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Issue: Vol. 5476 No. 1: 4 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5476.1.29
Page range: 358-392
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On the genus Lyphira Galil, 2009 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Leucosiidae), with descriptions of four new species from the West Pacific

Research Center for Marine and Land Bioindustry; National Research and Innovation Agency; Dusun Teluk Kodek; Pemenang; Lombok Utara 83756; NTB; Indonesia
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377; Republic of Singapore
Crustacea Taxonomy Leucosioidea pebble crabs Western Pacific revision species-complex comparative morphology

Abstract

The taxonomy of the shallow water leucosiid crab, Lyphira heterograna (Ortmann, 1892), is revised on the basis of the lectotype and material from Japan, southern China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia previously identified with this species. Six species are now recognised in the Lyphira heterograna species-group, of which four are new species: L. chomel n. sp., L. ngankee n. sp., L. linda n. sp., and L. bellagrana n. sp. Philyra acutidens Chen, 1987, described from the Yellow Sea and previously synonymized with L. heterograna, is recognised as a valid species. These species are redescribed, figured and compared with congeners.

 

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