New distribution records of the gall crab Opecarcinus cathyae van der Meij, 2014 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae) from the Red Sea, Maldives and Japan

Sancia E. T. van der Meij; Francesca Benzoni; Michael L. Berumen; Tohru Naruse

doi:10.1007/s12526-016-0598-7

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New distribution records of the gall crab Opecarcinus cathyae van der Meij, 2014 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae) from the Red Sea, Maldives and Japan

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New distribution records of the gall crab Opecarcinus cathyae van der Meij, 2014 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae) from the Red Sea, Maldives and Japan

Sancia E. T. van der Meij, Francesca Benzoni, Michael L. Berumen and Tohru Naruse

Marine biodiversity, Vol.48(3), pp.1611-1613

01/09/2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0598-7

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The gall crab Opecarcinus cathyae van der Meij, 2014 has been reported from various localities in Indonesia and Malaysia. Recent surveys in the Red Sea, Maldives and Japan yielded additional specimens of O. cathyae, considerably expanding the known distribution range of this species to the east and west. The identity of O. cathyae was confirmed based on COI sequence data, revealing identical haplotypes for the Red Sea, Maldivian and Japanese material and three haplotypes in the Indonesian material. Opecarcinus cathyae has one of the widest known recorded distribution ranges for all gall crab species.

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Title: New distribution records of the gall crab Opecarcinus cathyae van der Meij, 2014 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae) from the Red Sea, Maldives and Japan
Creators - without role: Sancia E. T. van der Meij - Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Francesca Benzoni - University of Milano-Bicocca
Michael L. Berumen - King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Tohru Naruse - University of the Ryukyus
Publication Details: Marine biodiversity, Vol.48(3), pp.1611-1613
Publisher: Springer Nature
Number of pages: 3
Grant note: TREUB-maatschappij (Society for the Advancement of Research in the Tropics) John Fell Oxford University Press Research Fund CRG-1-BER-002 / King Abdullah University of Science and Technology under the Biodiversity in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea program Academy Ecology Fund (KNAW)
Identifiers: 9944261708331
Academic Unit: King Abdullah University of Science & Technology
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article