A Distant Record of the Cavernicolous Land Crab, Discoplax gracilipes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gecarcinidae) from Japan

A single specimen of gecarcinid crab, Discoplax gracilipes Ng and Guinot, 2001, was collected from an anchialine pool in a cave on Hateruma Island, southern Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan. This species was previously known only from the central Philippines. The present specimen represents th...

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Main Authors: Hirozumi Kobayashi, Tohru Naruse
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 2023-08-01
Series:Species Diversity
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