Intertidal Xanthid Crabs of Taiwan
A study on the diversity of the intertidal xanthid crabs
collected over the past 25+ years in Taiwan has been conducted. This
study reports 24 species, distributed across seven subfamilies and 16
genera including one new genus record (i.e.,
Lioxanthodes
Calman, 1909) for Taiwan. Of these recognized species, five are new
records for Taiwan, one is new to science, four are unnamed, and 14
have been previously reported. The five newly recorded species are Chlorodiella barbata (Borradaile,
1900), Etisus frontalis
(Dana, 1852), Lioxanthodes alcocki
Calman, 1909, and Macromedaeus
quinquedentatus (Krauss, 1843), and Pilodius nigrocrinitus Stimpson,
1859. Additionally, the new species, Cyclodius
taiwanensis sp. nov., is described herein.

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