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Type: Article
Published: 2015-02-03
Page range: 263–271
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Zehntneriana serrata n. sp., a new species of pilumnid crab from southern Taiwan (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore.
National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan; and Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan
Crustacea Brachyura Pilumnidae Zehntneriana serrata n. sp. taxonomy Taiwan

Abstract

A new species of rhizopine crab, Zehntneriana serrata (Pilumnidae) is described from a coral reef in southern Taiwan. The new species differs from congeners by its smooth and glabrous carapace, prominently serrated anterolateral margins, elongated ambulatory legs with a serrated anterior margin of the merus, and the diagnostic morphology of the male first gonopod.