Vol. 63, 2024

(update: 2024.12.31)

The Brachyuran Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Hong Kong: a Historical Review and Catalogue

Kingsley J. H. Wong^1,2, Peter K. L. Ng³, Hsi-Te Shih⁴, and Benny K. K. Chan^2,*

¹Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan. E-mail: d09b44003@ntu.edu.tw (Wong)
²Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan. *Correspondence: E-mail: chankk@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Chan)
³Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117377, Republic of Singapore.
E-mail: peterng@nus.edu.sg (Ng)
⁴Department of Life Science and Global Change Biology Research Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
E-mail: htshih@dragon.nchu.edu.tw (Shih)

(Received 18 April 2023 / Accepted 19 July 2024 / Published -- 2024)
Communicated by Ryuji Machida

The brachyuran crab fauna of subtropical Hong Kong is documented and an updated catalogue presented of all known species. Starting with the milestone studies by William Stimpson in the 1850s, many generations of workers have since added to the knowledge of this fauna. In the previous summary of the fauna by Chia-Jui Shen in 1940, 187 species were reported. Eight decades later, we now report 382 species from 27 superfamilies and 49 families, of which 22 species are new records. The present paper also reviews the history of carcinology in Hong Kong. The taxonomy of each species is treated, and acomplete scientific bibliography is presented as far as possible.

Key words: Hong Kong, Brachyuran fauna, Historical review, Literature, Taxonomy, Biodiversity, New records

Citation: Wong KJH, Ng PKL, Shih HT, Chan BKK. 2024. The brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Hong Kong: a historical review and catalogue. Zool Stud 63:38. doi:10.6620/ZS.2024.63-38.

Supplementary materials: Appendix 1丨Appendix 2丨Appendix 3丨Appendix 4丨Appendix 5