title: [A case of malformation in Pachycheles serratus (Decapoda: Porcellanidae)].
abstract: An adult male of Pachycheles serratus with a malformation on the right cheliped was found during a collection of anomuran crabs in coastal waters of the peninsula de Macanao, Margarita island, Venezuela. The specimen was found at La Carmela beach (11 degrees 04'N-64 degrees 20'W), and featured a bifurcated fixed finger on the right cheliped.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Oriente, Núcleo de Nueva Esparta, Escuela de Ciencias Aplicadas del Mar, Grupo de Trabajo en Carcinología, 658 - Porlamar 6301, Isla de Margarita, Venezuela. clira@ne.udo.edu.ve
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lira
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Bolaños
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D033364:Decapoda; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital / Q000662:veterinary*; D008297:Male; D014687:Venezuela