Notes on two crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura, Dynomenidae and Iphiculidae) collected from red coral beds in northern Taiwan, including a new species of Pariphiculus Alcock, 1896

Two brachyuran species of the families Dynonemidae and Iphiculidae are reported from red coral beds in northern Taiwan. The dynonemid (Alcock, 1899) has hitherto been reported from the Andaman Sea, Japan, and Philippines and the species is here recorded for the first time from Taiwan. A new species...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 694; no. 694; pp. 135 - 156
Main Authors Ng, Peter K L, Jeng, M-S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 01.01.2017
Subjects
Crabs
Identification and classification
New species
Physical characteristics
Zoology
Taiwan
Philippines
Japan
Leucosioidea
new Pariphiculus species
taxonomy
East China Sea
Dromioidea
Brachyuran crab
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Summary:Two brachyuran species of the families Dynonemidae and Iphiculidae are reported from red coral beds in northern Taiwan. The dynonemid (Alcock, 1899) has hitherto been reported from the Andaman Sea, Japan, and Philippines and the species is here recorded for the first time from Taiwan. A new species of iphiculid, , is also described. The new , which also occurs in the Philippines, is superficially similar to Ihle, 1918, a species known from Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, and Vanuatu, but can be distinguished by distinct carapace, pleonal and male first gonopod features.
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Academic editor: S. De Grave
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.694.14871