Robert Lasley

Assistant Professor / Curator of Crustacea

University of Guam

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Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC)

University of Guam

Robert Lasley is currently serving as a Micronesian Area Research Center (Marc) Assistant Professor / Curator of Crustacea at University of Guam.

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Robert Lasley

University of Guam

Assistant Professor / Curator of Crustacea

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Two New Species and a New Record of Infaunal Crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae and Varunidae) From Oman and Saudi Arabia. The Catalogue of Life (2026)

Two New Species of Guitonia Garth & Iliffe, 1992 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) From the Central and Western Pacific Ocean. The Catalogue of Life (2026)

Discovery of New Montane Crab (Brachyura: Sesarmidae: Sesarma Say, 1817) in Hispaniola Highlights the Impact of Incumbent Island Biotas on Colonization and Diversification. Journal of Crustacean Biology (2025)

First Record of Multi-Species Synchronized Sea Cucumber Spawning in the Mariana Islands. Marine Biodiversity (2025)

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Molecular Diversity and Patterns of Co-Occurrence of Decapod Crustaceans Associated With Branching Corals in the Central Red Sea. Marine Biodiversity (2024)

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Allopatric Mosaics in the Indo-West Pacific Crab Subfamily Chlorodiellinae Reveal Correlated Patterns of Sympatry, Genetic Divergence, and Genitalic Disparity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2023)

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First Record of the Harlequin Crab Lissocarcinus Orbicularis, an Obligate Symbiont of Sea Cucumbers, From the Red Sea. Specimen (2023)

Revision of the Indo-West Pacific Crab Genus Soliella (Brachyura: Xanthidae: Etisinae): ‘Pseudocryptic Species’ and Basinal Speciation. Systematics and Biodiversity (2023)

Revision of the Coral Reef Crab Genus Tweedieia Ward, 1935 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology (2021)

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Five New Records of Marine Shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea, Stenopodidea) From the Caribbean Coast of Panama. Zootaxa (2018)

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