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Issue: Vol. 3513 No. 1: 10 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3513.1.5
Page range: 79–85
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of palicid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda: Brachyura: Palicidae) from the Andaman Sea, west coast of Thailand

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
Excellence Centre for Biodiversity of Peninsular Thailand (CBIPT), Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hatyai, Songkhla 90112, Thailand
Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura Palicidae Pseudopalicus new species Thailand Andaman Sea

Abstract

Pseudopalicus bidens (Brachyura, Palicidae) is described as a new species from the Andaman Sea, on the western coast of Thailand. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by its anterolateral teeth on each side of the carapace, with the first two being considerably larger than the last two, as well as for morphology of the gonopods. The new species will bring the number of described Pseudopalicus Moosa & Serene, 1981, species to twelve.

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