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Vol. 63, 2024
(update: 2024.8.28)
The Brachyuran Crabs
(Crustacea: Decapoda) of Hong Kong: a Historical Review and Catalogue
Kingsley
J. H. Wong1,2 , Peter K. L. Ng3, Hsi-Te Shih4,
and Benny K. K. Chan2,*
doi:-
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 Research Center for
Global Change Biology, 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 381 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 a complete 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.
Supplementary
materials: Appendix 1丨Appendix 2丨Appendix 3丨Appendix 4丨Appendix 5
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