dc:creator"Davie, Peter J. F.; Wisespongpand, Puntip; Shih, Hsi-Te";
dc:date"2013";
dc:title"A new species of Mictyris Latreille, 1806 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Mictyridae) from the Andaman coast of Thailand, with notes on its ecology and behaviour";
dc:description"FIGURE 2. A – C, Mictyris thailandensis sp. nov., A, left cheliped (holotype male); B, C, lateral and ventral views of distal portion of G 1 (paratype male, QM-W 29184, 13.3 × 14.4 mm). D, Mictyris brevidactylus Stimpson, 1858, from Taiwan (ZRC 1998), ventral view of distal portion of G 1. E, Mictyris guinotae Davie, Shih & Chan, 2010, from Amami Ohsima, Kagoshima Prefecture (QM-W 28923), ventral view of distal portion of G 1.";
dc:description"FIGURE 3. A – F, Mictyris thailandensis sp. nov., live colour patterns: A, B, adult colouring, Pakbara Beach, Satun Province, southern Andaman coast; C, sub-adult colouring, Ao Tang Khoen, Phuket; D, E, juvenile colouring, Bang Toei Pa Khlok, Thalang, Phuket; F, adult male, Pakbara Beach. G, H, Mictyris guinotae Davie, Shih & Chan, 2010, adult male from Funaura Bay, Iriomote I., Ryukyus (holotype, QM-W 28919, CW 13.7 mm). I, Mictyris brevidactylus Stimpson, 1858, from Taiwan. (Photos A, B, F, Puntip Wisespongpand; C, Peter K. L. Ng; D, E, I, Hsi-Te Shih; G, H, Tohru Naruse).";
dc:description"FIGURE 4. Mictyris thailandensis sp. nov., A, type locality, Pakbara Beach, Satun Province, southern Andaman Sea coast, Thailand; B, cork-screw burrowing behaviour; C, typical extensive sand “ hummocks ” covering the area following sub-surface feeding behaviour; D, crabs make vertical burrows, and at least at the type locality the sand becomes black and anoxic at about 10 cm from the surface; E, typical habitat at Bang Toei Pa Khlok, Thalang, Phuket; F, juvenile specimens found at Bang Toei Pa Khlok. (Photos A – D, Puntip Wisespongpand; E, F, Hsi-Te Shih).";