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  1. The use of crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) in religious iconography: The case of Saint Francis Xavier

    Article • Crustaceana, June 2026, De Gruyter

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  2. First Record of the Amphi-Atlantic Rafting Crab Plagusia depressa (Fabricius, 1775) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) in the European Continental Waters: Southern Spain as a Gateway for Non-Native Species

    Article • Diversity, May 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  3. First Record of the African Crab Ilia spinosa Miers, 1881 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Leucosiidae) in European Continental Waters

    Article • Thalassas An International Journal of Marine Sciences, April 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  4. Hitchhikers on an Invader: The Parasitic Leech Myzobdella lugubris and the Epibiotic Barnacle Amphibalanus improvisus on the Atlantic Blue Crab ...

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, April 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  5. First Mediterranean Records of Two African Crabs, the Mud Crab Panopeus africanus and the Pebble Crab Ilia spinosa (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)

    Article • Fishes, March 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  6. Larval Descriptions of Two Potimirim (Holthuis, 1954) Species and Identification Key for the First Larval Stage of Amphidromous Shrimps From Brazil (Decapoda: Caridea)

    Article • Acta Zoologica, February 2026, Wiley

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  7. The Megalopa Stage in Grapsidae Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura), a First Complete Overview Based on New Data from Plankton-Collected Megalopae Identified by DNA Barcodes

    Article • Taxonomy, February 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  8. First record of hybrid Eriocheir specimens (crustacea, decapoda, varunidae) in the Mediterranean sea

    Article • Discover Animals, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  9. Molecular and morphological discrimination of Taliepus marginatus (Bell, 1836) and T. dentatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae): insights from their larval development

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2025, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  10. Marine Crabs from African Waters Housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC)—An Opportunity for Biogeographic and Systematic Studies—Part II: Thoracotremata

    Article • Diversity, October 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  11. A new non-native species detected through citizen science: the presence of a Macrobrachium species (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) in the Guadalquivir River estuary (SW Spain), with an overview of its global spread

    Article • Estuarine Management and Technologies, September 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  12. The systematic status of Afropisa sanctaehelenae (Chace, 1966) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea, Epialtidae): morphological and molecular evidence

    Article • ZooKeys, June 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  13. Marine crabs from African waters housed in the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC): An opportunity for biogeographic and systematic studies. Part I: Heterotremata (Decapoda, Brachyura)

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, June 2025, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  14. A Multilevel Biodiversity Approach of the Hermit Crabs in the Iberian Peninsula and Ultraperipheral Territories

    Article • Marine Ecology, March 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  15. Range extension and first mtDNA data for the living relict Tesseropora atlantica (Cirripedia, Tetraclitidae) in the Canary Islands

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, January 2025, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  16. Publications by, taxa named by, and taxa named in honour of Christoph D. Schubart

    Article • Crustaceana, August 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  17. First record of the snapping shrimp Alpheus cf. lobidens (Decapoda, Caridea, Alpheidae) in the Gulf of Cadiz, an unexpected introduction to European waters from the Persian Gulf

    Article • Crustaceana, August 2024, De Gruyter

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  18. Updated and Corrected List of Hosts of European Pinnotherids (Crustacea, Decapoda, and Pinnotheridae): Relationship between Number of Hosts and Distribution

    Article • Diversity, August 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  19. Diet of the Invasive Atlantic Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Portunidae) in the Guadalquivir Estuary (Spain)

    Article • Estuaries and Coasts, April 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  20. Recent findings of the deep–sea fish species Tetragonurus cuvieri Risso, 1810 and Notacanthus bonaparte Risso, 1840 (Chordata, Teleostei) in Southwestern Europe (Gulf of Cádiz, SW Spain)

    Article • Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, February 2024, Consorci del Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  21. Marine Crabs of Guinea-Bissau, with Emphasis on the Deep Fauna, Supported by an Integrative Taxonomy

    Article • Diversity, February 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  22. Taxonomic revision and molecular phylogeny of Pisa (Decapoda: Majoidea: Epialtidae), including the description of a new genus of Pisinae

    Article • Scientia Marina, December 2023, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  23. Christoph D. Schubart 1966-2023 — an obituary highlighting his person

    Article • Crustaceana, December 2023, Brill

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  24. High Species Richness of Decapod Crustaceans on an Urban Rocky Shore Beach

    Article • Diversity, May 2023, MDPI AG

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  25. Description of unique live colour patterns as a tool for discriminating hermit crab species in the Iberian Peninsula

    Article • Scientia Marina, March 2023, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  26. A new species of hermit crab of the genus Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridae) from north-western Africa

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2022, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  27. Two new hermit crab species ofDiogenes(Crustacea: Decapoda: Diogenidae) from Atlanto‐Mediterranean coasts of Iberian Peninsula: Poleward migrants or merely overlooked indigenous species?

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, May 2022, Wiley

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  28. First record of the white prawn Palaemon longirostris H. Milne Edwards, 1837 in the Mediterranean waters of Morocco

    Article • Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica, December 2021, Consorci del Museu de Ciencies Naturals de Barcelona

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  29. Redescription of the hermit crabDiogenes pugilator(Decapoda: Anomura) reveals the existence of a species complex in the Atlanto-Mediterranean transition zone, resulting in the resurrection ofD. curvimanusand the description of a new species

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, December 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  30. Annotated and updated checklist of marine crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Mozambique supported by morphological and molecular data from shelf and slope species of the “MOZAMBIQUE” surveys

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2021, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  31. Updating hosts and distribution range of the pea crab Pinnotheres bicristatus (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae)

    Article • Mediterranean Marine Science, June 2020, National Documentation Centre

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  32. Revision of the West African species of Scyllarus Fabricius, 1775 (Decapoda: Achelata: Scyllaridae), with the description of three phyllosoma stages of S. caparti Holthuis, 1952 and an updated identification key

    Article • Journal of Crustacean Biology, May 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  33. Air-exposure behavior: a restricted or a common conduct among intertidal hermit crabs?

    Article • Nauplius, January 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  34. Morphology of planktonic zoeal stages of Palicus caronii (Decapoda, Brachyura), identified by DNA barcoding, provides novelties to Palicoidea larval systematics

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  35. Morphodynamic Study of a 2018 Mass-Stranding Event at Punta Umbria Beach (Spain): Effect of Atlantic Storm Emma on Benthic Marine Organisms

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  36. A new species of pea crab from south-western Europe (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura): species description, geographic distribution and population structure with an identification key to European Pinnotheridae

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, February 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  37. Larval development of the brush-clawed shore crab Hemigrapsus takanoi Asakura & Watanabe, 2005 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Varunidae)

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, February 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  38. Updating changes in the Iberian decapod crustacean fauna (excluding crabs) after 50 years

    Article • Scientia Marina, January 2019, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  39. The prevalence and effects of the African pea crab Afropinnotheres monodi on the condition of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and the cockle Cerastoderma edule

    Article • Aquaculture, April 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  40. The first zoeal stage morphology of Achelous spinimanus (Latreille), A. gibbesii (Stimpson), and Portunus sayi (Gibbes) (Decapoda, Brachyura) provides support for molecular phylogeny

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2018, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  41. Large-scale ocean connectivity and planktonic body size

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  42. On the presence of Pinnotheres pisum (Brachyura, Pinnotheridae) in the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic), its southernmost distribution limit

    Article • Crustaceana, January 2018, Brill

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  43. Experimental predatory behavior of the stone crab Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Eriphiidae)

    Article • Nauplius, December 2017, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  44. Macroinvertebrate communities on rocky shores: Impact due to human visitors

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, December 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  45. Larval stages of the crab Mithrax tortugae (Brachyura: Mithracidae) with comparisons between all species of Mithrax

    Article • Marine Biology Research, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  46. Possible amphi-Atlantic dispersal of Scyllarus lobsters (Crustacea: Scyllaridae): molecular and larval evidence

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2017, Magnolia Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  47. Larval morphology and DNA barcodes as valuable tools in early detection of marine invaders: a new pea crab found in European waters

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, June 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  48. Null alleles are ubiquitous at microsatellite loci in the Wedge Clam (Donax trunculus)

    Article • PeerJ, April 2017, PeerJ

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  49. Identification of a non-native Cynoscion species (Perciformes: Sciaenidae) from the Gulf of Cádiz (southwestern Spain) and data on its current status

    Article • Scientia Marina, March 2017, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  50. Northernmost record of the pantropical portunid crab Cronius ruber in the eastern Atlantic (Canary Islands): natural range extension or human-mediated introduction?

    Article • Scientia Marina, March 2017, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  51. Implications for management and conservation of the population genetic structure of the wedge clam Donax trunculus across two biogeographic boundaries

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  52. Sex- and size-related differences in shell use by the intertidal hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus (Latreille, 1818) (Decapoda: Diogenidae) in the Gulf of Cádiz, southwestern Spain

    Article • Journal of Crustacean Biology, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  53. A salt bath will keep you going? Euryhalinity tests and genetic structure of caridean shrimps from Iberian rivers

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  54. Molecular evidence for non-monophyly of the pinnotheroid crabs (Crustacea : Brachyura : Pinnotheroidea), warranting taxonomic reappraisal

    Article • Invertebrate Systematics, January 2016, CSIRO Publishing

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  55. Role of ships’ hull fouling and tropicalization process on European carcinofauna: new records in Galician waters (NW Spain)

    Article • Biological Invasions, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  56. Larval development of the pea crabAfropinnotheres monodiManning, 1993 (Decapoda, Pinnotheridae) using plankton-collected and laboratory-reared specimens: effects of temperature

    Article • Marine Biology Research, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  57. Annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) of the Iberian Peninsula (SW Europe)

    Article • Scientia Marina, April 2015, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  58. Freshwater scarcity effects on the aquatic macrofauna of a European Mediterranean-climate estuary

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  59. First record of the blue crab Callinectes exasperatus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) for European waters

    Article • Marine Biodiversity Records, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  60. Larval morphology of the family Parthenopidae, with the description of the megalopa stage of Derilambrus angulifrons (Latreille, 1825) (Decapoda: Brachyura), identified by DNA barcode

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, December 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  61. Morphology of the first zoeal stages of five species of the portunid genus Callinectes (Decapoda, Brachyura) hatched at the laboratory

    Article • Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, June 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  62. Host use pattern of the pea crab Afropinnotheres monodi: potential effects on its reproductive success and geographical expansion

    Article • Marine Ecology Progress Series, February 2014, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  63. Morphology of the megalopa of the mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Panopeidae), identified by DNA barcode

    Article • Helgoland Marine Research, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  64. The bioenergetic fuel for non-feeding larval development in an endemic palaemonid shrimp from the Iberian Peninsula,Palaemonetes zariquieyi

    Article • Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, November 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta, Dr Alicia Estévez

  65. Two cases of pseudohermaphroditism in loggerhead sea turtles Caretta caretta

    Article • Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, September 2013, Inter-Research Science Center

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  66. The systematic position ofErgasticus(Decapoda, Brachyura) and allied genera, a molecular and morphological approach

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, April 2013, Wiley

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  67. Morphology of the larval stages of a Mediterranean population of the allochthonous Say’s mud crab, Dyspanopeus sayi (Decapoda: Brachyura: Panopeidae)

    Article • Scientia Marina, April 2013, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  68. Nekton response to freshwater inputs in a temperate European Estuary with regulated riverine inflow

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  69. Molecular phylogeny of the genera Palaemon and Palaemonetes (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) from a European perspective

    Article • Crustaceana, July 2012, Brill

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  70. The symbiotic hesionid Parasyllidea humesi Pettibone, 1961 (Annelida: Polychaeta) hosted by Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778) (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Semelidade) in European waters

    Article • Organisms Diversity & Evolution, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  71. On the Occurrence of Afropinnotheres monodi Manning, 1993 (Decapoda: Pinnotheridae) in European Waters

    Article • Journal of Crustacean Biology, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  72. Extended Parental Care in the Freshwater Shrimp Genus Dugastella Bouvier, 1912 (Decapoda, Atyidae, Paratyinae)

    Article • Crustaceana, January 2011, Brill

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  73. Morphology and growth of the larval stages of Geograpsus lividus (Crustacea, Brachyura), with the descriptions of new larval characters for the Grapsidae and an undescribed setation pattern in extended developments

    Article • Acta Zoologica, October 2010, Wiley

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  74. Establishment of a new subfamily forShenius anomalus(Shen, 1935) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Dotillidae)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  75. Marine biogeographic boundaries and human introduction along the European coast revealed by phylogeography of the prawn Palaemon elegans

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, June 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  76. The impact of extreme turbidity events on the nursery function of a temperate European estuary with regulated freshwater inflow

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, April 2010, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  77. Morphology of the first zoeal stage of the commensal southwestern Atlantic crab Austinixa aidae (Righi 1967) (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae), hatched in the laboratory

    Article • Helgoland Marine Research, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  78. Assessment of the interaction between the white shrimp, Palaemon longirostris, and the exotic oriental shrimp, Palaemon macrodactylus, in a European estuary (SW Spain)

    Article • Biological Invasions, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  79. Population structure and reproductive biology of the stone crab Xantho poressa (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) in the ‘Corrales de Rota’ (south-western Spain), a human-modified intertidal fishing area

    Article • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, July 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  80. The effect of salinity on larval development of Uca tangeri (Eydoux, 1835) (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) and new findings of the zoeal morphology

    Article • Scientia Marina, March 2009, Departmento de Publicaciones del CSIC

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  81. Effects of the river discharge management on the nursery function of the Guadalquivir river estuary (SW Spain)

    Article • Hydrobiologia, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  82. First report of the oriental shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun, 1902 (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) from German waters

    Article • Helgoland Marine Research, September 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  83. Field distribution and osmoregulatory capacity of shrimps in a temperate European estuary (SW Spain)

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, March 2006, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  84. The Decapod Custacean Community of the Guadalquivir Estuary (SW Spain): Seasonal and Inter-Year Changes in Community Structure

    Article • Hydrobiologia, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  85. The effect of estuarine fisheries on juvenile fish observed within the Guadalquivir Estuary (SW Spain)

    Article • Fisheries Research, November 2005, Elsevier

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  86. Daily and seasonal feeding rhythmicity of Palaemonetes varians (Leach 1814) from southwestern Europe

    Article • Marine Biology, August 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  87. 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)

    Article • Journal of Natural History, October 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta

  88. Morphology of the megalopa and first crab stage of the mediolittoral crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus (Brachyura, Grapsidae, Grapsinae)

    Article • Zoosystema, January 1997, Biodiversity Heritage Library

    Dr. Jose A Cuesta