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Issue: Vol. 3626 No. 3: 14 Mar. 2013
Type: Articles
Published: 2013-03-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3626.3.7
Page range: 391–396
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 3

Taxonomy and ecology of the Cape Town Spider Crab, Macropodia falcifera (Stimpson, 1858) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Inachidae)

Tropical Marine Science Institute and Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
5, rue Félix Franchette, 98800 Nouméa, New Caledonia
Southern Underwater Research Group, South Africa
Crustacea Brachyura Inachidae Macropodia falcifera taxonomy ecology South Africa

Abstract

The nomenclature and taxonomy of the Cape Town Spider Crab, Macropodia falcifera Stimpson, 1858, is treated. The species is rediagnosed and figured, and its ecology discussed. A key is also provided of the Indo-West Pacific species of Macropodia.

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