Dr.CANNICCI, Stefano
Associate Director of SWIMS and Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU
BSc (University of Florence); PhD (University of Florence)
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2299 0673
2559 9114
KBSB 2S-04
Teaching Areas
Marine biologyMarine invertebrates form and function
Marine invertebrates phylogeny
Mangrove ecosystem functions and services
Mangrove conservation and management
Ecology of temperate and tropical mangrove systems
Ecology of nearshore Hong Kong habitats
Vertebrate biodiversity and phylogeny
Research Interests
Integrated mangrove ecologyMangrove macrobenthos ecology and evolutionary adaptations
Behavioural ecology of mangrove crabs
Heavy metal bioaccumulation in mangrove crabs
Physiological adaptation of intertidal crabs to global change
Morphological and physiological adaptations of terrestrial crabs
Microbiome-crab symbioses in terrestrial environments
Population genetics of Indo-Pacific brachyuran carbs
Phylogeny of Indo-Pacific mangrove crabs (Sesarmidae and Ocypodidae)
Current Research
Role of crabs in Hong Kong mangrove ecosystem functionsIn-depth analysis of Hong Kong mangrove food webs
Heavy metal pollution in Hong Kong mangroves
Heavy metal bioaccumulation in mangrove crabs
Impact of macro-plastic and rubbish on Hong Kong mangrove ecosystems
Patterns and trends of tree and macrofaunal diversity in Hong Kong mangroves
Role of microbiomes in crabs terrestrialisation
Evolution of terrestrial adaptations in brachyuran crabs
Research Team
Ms Laura E. Agusto, PhD studentMs Rebekah J. Butler, PhD student
Mr Pedro Juliao Jimenez, PhD student
Ms Lok Yi Cheng, PhD Student
Ms Ying Luo Yu, MPhil student
Ms Ka Hei Ng, MPhil student
Mr Hernique Bravo Gouveia, Senior Research Assistant
Ms Thea Bradford, Research Assistant
Fellowships
Fellow of the Royal Institute of NavigationMember of The Crustacean Society
Member of the IUCN SSC Mangrove Specialist Group
Member of the Italian Union of Zoologists
Member of the Italian Society of Ethology
Publications and News
Cannicci S., Fusi M., Cimò F., Dahdouh-Guebas F., Fratini S., 2018. Interference competition as a key determinant for spatial distribution of mangrove crabs. BMC Ecology. 18:8 DOI: 10.1186/s12898-018-0164-1Fusi M., Babbini S., Giomi F., Fratini S., Dahdouh-Guebas F., Daffonchio D., McQuaid C.D., Porri F. Cannicci S., 2017. Thermal sensitivity of the crab Neosarmatium africanum in tropical and temperate mangroves on the east coast of Africa. Hydrobiologia, 803: 251-263.
Cannicci S., Ng P.L.K., 2017. A new species of micro-mangrove crab of the genus Haberma Ng & Schubart, 2002 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Sesarmidae) from Hong Kong. ZooKeys, 662: 67–78.
Fusi M., Cannicci S., Daffonchio D., Mostert B., Pörtner H.-O., Giomi F., 2016. The trade-off between heat tolerance and metabolic cost drives the bimodal life strategy at the air-water interface. Scientific Reports, 6, 19158.
Fusi M., Beone G.M., Suciu N.A., Sacchi A., Trevisan M., Capri E., Daffonchio D., Din N., Dahdouh-Guebas F., Cannicci S., 2016. Ecological status and sources of anthropogenic contaminants in mangroves of the Wouri River Estuary (Cameroon). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 109: 723-733.
Fusi M., Giomi F., Babbini S., Daffonchio D., McQuaid C., Porri F., Cannicci S., 2015. Thermal specialization across large geographical scales predicts the resilience of mangrove crab populations to global warming. Oikos, 124 (6), pp. 784-795.
Giomi F., Fusi M., Barausse A., Mostert B., Pörtner H.-O., Cannicci S., 2014. Improved heat tolerance in air drives the recurrent evolution of air-breathing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1782), **.
Lee S.Y., Primavera J.H., Dahdouh-Guebas F., McKee K., Bosire J.O., Cannicci S., Diele K., Fromard F., Koedam N., Marchand C., Mendelssohn I., Mukherjee N., Record S., 2014. Ecological role and services of tropical mangrove ecosystems: A reassessment. Global Ecol. Biogeogr., 23: 595-609.
