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First report of the swimming crab Ovalipes iridescens (Miers, 1886) (Brachyura, Portunidae) from Taiwan

First report of the swimming crab Ovalipes iridescens (Miers, 1886) (Brachyura, Portunidae) from... <jats:p>The portunid crab <jats:italic>Ovalipes iridescens</jats:italic> (Miers, 1886) is reported for the first time from the marine waters of Taiwan, and is just the second <jats:italic>Ovalipes</jats:italic> species known from this region. The only previously known <jats:italic>Ovalipes</jats:italic> species from Taiwan is a commercially-used species, <jats:italic>Ovalipes punctatus</jats:italic> (De Haan, 1833). The present study provides morphological and distributional data, and discusses the variability of the external morphology. The colour pattern of the body and the shape of the male gonopods of the newly recorded <jats:italic>O. iridescens</jats:italic> are illustrated.</jats:p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

First report of the swimming crab Ovalipes iridescens (Miers, 1886) (Brachyura, Portunidae) from Taiwan

Koch, M.; Ďuriš Z.; Huang, J. F.; Chan, T. Y.
Crustaceana , Volume 87 (14): 1640 – Jan 1, 2014
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Brill
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Copyright 2014 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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0011-216x
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1568-5403
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10.1163/15685403-00003386
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Abstract

<jats:p>The portunid crab <jats:italic>Ovalipes iridescens</jats:italic> (Miers, 1886) is reported for the first time from the marine waters of Taiwan, and is just the second <jats:italic>Ovalipes</jats:italic> species known from this region. The only previously known <jats:italic>Ovalipes</jats:italic> species from Taiwan is a commercially-used species, <jats:italic>Ovalipes punctatus</jats:italic> (De Haan, 1833). The present study provides morphological and distributional data, and discusses the variability of the external morphology. The colour pattern of the body and the shape of the male gonopods of the newly recorded <jats:italic>O. iridescens</jats:italic> are illustrated.</jats:p>

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Crustaceana – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2014

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