Additional slipper lobsters of the subfamily Scyllarinae Latreille, 1825 (Crustacea, Achelata, Scyllaridae) from Taiwan.

作者信息

Yang Chien-Hui, Lin Chia-Wei, Chan Tin-Yam

机构信息

Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 202 Taiwan, ROC; Email: unknown.

Department of Exhibition, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, 2 Houwan Road, Checheng, Pingtung 944, Taiwan, ROC Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Road, Shoufeng, Hualien 974, Taiwan, ROC; Email: unknown.

出版信息

Zootaxa. 2014 Aug 15;3852(3):336-46. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.3.3.

Five scyllarine lobsters are recorded from Taiwan for the first time. They are Bathyarctus rubens (Alcock & Anderson, 1894), Biarctus sordidus (Stimpson, 1860), Chelarctus aureus (Holthuis, 1963), Crenarctus bicuspidatus (De Man, 1905) and Petrarctus veliger Holthuis, 2002. The distributions of B. rubens, C. aureus and P. veliger are extended northwards to Taiwan. Distinguishing characters of these five species are illustrated and color photographs of all but B. sordidus are provided. Altogether, nine genera and 17 species of scyllarine lobsters are now known from Taiwan.