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Issue: Vol. 4497 No. 3: 10 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.3.3
Page range: 381–397
Abstract views: 95
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Cave-dwelling crabs of the genus Karstarma from lava tubes of the volcano ‘Piton de la Fournaise’, in Réunion Island, with description of a new species and redescription of Karstarma jacksoni (Balss, 1934) from Christmas Island (Decapoda, Brachyura, Sesarmidae)

École Navale, BCRM Brest, École navale et groupe des écoles du Poulmic, CC 600, F-29240 Brest cedex 09, France.
Association citoyenne de Saint-Pierre, 12, Rue Caumont, Saint-Pierre, 97410 La Réunion.
Les Avirons, 97425 La Réunion.
Crustacea Grapsoidea Indian Ocean endemic species cave-dwelling species taxonomy

Abstract

Sesarmid crabs of the genus Karstarma Davie & Ng, 2007 are reported for the first time in the Western Indian Ocean: they were discovered in the lava tubes of the volcano ‘Piton de la Fournaise’, Réunion Island. A new species, morphologically similar to Karstarma jacksoni (Balss, 1934) from Christmas Island, Eastern Indian Ocean, is recognized and described. A redescription of K. jacksoni is also provided. A second species is recognized, but being represented in the collection by a single juvenile, it cannot be identified to species level until more collections are made in the lava tubes. [Zoobank: http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/C70A95B2-D667-491D-BD35-5DF32E3FFB08]

 

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