Rediscovery of Orientotlosiishibai Sakai, 1980 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Leucosiidae) in Taiwan

The leucosiid crab Orientotlos iishibai Sakai, 1980 was described from one female collected off western Japan and had never been reported since. The species is now recorded from southwestern Taiwan for the first time, and is redescribed and figured at length. Although Sakai argued that Orientotlos S...

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Published inZooKeys Vol. 1053; pp. 185 - 195
Main Authors Ng, Peter K L, Chan, Tin-Yam
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pensoft Publishers 02.08.2021
Subjects
Asia
Cenozoic
Crustacea
Decapoda
Leucosiidae
Systematics
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Summary:The leucosiid crab Orientotlos iishibai Sakai, 1980 was described from one female collected off western Japan and had never been reported since. The species is now recorded from southwestern Taiwan for the first time, and is redescribed and figured at length. Although Sakai argued that Orientotlos Sakai, 1980, is closely related to Oreophorus Rüppell, 1830 and Atlantotlos Doflein, 1904, the genus is actually morphologically most similar to Merocryptus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873. The two genera, however, still differ markedly in a number of key carapace and cheliped characters.
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Academic editor: Sameer Pati
ISSN:1313-2989
1313-2970
DOI:10.3897/zookeys.1053.67326