007/s00227-017-3234-6

Baeza, J.A. and D.C. Behringer D.C. 2017. Integrative taxonomy of the ornamental ‘peppermint’ shrimp public market and population genetics of Lysmata boggessi, the most heavily traded species worldwide. PeerJ 5:e3786 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3786

Wassick, A., M. Hughes, J. A. Baeza, A. Fowler, and D. Wilber. 2017. Spacing and movement in the green porcelain crab Petrolisthes armatus: evidence for male competition and mate guarding. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 50(2):165–177

Prakash, S., Kumar T. T. A., Subramoniam T., and J. A. Baeza. 2017. The sexual system and sexual dimorphism in the shrimp Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Caridea: Palaemonidae), symbiotic with the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni, in the Gulf of Mannar, India. Journal of Crustacean Biology 37(3): 332-339. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/rux028

Simpson, L. A., Ambrosio L. J., and J. A. Baeza. 2017. A New Species of Carcinonemertes, Carcinonemertes conanobrieni sp. nov. (Nemertea: Carcinonemertidae), an Egg Predator of the Caribbean Spiny Lobster, Panulirus argus. PLoS ONE 12(5): e0177021.

Baeza, J. A., and J. D. Behringer. 2017. Small-scale spatial variation in population- and individual-level reproductive parameters of the blue-legged hermit crab Clibanarius tricolor. PeerJ 4:e1805; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1805.

Ocampo, E. H., E. D. Spivak, J. A. Baeza, and T. A. Luppi. 2017. Ontogenetic changes in the external anatomy of the parasitic castrator crab Calyptraeotheres garthi: implications for the timing of host colonization and sexual behavior. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 120(1):54–74.

Moyo, R., D. Pillay, J. A. Baeza. 2017. Symbiont-mediated shifts in sandprawn behaviour: Implications for ecosystem functioning in marine soft-sediment ecosystems. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 486: 296–304.

2016

Simpson*, L.,  L. J. Ambrosio, J. A. Baeza. 2016. Sexual dimorphism and allometric growth in the enigmatic pygmy crab Petramithrax pygmaeus (Bell, 1836) (Decapoda: Braychura: Petramithrax) with a formal test of Rensch’s rule in spider crabs (superfamily Majoidea). Journal of Crustacean Biology 36(6): 792-803.

Baeza, J. A., R. Guéron*, L. Simpson*, L. J. Ambrosio. 2016. Population distribution, host-switching, and chemical sensing in the symbiotic shrimp Lysmata pederseni: implications for its mating system in a changing reef seascape. Coral Reefs. 35(4):1213-1224. DOI: 10.1007/s00338-016-1467-3

Baeza, J. A., L. Simpson, L. J. Ambrosio, N. Mora*. M. Childress. 2016. Active parental care, reproductive performance, and a novel egg predator affecting reproductive investment in the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus. BMC Zoology 1:6. DOI: 10.1186/s40850-016-0006-6

Baeza, J. A. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of porcelain crabs (Porcellanidae: Petrolisthes and allies) from the south eastern Pacific: the genera Allopetrolisthes and Liopetrolisthes are not natural entities. PeerJ 4:e1805; DOI 10.7717/peerj.1805.

Baeza, J. A., L. Simpson*, L. J. Ambrosio, R. Guéron*, N. Mora*. 2016. Monogamy in a hyper-symbiotic shrimp. PLoS ONE 11(3): e0149797. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149797.

Ambrosio, L. J., J. A. Baeza. 2016. Territoriality and Conflict Avoidance Explain Asociality (solitariness) of the Endosymbiotic Pea Crab Tunicotheres moseri. PLoS ONE. 11(2): e0148285. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0148285.

2015

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Baeza, J. A., L. Simpson*, L. J. Ambrosio, R. Guéron*, N. Mora*, D. Owen*. 2015. Reproductive investment in a phyletic giant, the Caribbean King crab Damithrax spinosissimus: exploring egg production costs in large brooding marine invertebrates. Journal of Shellfish Research 34(3): 1049–1056.

Oliveira, M. V., A. C. Costa-Souza, F. J. Guimarães, A. O. Almeida, J. A. Baeza. 2015. Observations on the life history of a rare shrimp, Salmoneus carvachoi (Crustacea: Caridea: Alpheidae), a possible simultaneous hermaphrodite, inhabiting the tropical western Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity Records. Volume 8:e141.

Holguin, C. M., J. A. Baeza, J. D. Mueller, P. Agudelo. 2015. High genetic diversity and geographic subdivision of three lance nematode species (Hoplolaimus spp.) in the United States. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.1568

Baeza, J.A., C.A. Hemphill*, R. Ritson-Williams. 2015. The sexual and mating system of the shrimp Odontonia katoi (Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae), a symbiotic guest of the ascidian Polycarpa aurata in the Coral Triangle. PLoS ONE 10(3): e0121120. doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0121120.

Baeza, J.A. and P. Hernáez. 2015. Population distribution, sexual dimorphism, and reproductive parameters in the crab Pinnixa valdiviensis Rathbun, 1907 (Decapoda: Pinnotheridae), a symbiont of the ghost shrimp Callichirus garthi (Retamal, 1975) in the southeastern Pacific. Journal of Crustacean Biology 35(1): 68-75. DOI: 10.1163/1937240 X-00002294.

2014

Baeza, J.A., Bauer, R.T., Okuno, J. & M. Thiel. 2014. Molecular phylogeny of hinge-beak shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Rhynchocinetes and Cinetorhyncus) and allies: a formal test of familiar and generic monophyly using a multilocus phylogeny. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172: 426–450. doi: 10.1111/zoj.12173

Ocampo, E.H., J.D. Nuñez, M. Cledon and J.A. Baeza. 2014. Parasitic castration in slipper limpets infested by the symbiotic crab Calyptraeotheres garthi. Marine Biology 161(9): 2107–2120.

Pfaller, J.B., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Guffoni, B., Ishihara, T., Mangel, J.C., Peckham, S.H., Bjorndal, K.A., & J. A. Baeza. 2014. Social monogamy in the crab Planes major, a facultative symbiont of loggerhead sea turtles. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 461: 124–132.

Bertini, G., and J. A. Baeza. 2014. Fecundity and fertility in a freshwater population of the neotropical amphidromous shrimp Macrobrachium acanthurus (Caridea :  Palaemonidae) from the southeastern Atlantic. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. 58(3): 207-217.

Ocampo, E.H., M. Menone, F.G. Iturburu, J.D. Nuñez, and J.A. Baeza. 2014. Effect of the endosymbiotic pea crab Calyptraeotheres garthi on the metabolic rate and oxidative status of the limpet Crepidula cachimilla from the southwestern Atlantic. Invertebrate Biology. 133(2): 170–179. DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12050

Baeza, J.A., D.C. Behringer, R. Hart, M. Dickson, and J.R. Anderson. 2014. Reproductive biology of the marine ornamental shrimp Lysmata boggessi in the south-eastern Gulf of Mexico. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94(1): 141–149. doi:10.1017/S0025315413001185

Bertini, G., J. A. Baeza and E. Perez. 2014. A test of large-scale reproductive migration in females of the amphidromous shrimp Macrobrachium acanthurus (Caridea :  Palaemonidae) from south-eastern Brazil. Marine and Freshwater Research 65(1): 81-93.

2013

Baeza, J.A. and M. S. Fuentes. 2013. Phylogeography of the shrimp Palaemon floridanus (Crustacea: Caridea: Palaemonidae): A partial test of meta-population genetic structure in the wider Caribbean. Marine Ecology 34: 381-393. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12038

Baeza, J.A. and M. S. Fuentes. 2013. Exploring phylogenetic informativeness and nuclear copies of mitochondrial DNA (numts) in three commonly used mitochondrial genes: Mitochondrial phylogeny of peppermint, cleaner and semi-terrestrial shrimps (Caridea: Lysmata, Exhippolysmata, Merguia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 168: 699–722.

Baeza, J.A. 2013. Multi-locus molecular phylogeny of broken-back shrimps (genus Lysmata and allies): a test of the 'Tomlinson-Ghiselin' hypothesis explaining the evolution of simultaneous hermaphroditism. Molecular Evolution and Phylogenetics 69: 46–62.

Moss J., D. Behringer, J.D. Shields, J.A. Baeza, A. Aguilar-Perera, P.G. Bush, C. Dromer, A. Herrera-Moreno, L. Gittens, T.R. Matthews, M.R. McCord, M.T. Schärer, L. Reynal, N. Truelove, and M.J. Butler. 2013. Distribution, prevalence, and genetic analysis of Panulirus argus Virus I from the Caribbean Sea. Disease of Aquatic Organisms 104: 129–140. DOI: 10.3354/dao02589

Baeza, J.A., M. Forlan, A.C. Almeida, S. de Paiva Barros-Alves, D.F.R. Alves, and V. Fransozo. 2013. Population dynamics and reproductive traits of the ornamental crab Porcellana sayana: implications for fishery management and aquaculture. Sexuality and Early Development of Aquatic Organisms 1: 1–12. DOI: 10.3354/sedao00002

Peiró, D.F., J.A. Baeza and F.L. Mantelatto. 2013. Host use pattern and sexual dimorphism reveal the mating system of the symbiotic pea-crab Austinixa aidae (Righi, 1967). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(3): 715–723. doi: 10.1017/S0025315412000720

Baeza, J.A., R. Ritson-Williams, and M.S. Fuentes. 2013. Sexual and mating system in a caridean shrimp symbiotic with the winged pearl oyster in the Coral Triangle. Journal of Zoology 289: 172–181.

Anderson, J., J. Spadaro, J. A. Baeza and D. Behringer. 2013. Ontogenetic shifts in resource allocation: colour change and allometric growth of defensive and reproductive structures in the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(1): 87–98.

Soledade, G.O., J.A. Baeza, G. Boehs, S.M. Simões, P. Souza-Santos, R. Caetano-Costa, and A. Oliveira-Almeida. 2013. A precautionary tale when describing species in a world of invaders: Morphology, coloration and genetics demonstrate that Lysmata rauli is not a new species endemic to Brazil but a junior synonym of the Indo-Pacific L. vittata. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 33(1): 66-77.

2012

Baeza, J.A., Anderson, J.R., A.J. Spadaro, J.A. and D.C. Behringer. 2012. Sexual dimorphism, allometry and size at first maturity of the  Caribbean king crab, Mithrax spinosissimus, in the Florida Keys, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research 31(4): 909–916. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2983/035.031.0401

Hernandez, J.E., J.A. Bolaños, J. L. Palazon, G. Hernandez, C. Lira, and Baeza, J.A. 2012. The life history of the enigmatic symbiotic crab Tunicotheres moseri (Rathbun, 1918) (Crustacea, Brachyura, Pinnotheridae): implications for its mating system and population structure. Biological Bulletin 223(3): 278-290.

Almeida, A.C., J.A. Baeza, V. Fransozo, A.L. Castilho, and A. Fransozo. 2012. Reproductive biology of an exploited shrimp in a recently established Marine Protected Area in the Western Atlantic: Comparison with over-fished populations and implications for resource management. Aquatic Biology 17: 57–69.

Ocampo, E., J.D. Nuñez, M. Cledón and J.A. Baeza. 2012. Host–specific reproductive benefits, host selection behavior and host use pattern of the pinnotherid crab Calyptraeotheres garthi. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 429: 36–46.

Anker, A. and J.A. Baeza. 2012. Morphological and molecular phylogeny of hooded shrimps, genera Betaeus and Betaeopsis (Decapoda, Caridea, Alpheidae): testing the Center of Origin biogeographic model and evolution of life habits. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 401–415.

Peiró, D.F., J.A. Baeza and F.L. Mantelatto. Onaga, T., C. Fiedler and J.A. Baeza. 2012. Prontadric simultaneous hermaphroditism in Parahippolyte misticia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Hippolytidae): implications for the evolution of mixed sexual systems in marine shrimps. Journal of Crustacean Biology. 32(3):383-394.. Host use pattern and sexual dimorphism reveal the mating system of the symbiotic pea-crab Austinixa aidae (Righi, 1967). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 93(3): 715–723. doi: 10.1017/S0025315412000720

Bolaños, J.A., J.A. Baeza, J.E. Hernandez, C. Lira, and R. López. 2012. Population dynamics and reproductive output of the nonindigenous crab Charybdis hellerii in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 92(3): 469-474.

Baeza, J.A. and C. Asorey. 2012. Testing the role of male-male competition in the evolution of sexual dimorphism: a comparison between two species of porcelain crabs. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105:548–558.

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