Dr. Christopher B. Boyko
- Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 2000
- M.S., University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1993
- B.S., State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, U.S.A, 1988
Dr. Christopher Boyko is a north American malacologist. He is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Dowling College and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
His interests include the taxonomy, ecology, and phylogenetic systematics of crustaceans, especially anomurans (hermit crabs and their relatives) as well as parasitic crustaceans and the evolution of parasitism in general. He is also interested in the biodiversity of invertebrates and has headed or participated in invertebrate surveys in coastal Georgia, USA, on Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean, and in the Bahamas.
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Boyko has published the following:
Boyko, C. B., and J. R. Cordeiro. 2001. Catalog of Recent type specimens in the division of invertebrate zoology, American Museum of Natural History. V. Mollusca, Part 2 (Class Gastropoda [Exclusive of Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata], with supplements to Gastropoda [Opisthobranchia], and Bivalvia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 262: 170 pp.