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Issue: Vol. 5642 No. 4: 30 May 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-05-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.4.3
Page range: 331-342
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On the identity of Pilumnopeus granulatus Balss, 1933 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnidae), and description of a new Pilumnopeus from Korea

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377; Republic of Singapore
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Research Institute of Oceanography; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea
Crustacea Intertidal crab Pilumnopeus serratifrons Pilumnopeus kimorum Korean fauna Pilumnoidea taxonomy

Abstract

The identity of the poorly known pilumnid crab, Pilumnopeus granulatus Balss, 1933, originally described as a subspecies of Pilumnopeus serratifrons Kinahan, 1856, from Fiji and New Guinea, is clarified based on examination of a syntype. A lectotype is designated and the species is figured and rediagnosed. Specimens from Korea previously assigned to this species are shown to belong to an undescribed taxon, here named Pilumnopeus kimorum sp. nov. The new species differs markedly from P. serratifrons and P. granulatus s. str. by the structures of the carapace, epistome, male pleon and first gonopods. Records of “Pilumnopeus granulatus” from Japan and the Philippines are also referred to as P. kimorum sp. nov.

 

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How to Cite

Ng, P.K.L. & Lee, S.-K. (2025) On the identity of Pilumnopeus granulatus Balss, 1933 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Pilumnidae), and description of a new Pilumnopeus from Korea. Zootaxa, 5642 (4), 331–342. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.4.3