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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