[Short Note] Quadrella maculosa Alock, 1989, a Genus and Species of Shallow-water Xanthid Crab (Brachyura: Xanthoidea: Trapeziidae) New to Taiwan
Hsi-Te Shih
Institute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 804, R.O.C.
Hin-Kiu Mok
Institute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 804, R.O.C.
This is the 1st record of the genus and species of the xanthid crab, Quadrella maculosa Alcock, 1898, to be reported for the carcinological fauna of Taiwan. This species was symbiotically associated with the black coral Antipathes sp. (Order Antipatharia), and was collected from the sea bottom at a depth of 53 m depth offshore from Nanwan, Pingtung County in southern Taiwan. It is distinguished from other congeneric species by the armature of the carpus and the merus of the chelipeds, and the dactyls of the pereiopods.
Keywords
New record, Crustacean, Taxonomy, Symbiosis, Antipatharian Coral
