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Issue: Vol. 1607 No. 1: 3 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1607.1.6
Page range: 63–67
Abstract views: 55
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Geosesarma from Palawan, Philippines (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Sesarmidae)

Zoology Division, National Museum of the Philippines, P. Burgos St., Manila, Philippines
Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore
Crustacea Brachyura Sesarmidae Geosesarma Palawan Philippines taxonomy

Abstract

A new species of semi-terrestrial, freshwater sesarmid crab, Geosesarma lawrencei, is described from Palawan, the Philippines. It is distinguished from its congeners by a unique suite of characters of the carapace, third maxilliped, ambulatory leg, and male first gonopod. This is the first species of Geosesarma described from Palawan and only the fourth from the Philippines.

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