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Issue: Vol. 1644 No. 1: 23 Nov. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1644.1.3
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 3

On a new genus and new species of deep-water spider crab from the Philippines (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majidae)

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BPA5, Nouméa cedex, New Caledonia
Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura Majidae taxonomy new genus new species Philippines

Abstract

A new genus and new species of majid crab, Kasagia arbastoi, is described from the Philippines. Superficially, Kasagia, new genus, is most similar to the pisine genera Eurynome Leach, 1814, Choniognathus Rathbun, 1932, and Seiitaoides Griffin & Tranter, 1986, but can immediately be separated by its simple carapace armature and extremely long chelipeds.

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