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  1. Nomaki H*, Chen C, Ogawa NO, Miyairi Y, Ohkouchi N, Makabe A, Kawagucci S, Yokoyama Y, Shimanaga M (2024). Elucidating carbon sources of hydrothermal vent animals using natural 14C abundances and habitat water temperature. Limnology and Oceanography, Early View. DOI: 10.1002/lno.12570
  2. Chen C*, Hookabe N, Komatsu H (2024). Macrofaunal community of a new hot vent field on the Amami Rift. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 104: e39. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315424000304
  3. Oliver PG, Chen C* (2024). Tartarothyasira gen. nov., a replacement name for Tartarothyas Oliver & Chen, 2024. Journal of Conchology, 45(1): 61. DOI: 10.61733/jconch/1407
  4. Oliver PG, Chen C* (2024). Revision of the generic placement of two hadal bivalves (Bivalvia: Thyasiridae) from the Japan Trench, with the introduction of a new genus, Tartarothyas. Journal of Conchology, 45(1): 35-50. DOI: 10.61733/jconch/1405
  5. Chen C*, Jamieson JW, Tunnicliffe V (2024). Hydrothermal vent fauna of the Galápagos Rift: updated species list with new records. Marine Biodiversity, 54: 16. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-024-01408-w [Preprint available on bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.28.568903]
  6. Methou P*, Chen C, Komai T (2024). Revision of the alvinocaridid shrimp genus Rimicaris Williams & Rona, 1986 (Decapoda: Caridea) with description of a new species from the Mariana Arc hydrothermal vents. Zootaxa, 5406(4): 501-518. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5406.4.1
  7. Ishikawa NF*, Chen C, Hashimoto R, Ogawa NO, Uyeno D, Nomaki H (2024). Amino acid nitrogen isotopic compositions show seep copepods gain nutrition from host animals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 727: 81-90. DOI: 10.3354/meps14503
  8. Chen C*, Y Li, Sun J, Beaulieu SE, Mullineaux LS (2024). Two new melanodrymiid snails from the East Pacific Rise indicate the potential role of inactive vents as evolutionary stepping-stones. Systematics and Biodiversity, 22(1): 2294014. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2023.2294014
  9. Zhang L, Gu X, Chen C, He X, Qi Y, Sun J* (2024). Mitogenome-based phylogeny of the gastropod order Neomphalida points to multiple habitat shifts and a Pacific origin. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10: DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1341869
  10. Chen C*, Isobe N, Nomaki H (2024). A deep abyssal natural wood fall in the Northwestern Pacific and its associated fauna. Marine Biology Research, Online First: DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2023.2291579
  11. Methou P*, Guéganton M, Copley JT, Watanabe HK, Pradillon F, Cambon-Bonavita M-A, Chen C (2023). Distinct development trajectories and symbiosis modes in vent shrimps. Evolution, qpad217. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad217 [Preprint available on bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.02.547428]
  12. Tunnicliffe V*, Chen C, Giguère T, Rowden AA, Watanabe HK, Brunner O (2023). Hydrothermal vent fauna of the western Pacific Ocean: Distribution patterns and biogeographic networks. Diversity and Distributions, Early View. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13794
  13. Qi Y# / Zhong Z#, Liu X, He X, Zhou Y, Zhang L, Chen C, Linse K, Qiu J-W, Sun J* (2023). Phylogenomic analyses reveal a single deep-water colonisation in Patellogastropoda. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Early Online. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107968
  14. Xu T, Chai X, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Sun J, Xiao Y, Wang Y, Chen J, Qiu J-W*, Qian P-Y* (2023). Genetic divergence and migration patterns of a galatheoid squat lobster highlight the need for deep-sea conservation. Molecular Ecology, Early View. DOI: 10.1111/mec.17200
  15. Han Y, Zhou Y*, Chen C, Wang Y (2023). Diversity and biogeography of scale worms in the subfamily Lepidonotopodinae from Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents with descriptions of four new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Advanced Access. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad140
  16. He X# / Xu T#, Chen C, Liu X, Li Y-X, Zhong Z, Gu X, Lin Y-T, Lan Y, Yan G, Sun Y, Qiu J-W*, Qian P-Y*, Sun J* (2023). Same (sea) bed different dreams: Biological community structure of the Haima seep reveals distinct biogeographic affinities. The Innovation Geoscience, 1(2): 100019. DOI: 10.59717/j.xinn-geo.2023.100019
  17. Breusing C*, Xiao Y, Russell SL, Corbett-Detig RB, Li S, Sun J, Chen C, Lan Y, Qian P-Y, Beinart RA* (2023). Ecological differences among hydrothermal vent symbioses may drive contrasting patterns of symbiont population differentiation. mSystems, Ahead of Print. DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00284-23 [Preprint available on bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2022.08.30.505939]
  18. Watanabe HK, Uyeno D, Yamamori L, Jimi N, Chen C* (2023). From commensalism to parasitism within a genus-level clade of barnacles. Biology Letters, 19: 20220550. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2022.0550
  19. He X, Wang H, Xu T, Zhang Y, Chen C, Qiu J-W, Zhou Y*, Sun J* (2023). Genomic analysis of a scale worm provides insights into its adaptation to deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Genome Biology and Evolution, Early Online: evad125. DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad125
  20. Sawada H*# / Chen C#, Iwamoto H, Takai K (2023). A trip into molten sulfur. Island Arc, 32(1): e12489. DOI: 10.1111/iar.12489
  21. Chen C*, Watanabe HK, Sawada H, Iwamoto H, Takai K (2023). Unexpected discovery of a serpentinite-hosted chemosynthetic ecosystem on Asùt Tesoru Seamount, Mariana Forearc. Marine Ecology, Early View: e12759. DOI: 10.1111/maec.12759
  22. Sigwart JD*# / Chen C#, Tilic E, Vences M, Riehl T (2023). Why is there no service to support taxonomy? BioEssays, 45(9): 2300070. DOI: 10.1002/bies.202300070
  23. Chen C*, Zhong Z, Qiu J-W, Sun J (2023). A new Paralepetopsis limpet from a South China Sea seep hints at a paraphyletic Neolepetopsidae. Zoological Studies, 62: 26. DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-26
  24. Methou P*, Nye V, Copley JT, Watanabe HK, Nagai Y, Chen C (2023). Life-history traits of alvinocaridid shrimps inhabiting chemosynthetic ecosystems around Japan. Marine Biology, 170: 75. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-023-04221-4
  25. Kawagucci S#* / Matsui Y#, Nomaki H, Chen C (2023). Deep-sea freezer. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10: 1179818. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1179818
  26. Chen C*, Sigwart JD (2023). The lost vent gastropod species of Lothar A. Beck. Zootaxa, 5270(3): 401-436. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.2
  27. Brandt A# / Chen C#, Tandberg AHS, Miguez-Salas O, Sigwart JD* (2023). Complex sublinear burrows in the deep sea may be constructed by amphipods. Ecology and Evolution, 13(3): e9867. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9867
  28. Li Y-X, Zhang Y, Ip JC-H, Liu J, Chen C, Little CTS, Yokoyama Y, Yasuhara M, Qiu J-W* (2023). Phylogenetic context of a deep-sea clam (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae) revealed by DNA from 1500-year-old shells. Zoological Research, 44(2): 353-356. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2022.404
  29. Sigwart JD, Brandt A, Di Franco D, Escobar E, Gerken S, Gooday AJ, Grimes CJ, Głuchowska K, Hoffman S, Jażdżewska AM, Kamyab E, Kelch A, Knauber H, Kohlenbach K, Miguez-Salas O, Moreau C, Ogawa A, Poliseno A, Santín Muriel A, Tandberg AHS, Theising F, Walter T, Wölfl A-C, Chen C* (2023). Heterogeneity on the abyssal plains: A case study in the Bering Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9: 1037482. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2022.1037482
  30. Sigwart JD, Ogawa A, Chen C* (2023). “Dreamer holothurians” in the north. Marine Biodiversity, 53: 8. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-022-01314-z
  31. Brunner O*, Chen C, Giguère T, Kawagucci S, Watanabe HK, Tunnicliffe V, Mitarai S (2022). Hydrothermal vent species assemblage networks identify regional connectivity patterns in the Northwest Pacific. Ecology and Evolution, 12(12): e9612. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9612 [Preprint available on bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2022.07.20.500901]
  32. Chen C*, Watanabe HK, Gena K, Johnson SB (2022). Anatomical shifts linked with unusual diets in deep-sea snails. Ecology, 104(1): e3847. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3847
  33. Zhong Z, Lan Y, Chen C, Zhou Y, Linse K, Li R, Sun J* (2022). New mitogenomes in deep-water endemic Cocculinida and Neomphalida shed light on lineage-specific gene orders in major gastropod clades. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 973485. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.973485
  34. Chen C*, Hilário A, Rodrigues CF, Ramirez-Llodra E (2022). Integrative taxonomy of a new cocculinid limpet dominating the Aurora vent field in the central Arctic ocean. Royal Society Open Science, 9(10): 220885. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220885
  35. Isobe N*, Kaku Y, Okada S, Kawada S, Tanaka K, Fujiwara Y, Nakajima R, Bissessur D, Chen C (2022). Identification of chitin allomorphs in poorly crystalline samples based on the complexation with ethylenediamine. Biomacromolecules, 23(10): 4220-4229. DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00714 [Preprint available on ChemRxiv, DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-5mj8x-v2]
  36. Okada S*, Chen C (2022). A novel cryogenic adhesive retaining fluidity at dry-ice temperature for low-temperature scanning electron microscopy. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 28(6): 2009-2019. DOI: 10.1017/S1431927622012296
  37. Okada S*, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Isobe N, Takai K (2022). Unusual bromine enrichment in the gastric mill and setae of the hadal amphipod Hirondellea gigas. PLOS ONE, 17(8): e0272032. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272032
  38. Mizuno K*, Nomaki H, Chen C, Seike K (2022). Deep-sea infauna with calcified exoskeletons imaged in situ using a new 3D acoustic coring system (A-core-2000). Scientific Reports, 12: 12101. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-16356-3
  39. Methou P*, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Cambon M-A, Pradillon F* (2022). Reproduction in deep-sea vent shrimps is influenced by diet, with rhythms apparently unlinked to surface production. Ecology and Evolution, 12: e9076. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9076 [Preprint available on bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2021.09.10.456763]
  40. Chen C*, Watanabe HK (2022). A new provannid snail discovered from Northwest Eifuku Volcano, Mariana Arc. ZooKeys, 1112(5): 123-137. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1112.85950
  41. Lan Y, Sun J, Chen C, Wang H, Xiao Y, Perez M, Yang Y, Kwan YH, Sun Y, Zhou Y, Han X, Miyazaki J, Watsuji T-o, Bissessur D, Qiu J-W, Takai K, Qian P-Y* (2022). Endosymbiont population genomics sheds light on transmission mode, partner specificity, and stability of the scaly-foot snail holobiont. The ISME Journal. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-022-01261-4
  42. Isobe N, Chen C, Daicho K, Saito T, Bissessur D, Takai K, Okada S* (2022). Natural uniaxially oriented chitin nanofibers used as an organic framework in the scales of a hot vent snail. Journal of the Royal Society Interface. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2022.0120
  43. Jimi N*, Chen C, Y Fujiwara (2022). Two new species of Branchinotogluma (Polynoidae: Annelida) from chemosynthesis-based ecosystems in Japan. Zootaxa, 5138(1): 17-30. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.1.2
  44. Zhou Y# / Chen C#, Zhang D, Wang Y, Watanabe HK, Sun J, Bissessur D, Zhang R, Han Y, Sun D, Xu P, Lu B, Zhai H, Han X, Tao C, Qiu Z, Sun Y, Liu Z, Qiu J-W, Wang C* (2022). Delineating biogeographic regions in Indian Ocean deep-sea vents and implications for conservation. Diversity and Distributions. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.13535
  45. Ogawa A*, Jimi N, Hiruta SF, Chen C, Kobayashi I, Pratama GA, Tanaka H, Okanishi M, Komatsu H, Ikehara M (2022). Taxonomy and distribution of deep benthos collected in and around the Southern Ocean during the 30th Anniversary Expeditions of R/V Hakuho Maru: Annelida, Mollusca, Ostracoda, Decapoda, and Echinodermata. Polar Science. DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2022.100846
  46. Methou P*, Hikosaka M, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Miyamoto N, Makita H, Jenkins RG (2022). Symbiont community composition in Rimicaris kairei shrimps from Indian Ocean vents with notes on mineralogy. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1128/aem.00185-22
  47. Kato N# / Chen C#*, Watanabe HK, Yamamoto M, Shimomura M (2022). The first deep-sea bopyrid isopod from hydrothermal vents: Pleurocryptella shinkai nov. (Isopoda: Bopyridae) parasitizing Shinkaia crosnieri. Zoological Science, 39(3). DOI: 10.2108/zs210117
  48. Amon DJ*, Gollner S, Morato T, Smith CR, Chen C, Christiansen S, Currie B, Drazen JC, Fukushima T, Gianni M, Gjerde K, Gooday AJ, Grillo GG, Haeckel M, Joyini T, Ju S-J, Levin L, Metaxas A, Mianowicz K, Molodstova T, Narberhaus I, Orcutt B, Swaddling A, Tuhumwire J, Palacio PU, Walker M, Weaver P, Xu X-W, Mulalap CY, Edwards PET, Pickens C (2022). Assessment of scientific gaps related to the effective environmental management of deep-seabed mining. Marine Policy, 138: 105006. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105006
  49. Yang Y, Sun J, Chen C, Zhou Y, Van Dover CL, Wang C, Qiu J-W, Qian P-Y* (2022). Metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses reveal minor-yet-crucial roles of gut microbiome in deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail. Animal Microbiome, 4: 3. DOI: 10.1186/s42523-021-00150-z
  50. Chen C*, Zhou Y*, Watanabe HK, Zhang R, Wang C (2021). Neolepetopsid true limpets (Gastropoda: Patellogastropoda) from Indian Ocean hot vents shed light on relationships among genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlab081. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab081
  51. Thomas EA*, Böhm M, Pollock C, Chen C, Seddon M, Sigwart JD (2021). Assessing the extinction risk of insular, under-studied marine species. Conservation Biology. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13854
  52. Chen C# / Lin T-H#*, Watanabe HK, Akamatsu T, Kawagucci S (2021). Baseline soundscapes of deep-sea habitats reveal heterogeneity among ecosystems and sensitivity to anthropogenic impacts. Limnology and Oceanography, Early View: 1-14. DOI: 10.1002/lno.11911
  53. Xu T, Wang Y, Sun J, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Chen J, Qian P-Y*, Qiu J-W* (2021). Hidden historical habitat-linked population divergence and contemporary gene flow in a deep-sea patellogastropod limpet. Molecular Biology and Evolution, Advance Article msab278. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab278
  54. Chen C*, Nomaki H (2021). Noteworthy observations and records of rare bathyal gastropods from unusual habitats in Sagami Bay, Japan. Marine Biodiversity, 51: 66. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-021-01212-w
  55. Yeung YH# / Xie JY#, Zhao Y, Yu HY, Chen C, Lu WW, Qiu J-W* (2021). Rapid external erosion of coral substrate in subtropical Hong Kong waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 169: 112495. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112495
  56. Chen C*, Han Y, Copley JT, Zhou Y* (2021). A new peltospirid snail (Gastropoda: Neomphalida) adds to the unique biodiversity of Longqi vent field, Southwest Indian Ridge. Journal of Natural History, 55 (13-14): 851-866. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1923851
  57. Sigwart JD*, Lindberg DR, Chen C, Sun J (2021). Molluscan phylogenomics requires strategically selected genomes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376 (1825): 20200161. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0161
  58. Sun J, Li R, Chen C, Sigwart JD, Kocot K* (2021). Benchmarking Oxford Nanopore read assemblers for high-quality molluscan genomes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376 (1825): 20200160. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0160 [Preprint available on bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.31.424979]
  59. Houart R*, Moe CO, Chen C* (2021). Living species of the genera Chicomurex Arakawa, 1964 and Naquetia Jousseaume, 1880 (Gastropoda: Muricidae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Novapex, 22 (HS14): 1-52.
  60. Lan Y, Sun J, Chen C, Sun Y, Zhou Y, Yang Y, Zhang W, Li R, Zhou K, Wong WC, Kwan YH, Cheng A, Bougouffa S, Van Dover CL, Qiu J-W, Qian P-Y* (2021). Dual symbiosis in the deep-sea hot vent snail Gigantopelta aegis revealed by its hologenome. Nature Communications, 12: 1165. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21092-9 [Preprint available on bioRxiv, DOI: 10.1101/2020.09.23.308304]
  61. Watanabe HK*, Chen C, Nishi E, Ohara Y (2021). Cryptic diversity of the tube-dwelling polychaete Phyllochaetopterus in the Shinkai Seep Field, Mariana Trench. Plankton and Benthos Research, 16(1): 73-77. DOI: 10.3800/pbr.16.73
  62. Watanabe HK*, Chen C, Chan BKK* (2021). A new deep-sea hot vent stalked barnacle from the Mariana Trough with notes on the feeding ecology of Vulcanolepas. Marine Biodiversity, 51(1): 9. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01144-x
  63. Chen C*, Xu T, Fraussen K, Qiu J-W (2020). Integrative taxonomy of enigmatic deep-sea true whelks in the sister-genera Enigmaticolus and Thermosipho (Gastropoda: Buccinidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Online First. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa134
  64. Chen C*, Watanabe HK (2020). Substrate-dependent shell morphology in a deep-sea vetigastropod limpet. Marine Biodiversity, 50(6): 104. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01135-y
  65. Xiao Y# / Xu T#, Sun J, Wong WC, Kwan YH, Chen C, Qiu J-W*, Qian P-Y* (2020). Population genetic structure and gene expression plasticity of the deep-sea vent and seep squat lobster Shinkaia crosnieri. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7: 587686. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.587686
  66. Nomaki H*, Chen C, Oda K, Tsuchiya M, Tame A, Uematsu K, Isobe N (2020). Abundant chitinous structures in Chilostomella (Foraminifera, Rhizaria) and their potential functions. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 68: e12828. DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12828
  67. Ip JC-H, Xu T, Sun J, Li R, Chen C, Lan Y, Han Z, Zhang H, Wei J, Wang H, Tao J, Cai Z, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W* (2020). Host-endosymbiont genome integration in a deep-sea chemosymbiotic clam. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msaa241. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa241
  68. Wang Z, Xu T, Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Liu Z, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Qiu J-W* (2020). Molecular phylogenetics and morphological analyses of the ‘monospecific’ Hesiolyra (Annelida: Hesionidae) reveal two new species. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 166: 103401. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103401
  69. Watanabe HK*, Chen C, Kojima S, Kato S, Yamamoto H (2020). Population connectivity of the crab Gandalfus yunohana (Takeda, Hashimoto & Ohta, 2000) (Decapoda, Brachyura: Bythograeidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the northwestern Pacific. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 40(5): 556-562. DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa045
  70. Sato K*, Watanabe HK, Jenkins RG, Chen C (2020). Phylogenetic constraint and phenotypic plasticity in the shell microstructure of vent and seep pectinodontid limpets. Marine Biology, 167: 79. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-020-03692-z
  71. Chen C*, Linse K (2020). From wood to vent: first cocculinid limpet associated with hydrothermal activity discovered in the Weddell Sea. Antarctic Science, 32(5): 354-366. DOI: 10.1017/S095410202000022X
  72. Sun J# / Chen C# / Miyamoto N#, Li R, Sigwart JD, Xu T, Sun Y, Wong WC, Ip JCH, Zhang W, Lan Y, Bissessur D, Watsuji T-o, Watanabe HK, Takaki Y, Ikeo K, Fujii N, Yoshitake K, Qiu J-W, Takai K*, Qian P-Y* (2020). The Scaly-foot Snail genome and implications for the origins of biomineralised armour. Nature Communications, 11: 1657. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15522-3
  73. Linse K, Sigwart JD*, Chen C, Krylova EM (2020). Ecophysiology and ecological limits of symbiotrophic vesicomyid bivalves (Pliocardiinae) in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology, 43(10): 1423-1437. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-020-02717-z
  74. Sun J# / Zhou Y#, Chen C, Kwan YH, Sun Y, Wang X, Yang L, Zhang R, Wei T, Yang Y, Qu L, Sun C*, Qian P-Y* (2020). Nearest vent, dearest friend: Biodiversity of Tiancheng vent field reveals cross-ridge similarities in the Indian Ocean. Royal Society Open Science, 7: 200110. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200110
  75. Okanishi M*, Kato M, Watanabe HK, Chen C, Fujita T (2020). Large populations of two new species of Ophiambix (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea) discovered on Japanese hot vents and cold seeps. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68: 196-213. DOI: 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0017
  76. Zhu F-C, Sun J, Yan G-Y, Huang J-M, Chen C, He L-S* (2020). Insights into the strategy of micro-environmental adaptation: Transcriptomic analysis of two alvinocaridid shrimps at a hydrothermal vent. PLoS ONE, 15(1): e0227587. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227587
  77. Linse K*, Copley JT, Connelly DP, Larter RD, Pearce DA, Polunin NVC, Chen C, Clarke A, Glover A, Graham AGC, Huvenne VAI, Marsh L, Reid WDK, Roterman CN, Sweeting CJ, Zwirglmaier K, Tyler PA (2019). Fauna of the Kemp Caldera and its upper bathyal hydrothermal vents (South Sandwich Arc, Antarctica). Royal Society Open Science, 6(11): 191501. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.191501
  78. Lin T-H#* / Chen C#, Watanabe HK, Kawagucci S, Yamamoto H, Akamatsu T (2019). Using soundscape to assess deep-sea benthic ecosystems. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 34(12): 1069-1071. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.09.006
  79. Zhou Y, Chen C, Sun Y, Watanabe HK, Zhang R, Wang C* (2019). Amphisamytha (Annelida: Ampharetidae) from Indian Ocean hydrothermal vents: biogeographic implications. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 154: 103148. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103148
  80. Yahagi T*, Chen C, Kawagucci S* (2019). What we know, what we can know, and what we will never know about the larval dispersal process at deep-sea chemosynthetic ecosystems. Oceanography in Japan, 28: 97-125. DOI: 10.5928/kaiyou.28.4-5-6_97 [In Japanese with English abstract]
  81. Lan Y, Sun J, Zhang W, Xu T, Zhang Y, Chen C, Feng D, Wang H, Tao J, Qiu J-W, Qian P-Y* (2019). Host-symbiont interactions in deep-sea chemosymbiotic vesicomyid clams: insights from transcriptome sequencing. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 680. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00680
  82. Chen C*, Watanabe HK, Nagai Y, Toyofuku T, Xu T, Sun J, Qiu J-W, Sasaki T (2019). Complex factors shape phenotypic variation in deep-sea limpets. Biology Letters, 15(10): 20190504. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl. 2019.0504
  83. Linse K# / Nye V#, Copley JT, Chen C* (2019). On the systematics and ecology of two new species of Provanna (Gastropoda: Provannidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Caribbean Sea and Southern Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 85(4): 425-438. DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyz024
  84. Chen C*, Linse K (2019). A new trochoidean gastropod (Vetigastropoda: Skeneidae) discovered from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Southern Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, 49: 2775-2785. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-019-01005-2
  85. Okada S*, Chen C, Watsuji T-o, Nishizawa M, Suzuki Y, Sano Y, Bissessur D, Deguchi S, Takai K (2019). The making of natural iron sulfide nanoparticles in a hot vent snail. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 116(41): 20376-20381. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1908533116
  86. Sun J, Liu Y, Xu T, Zhang Y, Chen C, Qiu J-W, Qian P-Y* (2019). The mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea limpet Bathyacmaea nipponica (Patellogastropoda: Pectinodontidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, 4(2): 3175-3176. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2019.1668732
  87. Zhou K, Zhang R, Sun J, Zhang W, Tian R, Chen C, Kawagucci S, Xu Y* (2019). Potential interactions between clade SUP05 sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and phages in hydrothermal vent sponges. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85(22): e00992-19. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00992-19
  88. Chen C*, Watanabe HK, Sasaki T (2019). Four new deep-sea provannid snails (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) discovered from hydrocarbon seep and hydrothermal vents in Japan. Royal Society Open Science, 6(7): 190393. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.190393
  89. Chapman ASA*, Beaulieu SE, Colaço A, Gebruk AV, Hilario A, Kihara TC, Ramirez-Llodra E, Sarrazin J, Tunnicliffe V, Amon DJ, Baker M, Boschen-Rose RE, Chen C, Cooper IJ, Copley JT, Corbari L, Cordes EE, Cuvelier D, Duperron S, Du Preez C, Gollner S, Horton T, Hourdez S, Krylova EM, Linse K, LokaBharathi PA, Marsh L, Matabos M, Mills SW, Mullineaux LS, Rapp HT, Reid WDK, Rybakova (Goroslavskaya) E, Thomas TRA, Southgate SJ, Stöhr S, Turner PJ, Watanabe HK, Yasuhara M, Bates AE (2019). sFDvent: a global functional trait database for deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28(11): 1538-1551. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12975
  90. Sigwart JD, Chen C*, Thomas E, Allcock AL, Böhm M, Seddon M. (2019). Red Listing can protect deep-sea biodiversity. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3: 1134. DOI: 10.1038/s41559-019-0930-2
  91. Linse K*, Roterman CN, Chen C (2019). A new vent limpet in the genus Lepetodrilus (Gastropoda: Lepetodrilidae) from Southern Ocean hydrothermal vent fields showing high phenotypic plasticity. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6: 381. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00381
  92. Jimi N*, Chen C, Kajihara H (2019). New records of the hydrothermal-vent-endemic polychaete Archinome jasoni (Annelida: Amphinomidae) from the northwestern Pacific. Check List, 15(3): 523-526. DOI: 10.15560/15.3.523
  93. Nakajima R#* / Chen C#, Iwase R, Yamamoto H, Fujikura K (2019). Clams after storms: the impact of multiple disturbances on seep vesicomyid clams revealed by long-term monitoring. Marine Biology, 166: 35. DOI: 10.1007/s00227-019-3484-6
  94. Sigwart JD*, Chen C (2018). A new deep water chiton (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from hydrothermal vent ecosystems in the Okinawa Trough, Japan. Zootaxa, 4531(3): 430-436. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4531.3.7
  95. Glover AG*, Wiklund H, Chen C, Dahlgren TG (2018). Managing a sustainable deep-sea ‘blue economy’ requires knowledge of what actually lives there. eLife, 7: e41319. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.41319
  96. Nagai Y*, Uematsu K, Chen C, Wani R, Tyszka J, Toyofuku T (2018). Weaving of biomineralization framework in rotaliid foraminifera: implications for paleoceanographic proxies. Biogeosciences, 15: 6773-6789. DOI: 10.5194/bg-15-6773-2018
  97. Zhang W, Watanabe HK, Ding W, Lan Y. Tian R, Sun J, Chen C, Cai L, Li Y, Oguri K, Toyofuku T, Kitazato H, Drazen JC, Bartlett D, Qian P-Y* (2018). Gut microbial divergence between two populations of the hadal amphipod Hirondellea gigas. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85(1): e02032-18. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02032-18
  98. Sigwart JD*, Chen C (2018). Comparative oxygen consumption of gastropod holobionts from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. The Biological Bulletin, 235(2): 102-112. DOI: 10.1086/699326
  99. Sasaki T*, Maekawa Y, Takeda Y, Atsushiba M, Chen C, Noshita K, Uesugi K, Hoshino M (2018). 3D visualization of calcified and non-calcified molluscan tissues using computed tomography. In: Endo K, Kogure T, Nagasawa H (eds.) Biomineralization: From Molecular and Nano-structural Analyses to Environmental Science, pp. 83-93. Springer, Singapore. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-1002-7_9
  100. Chen C*, Linse K, Uematsu K, Sigwart JD (2018). Cryptic niche switching in a chemosymbiotic gastropod. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1882): 20181099. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1099
  101. Feng D*, Qiu J-W, Hu Y, Peckmann J, Guan H, Tong H, Chen C, Chen J, Gong S, Li N, Chen D (2018). Cold seep systems in the South China Sea: An overview. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 168: 3-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2018.09.021
  102. Ogura T, Watanabe HK*, Chen C, Sasaki T, Kojima S, Ishibashi J-i, Fujikura K (2018). Population history of deep-sea vent and seep Provanna snails (Mollusca: Abyssochrysoidea) in the northwestern Pacific. PeerJ, 6: e5673. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.5673
  103. Xu T, Sun J, Watanabe HK, Chen C, Nakamura M, Ji R, Feng D, Lv J, Wang S, Bao Z, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W* (2018). Population genetic structure of the deep-sea mussel Bathymodiolus platifrons (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) in the Northwest Pacific. Evolutionary Applications, 11(10): 1915-1930. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12696
  104. Chen C*, Okutani T, Watanabe HK, Kojima S (2018). The first cuspidariid bivalve associated with hydrothermal vents discovered from the Southern Mariana Trough. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan), 76: 39-44. DOI: 10.18941/venus.76.1-4_39
  105. Lan Y*, Sun J, Xu T, Chen C, Tian R, Qiu J-W, Qian P-Y* (2018). De novo transcriptome assembly and positive selection analysis of an individual deep-sea fish. BMC Genomics, 19: 394. DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4720-z
  106. Watanabe HK*, Chen C, Marie DP, Takai K, Fujikura K, Chan BKK* (2018). Phylogeography of hydrothermal vent stalked barnacles: a new species fills a gap in the Indian Ocean ‘dispersal corridor’ hypothesis. Royal Society Open Science, 5(4): 172408. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.172408
  107. Zhang Y, Sun J, Rouse GW, Wiklund H, Pleijel F, Watanabe HK, Chen C, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W* (2018). Phylogeny, evolution and mitochondrial gene order rearrangement in scale worms (Aphroditiformia, Annelida): Insights from low-coverage genome sequencing. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125: 220-231. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.002
  108. Chen C*, Okutani T, Liang Q, Qiu J-W (2018). A noteworthy new species of the family Vesicomyidae from the South China Sea (Bivalvia: Glossoidea). Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan), 76: 29-37. DOI: 10.18941/venus.76.1-4_29
  109. Komai T*, Chen C, Watanabe HK (2018). Two new species of the crangonid genus Metacrangon Zarenkov, 1965 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea) from the Okinawa Trough, Japan. Zootaxa, 4410(1): 97-112. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.1.5
  110. Zhang Y, Chen C, Qiu J-W* (2018). Sexually dimorphic scale worms (Annelida: Polynoidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough: Two new species and two new sex morphs. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5: 112. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00112
  111. Chen C*, Marsh L, Copley JT (2018). Is it sex in chains? Potential mating stacks in deep-sea hydrothermal vent snails. Plankton and Benthos Research, 13(1): 25-27. DOI: 10.3800/pbr.13.25
  112. Houart R*, Moe C, Chen C (2017). Description of three new muricids (Gastropoda: Muricidae: Muricinae) from the Philippines and Fiji. The Nautilus, 131(4): 1-10.
  113. Chen C*, Zhou Y, Wang C, Copley JT (2017). Two new hot-vent peltospirid snails (Gastropoda: Neomphalina) from Longqi hydrothermal field, Southwest Indian Ridge. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4: 392. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00392
  114. Miyazaki J, Kawagucci S, Makabe A, Takahashi A, Kitada K, Torimoto J, Matsui Y, Tasumi E, Shibuya T, Nakamura K, Horai S, Sato S, Ishibashi J, Kanzaki H, Nakagawa S, Hirai M, Takaki Y, Okino K, Watanabe HK, Kumagai H, Chen C* (2017). Deepest and hottest hydrothermal activity in the Okinawa Trough: Yokosuka site at Yaeyama knoll. Royal Society Open Science, 4: 171570. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.171570
  115. Chen C*, Watanabe HK, Miyazaki J, Kawagucci S (2017). Unanticipated discovery of two rare gastropod molluscs from recently located hydrothermally influenced areas in the Okinawa Trough. PeerJ, 5: e4121. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4121
  116. Heywood JL*, Chen C, Pearce DA, Linse K (2017). Bacterial communities associated with the Southern Ocean vent gastropod, Gigantopelta chessoia: indication of intergenerational, horizontal symbiont transfer. Polar Biology, 40(11): 2335-2342, DOI: 10.1007/s00300-017-2148-6
  117. Chen C*, Uematsu K, Linse K, Sigwart JD (2017). By more ways than one: Rapid convergence in adaptations to hydrothermal vents shown by 3D anatomical reconstruction of Gigantopelta (Mollusca: Neomphalina). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17:62. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0917-z
  118. Miyazaki J, Makabe A, Matsui Y, Ebina N, Tsutsumi S, Ishibashi J, Chen C, Kaneko S, Takai K, Kawagucci S* (2017). WHATS-3: An improved flow-through gas-tight fluid sampler for deep-sea geofluid research. Frontiers in Earth Science, 5: 45. DOI: 10.3389/feart.2017.00045
  119. Chen C*, Watanabe HK, Araya JF (2017). First columbellid species (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents discovered in Okinawa Trough, Japan. Zootaxa, 4363(4): 592-596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.4.13
  120. Watsuji T*, Tsubaki R, Chen C, Nagai Y, Nakagawa S, Yamamoto M, Nishiura D, Toyofuku T, Takai K (2017). Cultivation mutualism between a deep-sea vent galatheid crab and chemosynthetic epibionts. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.012
  121. Sigwart JD*, Chen C (2017). Life history, patchy distribution, and patchy taxonomy in a shallow-water invertebrate (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida). Marine Biodiversity, 48: 1867-1877, DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0688-1
  122. Chen C*, Chan T-Y, Chan BKK (2017). Molluscan diversity in shallow water hydrothermal vents off Kueishan Island, Taiwan. Marine Biodiversity, 48: 709-714. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0804-2
  123. Zhang Y [Yanjie], Sun J, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Feng D, Zhang Y [Yu], Chiu JMY, Qian P-Y*, Qiu J-W* (2017). Adaptation and evolution of polynoid scale-worms (Annelida: Polynoidae): insights from transcriptome comparison among two deep-sea and a shallow-water species. Scientific Reports, 7: 46205. DOI: 10.1038/srep46205
  124. Sigwart JD*, Chen C, Marsh L (2017). Is mining the seabed bad for mollusks? The Nautilus 131(1): 43-50. Full-text available from ResearchGate
  125. Chen C*, Watanabe HK, Ohara Y (2016). A very deep Provanna (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) discovered from the Shinkai Seep Field, Southern Mariana Forearc. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315416001648
  126. Okumura T*, Ohara Y, Stern RJ, Yamanaka T, Onishi Y, Watanabe H, Chen C, Bloomer SH, Pujana I, Sakai S, Ishii T, Takai K (2016). Brucite chimney formation and carbonate alteration at the Shinkai Seep Field, a serpentinite-hosted vent system in the Southern Mariana Forearc. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17(9): 3775-3796. DOI: 10.1002/2016GC006449
  127. Chen C*, Ogura T, Hirayama H, Watanabe HK, Miyazki J, Okutani T (2016). First seep-dwelling Desbruyeresia (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) species discovered from a serpentinite-hosted seep in the southeastern Mariana Forearc. Molluscan Research, 36(4): 277-284. DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2016.1172547
  128. Chen C*, Linse K, Roterman CN, Copley JT, Rogers AD (2015). A new genus of large hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175(2): 319-335. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12279
  129. Chen C*, Copley JT, Linse K, Rogers AD (2015). Low connectivity between ‘scaly-foot gastropod’ (Mollusca: Peltospiridae) populations at hydrothermal vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge and the Central Indian Ridge. Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 15(4): 663-670. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0224-8
  130. Chen C*, Copley JT, Linse K, Rogers AD, Sigwart J (2015). The heart of a dragon: 3D anatomical reconstruction of the ‘scaly-foot gastropod’ (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neomphalina) reveals its extraordinary circulatory system. Frontiers in Zoology, 12:13. DOI: 10.1186/ s12983-015-0105-1
  131. Nakajima R*, Yamamoto H, Kawagucci S, Takaya Y, Nozaki T, Chen C, Fujikura K, Miwa T, Takai K (2015). Post-drilling changes in seabed landscape and megabenthos in a deep-sea hydrothermal system, the Iheya North field, Okinawa Trough. PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0123095. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123095
  132. Chen C*, Linse K, Copley JT, Rogers AD (2015). The ‘scaly-foot gastropod’: a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae) from the Indian Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81(3): 322-334. DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyv013
  133. Nakamura M*, Chen C, Mitarai S (2015). Insights into life-history traits of Munidopsis spp. (Anomura: Munidopsidae) from hydrothermal vent fields in the Okinawa Trough, in comparison with the existing data. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 100: 48-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.02.007
  134. Xu T, Sun J, Chen C, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W* (2015). The mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea snail Provanna sp. (Gastropoda: Provannidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis, 27(6): 4026-4027. DOI: 10.3109/19401736.2014.1003827
  135. Chen C*, Copley JT, Linse K, Rogers AD, Sigwart J (2015). How the mollusc got its scales: convergent evolution of the molluscan scleritome. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114: 949-954. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12462
  136. Houart R*, Moe CO, Chen C (2015). Description of two new species of Chicomurex from the Philippine Islands (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with update of the Philippines species and rehabilitation of Chicomurex gloriosus (Shikama, 1977). Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan), 73(1-2): 1-14. DOI: 10.18941/venus.73.1-2_1
  137. Houart R*, Moe CO, Chen C (2014). Chicourex lani sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Muricidae), a new species and its intricate history. Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan, 37: 1-14. Full-text available from ResearchGate

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  1. Watanabe HK*, Chen C, Miyazaki J, Okubo T, Takai K, YK19-10 Cruise Participants (2020). The ‘GACHINKO Cruise’: Educating, empowering, and enthralling the next generation with real cruise experience. Deep-Sea Life, 15: 7-8.
  2. Chen C*, Parkinson DY, Sigwart JD (2018). Project focus: High-resolution 3D anatomy with a particle accelerator. Deep-Sea Life, 11: 8.
  3. Watanabe HK*, Chen C, Jenkins RG, Nobuhara T (2017). Workshop report: Evolution of chemosynthesis-based ecosystems. Deep-Sea Life, 10: 25.
  4. Chen C* (2017). Annual award winner report: Systematics, ecology, and evolution of hydrothermal vent endemic peltospirids (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Indian and Southern oceans. The Malacologist, 68: 22-24.
  5. Chen C* (2014). Molluscs found in hydrothermal vents of Okinawa Trough: Extreme species living in a poisonous paradise. The Festivus, 45(3): 75-81
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