http://scholars.ntou.edu.tw/handle/123456789/15204
Title: | Symmetrical hermit crabs of the family Pylochelidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) collected by the BIOPAPUA and PAPUA NIUGINI expeditions in the Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species | Authors: | Komai, Tomoyuki Chan, Tin-Yam |
Keywords: | EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY;PAGUROIDEA;SEA | Issue Date: | 10-Mar-2016 | Publisher: | MAGNOLIA PRESS | Journal Volume: | 4088 | Journal Issue: | 3 | Start page/Pages: | 301-328 | Source: | ZOOTAXA | Abstract: | Collections made during the recent expeditions to Papua New Guinea (BIOPAPUA, 2010; PAPUA NIUGINI, 2012) yielded a total of 12 species from the symmetrical hermit crab family Pylochelidae, including two new to science: Bathycheles incisus (Forest, 1987), B. integer (Forest, 1987), Cheiroplatea laticauda Boas, 1926, C. pumicicola Forest, 1987, C. rotundioculus n. sp., Pylocheles mortensenii Boas, 1926, and Xylocheles macrops (Forest, 1987) (Pylochelinae); Parapylocheles scorpio (Alcock, 1894), Trizocheles manningi Forest, 1987, T. moosai Forest, 1987, T. sakaii Forest, 1987, and T. spinidigitus n. sp. (Trizochelinae). Affinities of the two new species are discussed. Parapylocheles scorpio, Trizocheles manningi and T. sakaii are recorded from the South Pacific for the first time. Revised identification keys to species of Cheiroplatea and Trizocheles are provided. |
URI: | http://scholars.ntou.edu.tw/handle/123456789/15204 | ISSN: | 1175-5326 | DOI: | 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.1 |
Appears in Collections: | 海洋生物研究所 14 LIFE BELOW WATER |
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.