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Issue: Vol. 3852 No. 3: 15 Aug. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-08-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.3.3
Page range: 336–346
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 3

Additional slipper lobsters of the subfamily Scyllarinae Latreille, 1825 (Crustacea, Achelata, Scyllaridae) from Taiwan

Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202 Taiwan, ROC
Department of Exhibition, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 2 Houwan Road, Checheng, Pingtung 944, Taiwan, ROC Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Road, Shoufeng, Hualien 974, Taiwan, ROC
Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202 Taiwan, ROC Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202, Taiwan, ROC
Scyllarinae new records Taiwan

Abstract

Five scyllarine lobsters are recorded from Taiwan for the first time. They are Bathyarctus rubens (Alcock & Anderson, 1894), Biarctus sordidus (Stimpson, 1860), Chelarctus aureus (Holthuis, 1963), Crenarctus bicuspidatus (De Man, 1905) and Petrarctus veliger Holthuis, 2002. The distributions of B. rubens, C. aureus and P. veliger are extended northwards to Taiwan. Distinguishing characters of these five species are illustrated and color photographs of all but B. sordidus are provided. Altogether, nine genera and 17 species of scyllarine lobsters are now known from Taiwan.