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Dr. Tan Koh Siang
Dr. Tan Koh Siang
PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW
Dr Tan Koh Siang is Principal Research Fellow and - Head of the Marine Biology and Ecology Laboratory at the Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI).
He obtained his PhD (Zoology) at the National University of Singapore in 1996 and was a postdoctoral scholar at the Swire Institute of Marine Science, University of Hong Kong before joining TMSI in 1997.
His research interests focus on the systematics, biology and feeding ecology of tropical marine molluscs, with occasional forays into sponge taxonomy and seawall ecology.
Areas Of Interest
- Biodiversity and systematics of tropical mussels (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)
- Biology of marine invasive bivalves
- Biodiversity and feeding ecology of predatory marine gastropods
- Deep-sea biodiversity in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, East Pacific Ocean
- Seawall ecology
Research partners/collaborations
- 2015 – 2025: Deep-sea biodiversity assessment of the Singapore claim area in the Clarion- Clipperton Zone, eastern Pacific Ocean in collaboration with Ocean Mineral Singapore
- 2024 – 2027: Comprehensive Marine Biodiversity of Singapore (phase 2) in collaboration with the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum and National Parks Board
Recent publications
Tan, K.S. & Tan, S.H.M. (2024) Tussles with mussels: mytiloidean phylogeny revisited (Bivalvia: Pteriomorphia). Journal of Molluscan Studies https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae039
Tan, S.H.M., Wells, F.E., Lukehurst, S.S., Strong, E.E., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T., Ambarwati, R. & Tan, K.S. (2024) Unravelling the Brachidontes variabilis species complex (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) of the Indo-Pacific region. Journal of Molluscan Studies https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyae037
Tan, K.S., Tan, S.K., Lukehurst, S.S. & Wells, F.E. (2024) Assessing the threat of the oyster genus Magallana (Bivalvia: Ostreidae) in Singapore to the Australian marine environment. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 72: 162–183.https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/09/RBZ-2024-0014.pdf
Lim, S.C., Wiklund, H., Bribiesca-Contreras, G., Glover, A.G., Dahlgren, T.G. & Tan, K.S. (2024) Diversity and phylogeny of demosponge fauna in the abyssal nodule fields of the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone, Pacific Ocean. Zoologica Scripta 53(6): 880–905. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12683
Tan, K.S., Tan, S.H.M., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati R. (2023) A new lineage of fresh- and brackish-water mussels (Bivalvia, Mytilidae) from Southeast Asia. Zoologica Scripta https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12585
Lee, Y.-L., Hui, D.S.-E., Loo, P.L., Toh, T.C., Kikuzawa, Y.P. & Tan, K.S. (2023) Intertidal seawall communities in Singapore: Are they all one and the same? Ecological Engineering 187:106860 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106860
Tong, S.J.W., Gan, B.Q. & Tan, K.S. (2022) Community structure of deep-sea benthic metazoan meiofauna in the polymetallic nodule fields in the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Pacific Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I 188 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103847
Tan, K.S., Tan, S.H.M., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati R. (2022) Xenostrobus or Vignadula (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)? A taxonomic re-evaluation of small black mussels from the upper intertidal zone of the estuaries of Southeast Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 196(1): 316–345. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac031
Tan, K.S. (2021) Deep-sea Protobranchia (Bivalvia) collected in the Sunda Strait and Indian Ocean off the southwest coast of Java, Indonesia with a description of a new species of Propeleda (Nuculanidae). Raffles Bulletin of Biology Supplement 36: 346–385. https://www.science.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2024/07/s36rbz346-385.pdf
Tan, K.S., Tan, S.H.M., Sanpanich, K., Duangdee, T. & Ambarwati R. (2021) Taxonomic re-description and relationships of two mat-forming mussels from the Indo-Pacific region, with a proposed new genus. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 78: 77–115.https://km.dmcr.go.th/ckeditor/upload/files/Research%20Bulletin/FullpaperPMBC/12Taxonomic_re_description_and_r.pdf
Chuar, C.H., Tong, S.J.W., Chim, C.K., Wong, H.P.S. & Tan, K.S. (2020) Abyssal macrofaunal community structure in the polymetallic nodule exploration area at the easternmost region of the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone, Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research 161: 103284 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0967063720300728
