A new species of Neoliomera Odhner, 1925, from the western Pacific, and the first record of N. demani Forest &amp; Guinot, 1961, from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae)

P.-H. HO; PETER K. L. NG

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3826.3.8

Issue: Vol. 3826 No. 3: 1 Jul. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-07-01

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3826.3.8

Page range: 579–590

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**A new species of Neoliomera Odhner, 1925, from the western Pacific, and the first record of N. demani Forest & Guinot, 1961, from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae)**

P.-H. HO⁺⁻
PETER K. L. NG⁺⁻

Department of Environment Biology and Fishery Science, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung, Taiwan 202, R.O.C.

Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore.

Crustacea Brachyura Xanthidae Neoliomera taxonomy new species Neoliomera demani new record Taiwan Guam Hawaiian Islands

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Abstract

A new species of a strikingly coloured xanthid crab of the genus Neoliomera Odhner, 1925, is described from coral reefs in Guam, Taiwan, and the Hawaiian Islands. The new species is allied to N. pubescens (H. Milne Edwards, 1834), and N. demani Forest & Guinot, 1961, but differs in the form of the carapace armature, frontal margin, structure of the chela, proportions of the ambulatory merus and the form of the male first gonopod. Neoliomera demani is also recorded from Taiwan for the first time and aspects of its taxonomy are discussed.

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