Crustacea Decapoda: Palinuridae, Scyllaridae and Nephropidae collected in Indonesia by the KARUBAR Cruise, with an identification key for the species of Metanephrops

Abstract

The Lobsters collected by the KARUBAR cruise from Indonesia are examined. Twenty-one species are identified, ten of which being newly recorded in Indonesia. Moreover, the KARUBAR cruise obtained an intact specimen of Metanephrops aralurensis (de Man, 1905) and a re-description is given for this poorly known species. The four species groups in Metanephrops are redefined and a revised key to the species of Metanephrops is provided.