Calappa karenae, a new species of box crab from Guam (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Calappidae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 19 Jul 2012 Singapore Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 3,393 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Ng, P.K.L.; Lai, J.C.Y.;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3393.1.5 , 10.5281/zenodo.211197

Calappa karenae, a new species of box crab from Guam (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Calappidae)

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A new deep-water species of box crab, Calappa karenae sp. nov. (Brachyura: Calappidae) is described from Guam. Thenew species differs from its congeners by its distinctive colouration and conspicuously wide carapace. It is one of the largest Calappa species known from the Indo-West Pacific.

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Singapore

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570, Arthropoda, Biodiversity, Calappidae, Deep water, New species, Decapoda, Guam, Animalia, Calappa karenae, Malacostraca, Taxonomy

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