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Issue: Vol. 1029 No. 1: 5 Aug. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-08-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1029.1.2
Page range: 31–38
Abstract views: 73
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On a new species of coral-symbiont crab of the genus Cymo de Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae), from the South China Sea

National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 2 Houwan Road, Checheng, Pingtung, Taiwan 944, Republic of China
Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura Xanthidae Cymo new species South China Sea key

Abstract

A new species of obligate coral symbiont crab of the genus Cymo de Haan, 1833 (Brachyura: Xanthidae) is described from the Indonesian Anambas Islands in the South China Sea. The species is allied to C. deplanatus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873, but is easily distinguished by a suite of carapace, cheliped, male abdominal and gonopod characters. A revised key to the genus Cymo is presented.

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