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Issue: Vol. 4250 No. 5: 7 Apr. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-04-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.5.5
Page range: 475–483
Abstract views: 63
PDF downloaded: 3

On the taxonomy of two poorly known species of Geosesarma De Man, 1892 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) from the Philippines

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377.
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum for Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746 USA.
Crustacea Philippines redescription types Sesarmidae Geosesarma systematics

Abstract

The identities of two poorly-known species of semiterrestrial crabs of the genus Geosesarma De Man, 1892, from the Philippines, are clarified. The types of Sesarma (Sesarma) vicentense Rathbun, 1914 (from Luzon), and Sesarma (Geosesarma) rathbunae Serène, 1968 (from Panay), are examined and both species are rediagnosed with detailed figures. Comparisons with allied congeners are also provided.

 

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