Three new species of thalassinidean shrimps (Crustacea, Axiidae and Calocarididae) from Taiwan

Abstract

Three new species of Thalassinidea are described from deep warer (350-400 m) off Taiwan: Acanthaxius formosa and Acanthaxius grandis (family Axiidae), and Calastacus crosnieri (family Calocarididae). The laner is rhe first record of rhe genus from rhe wesrern Pacific, and rhe fifth species to be described. Six species of Acanthaxius have previously been described, five from rhe Pacific, and one from rhe wesrern Adantic.