Cherusius triunguiculatus Borradaile 1902

Cherusius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902) (Fig. 1 A) Material examined. 1 male (4.7 mm × 3.7 mm), 1 female (6.1 mm × 4.6 mm), Piko, Easter Island, coll. C. B. Boyko & S. Reanier, 31 August 1999 (ZRC 2016.0121). Geographical distribution. Indo-West Pacific and Tropical Eastern Pacific regions (Castro 2011). Remarks. Low & Ng (2012) introduced Cherusius as a replacement name for the preoccupied Jonesius Sankarankutty, 1962. This is the first record of the species from Easter Island. It is considered an obligate symbiont of scleractinian corals (Castro 2015).

Published as part of Boyko, Christopher B., Mendoza, Jose C. E. & Castro, Peter, 2017, New records of coral-associated crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Carpilioidea, Trapezoidea) from Easter Island, pp. 487-494 in Zootaxa 4216 (5) on page 488, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.242372

Keywords

Arthropoda, Decapoda, Cherusius, Domeciidae, Animalia, Biodiversity, Malacostraca, Cherusius triunguiculatus, Taxonomy

Impact byBIP!

	selected citations These citations are derived from selected sources. This is an alternative to the "Influence" indicator, which also reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	0
	popularity This indicator reflects the "current" impact/attention (the "hype") of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network.	Average
	influence This indicator reflects the overall/total impact of an article in the research community at large, based on the underlying citation network (diachronically).	Average
	impulse This indicator reflects the initial momentum of an article directly after its publication, based on the underlying citation network.	Average