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<mods:titleid="DBA3370AA2AC2D66CFD3136074D94FD6">Deep-sea spider crabs of the families Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 and Inachidae MacLeay, 1838, from the South China Sea, with descriptions of two new species (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea)</mods:title>
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(only the measurement of the largest specimen is given: 10.6 × 10.0 mm) (
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1998.458), Tashi, P.K.L. Ng leg.,
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1999.0769), I-Lan County, Tachi fish port, P.K.L. Ng & K. Lim leg.,
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1968.2.1.37), Cr. 4/64, stn 59, T/174, no other collection data.
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<bibRefCitationid="4F6D50BAFF9EFFEFFE76EEADFDCAFE77"author="Rathbun"box="[435,615,414,440]"firstAuthor="Rathbun"pageId="30"pageNumber="31"pagination="527 - 559"refId="ref17709"refString="Rathbun M. J. 1916. New species of crabs of the families Inachidae and Parthenopidae. [Scientific results of the Philippine Cruise of the Fisheries Steamer " Albatross, " 1907 - 1910. - No. 34]. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50 (2135): 527 - 559. Available from http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 10042 [accessed 27 Jul. 2017]."type="journal article"year="1916">Rathbun, 1916</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="4F6D50BAFF9EFFEFFF00EEF1FE07FE13"author="Rathbun"box="[197,426,449,476]"firstAuthor="Rathbun"pageId="30"pageNumber="31"pagination="527 - 559"refId="ref17709"refString="Rathbun M. J. 1916. New species of crabs of the families Inachidae and Parthenopidae. [Scientific results of the Philippine Cruise of the Fisheries Steamer " Albatross, " 1907 - 1910. - No. 34]. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50 (2135): 527 - 559. Available from http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 10042 [accessed 27 Jul. 2017]."type="journal article"year="1916">Rathbun 1916: 530</bibRefCitation>
) without figures. Guinot & Richer de Forges (1986) first published photographs of the
The present large female specimen from the SCS material has a granulated carapace. On the interior border of the branchial region, there is a series of three strongly curved spines (
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), whereas the Taiwanese specimen has a series of five weak spines (
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). On the thoracic sternum, there is a line of sharp spines adjacent to the margins of the abdomen. Compared to the material from
<bibRefCitationid="4F6D50BAFF9EFFEFFB9EEDCAFAA7FCDC"author="Rathbun"box="[1115,1290,761,787]"firstAuthor="Rathbun"pageId="30"pageNumber="31"pagination="527 - 559"refId="ref17709"refString="Rathbun M. J. 1916. New species of crabs of the families Inachidae and Parthenopidae. [Scientific results of the Philippine Cruise of the Fisheries Steamer " Albatross, " 1907 - 1910. - No. 34]. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50 (2135): 527 - 559. Available from http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 10042 [accessed 27 Jul. 2017]."type="journal article"year="1916">Rathbun, 1916</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="4F6D50BAFF9EFFEFFCEBEC2EFC70FCF8"author="Rathbun"box="[814,989,797,823]"firstAuthor="Rathbun"pageId="30"pageNumber="31"pagination="527 - 559"refId="ref17709"refString="Rathbun M. J. 1916. New species of crabs of the families Inachidae and Parthenopidae. [Scientific results of the Philippine Cruise of the Fisheries Steamer " Albatross, " 1907 - 1910. - No. 34]. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 50 (2135): 527 - 559. Available from http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / part / 10042 [accessed 27 Jul. 2017]."type="journal article"year="1916">Rathbun, 1916</bibRefCitation>
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, that was collected from the Indian Ocean. Unfortunately,
This species seems to be very common in the northern Taiwanese waters (
<bibRefCitationid="4F6D50BAFF9EFFEFFBD3ECE0FB5FFC22"author="Ng & Huang"box="[1046,1266,979,1006]"firstAuthor="Ng"pageId="30"pageNumber="31"pagination="261 - 276"refId="ref17084"refString="Ng P. K. L. & Huang J. - F. 1997. Unrecorded crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Taiwan and Tungsha Islands, with description of a new genus and species of Xanthidae. Zoological Studies 36 (4): 261 - 276."type="journal article"year="1997">Ng & Huang 1997</bibRefCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="4F6D50BAFF9EFFEFFCD6ECC4FC5CFBDF"author="Ng & Huang"box="[787,1009,1014,1041]"firstAuthor="Ng"pageId="30"pageNumber="31"pagination="261 - 276"refId="ref17084"refString="Ng P. K. L. & Huang J. - F. 1997. Unrecorded crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Taiwan and Tungsha Islands, with description of a new genus and species of Xanthidae. Zoological Studies 36 (4): 261 - 276."type="journal article"year="1997">Ng & Huang 1997</bibRefCitation>
), and has been reported from the SCS by
<bibRefCitationid="4F6D50BAFF9EFFEFFED8EB29FD26FBFB"author="Serene & Lohavanijaya"box="[285,651,1049,1076]"firstAuthor="Serene"pageId="30"pageNumber="31"pagination="1 - 186"refId="ref18558"refString="Serene R. & Lohavanijaya P. 1973. The Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda) collected by the Naga Expedition, including a review of the Homolidae. Naga Report. Scientific Results of Marine Investigations of the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand 4 (4): 1 - 186."type="journal article"year="1973">Serène & Lohavanijaya (1973)</bibRefCitation>