“ Symmetrical ” hermit crabs of the family Pylochelidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) collected by the “ BIOPAPUA ” and “ PAPUA NIUGINI ” expeditions in the Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of two new species
Author
Komai, Tomoyuki
Author
Chan, Tin-Yam
text
Zootaxa
2016
4088
3
301
328
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.1
c09a5f42-c1ac-4b6c-a98d-d836a56711db
1175-5326
267464
D055AB86-A0A2-4E30-8671-4B0990C478FB
Genus
Xylocheles
Forest, 1987
Remarks
.
Xylocheles
was originally established as a subgenus of
Pylocheles
by Forest (1987a), but subsequently raised to a full genus by McLaughlin & Lemaitre (2009). One species,
X. macrops
, is recorded from the study areas.