CRABS OF THE FAMILY HEXAPODIDAE (DECAPODA:BRACHYURA) FROM TAIWAN, WITH DESCRIPTION OFA NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES

Jung-Fu Huang; Pan-Wen Hsueh; Peter K. L. Ng

doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0651:COTFHD]2.0.CO;2

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1 August 2002 CRABS OF THE FAMILY HEXAPODIDAE (DECAPODA:BRACHYURA) FROM TAIWAN, WITH DESCRIPTION OFA NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES

Jung-Fu Huang, Pan-Wen Hsueh, Peter K. L. Ng

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J. of Crustacean Biology, 22(3):651-660 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0651:COTFHD]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

Hexapodid crabs are recorded from Taiwan for the first time. A new genus and new species, Latohexapus granosus, is described. Most similar to Hexapus and Hexapinus, Latohexapus can easily be distinguished by its proportionately much broader carapace with prominent granulated and well-defined regions, a very broad thoracic sternum which has a deep transverse groove between thoracic sternites 3 and 4, and a male first pleopod which extends well beyond the male telson. Paeduma orientalis (Rathbun, 1909) is also recorded from Taiwan on the basis of a female specimen.

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Jung-Fu Huang, Pan-Wen Hsueh, and Peter K. L. Ng "CRABS OF THE FAMILY HEXAPODIDAE (DECAPODA:BRACHYURA) FROM TAIWAN, WITH DESCRIPTION OFA NEW GENUS AND NEW SPECIES," Journal of Crustacean Biology 22(3), 651-660, (1 August 2002). https://doi.org/10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0651:COTFHD]2.0.CO;2

Received: 3 October 2001; Accepted: 28 January 2002; Published: 1 August 2002

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