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DR. Lee Bee Yan

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Dr. Lee Bee Yan

RESEARCH FELLOW

beeyan_lee@nus.edu.sg

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Prior to joining SJINML, she was a research assistant with the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, where she assisted in the sorting, preserving, curating and cataloguing of the crustacean specimens, and assisted/lead specimen collection field trips (local and overseas).

Education

  • Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore (2019)
  • B.Sc. (Hons) in Environmental Biology, National University of Singapore (2012)

Research Interests

  • Study of brachyuran crab (true crab) taxonomy (discovery and description of new species, alpha and beta taxonomy, etc.) 
  • Faunistic composition of Southeast Asia mangroves and the deep-sea brachyuran crabs 
  • Studying the role of ultrastructure in mangrove crabs camouflage using scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
  • Molecular phylogenetic of Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838
  • Crustacean larval development 

Current Projects

2022–Ongoing: “NUS-RWS Marine Biodiversity Living Lab”. Role: Research Fellow

Selected Publications

  • Lee BY, Richer de Forges B & Ng PKL (2021) The generic affinities of the Indo-West Pacific species assigned to Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea: Epialtidae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 69: 19–44.
  • Ng PKL, Lee BY & Richer de Forges B (2021) Revision of genus Majella Ortmann, 1893 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae), with description of two new species from the Indian Ocean. Zoological Studies, 60: 15. 
  • Richer de Forges B, Lee BY & Ng PKL (2021) Spider crabs from the SJADES 2018 cruise in Indonesia, with description of one new genus and five new species, including one from Western Australia (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majoidea). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 36: 211–257.
  • Richer de Forges B, Lee BY & Ng PKL (2021) The taxonomy of spider crabs of the genera Eurynome, Choniognathus, Seiitaiodes, and Kasagia (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae) from southwest Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 5048 (3): 301–333.
  • Lee BY & Z Jaafar (2022) In memoriam Ng Ngan Kee (1966–2022). Crustaceana, 95 (10–12): 1255–1264.
  • Lee BY, Richer de Forges B & Ng PKL (2023) Epialtid crabs from the Southwestern Indian Ocean, with the descriptions of seven new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 33, Mémories du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, 217: 325–350. 
  • Davie PJF & Lee BY (in Proof) A new species and new record of Samadinia Ng & Richer de Forges, 2013 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae) from deepwaters off north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.
  • Ahyong ST & Lee BY (in review) The Samadinia pulchra complex (Crustacea: Decapoda: Epialtidae). Records of the Australian Museum.  

The rest of the publications are listed at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bee-Yan-Lee-2