title: On the genus Scalopidia Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea: Scalopidiidae), with the description of one new genus and three new species.
abstract: A revision of Scalopidia Stimpson, 1858 (Brachyura: Goneplacoidea: Scalopidiidae) has resulted in the description of two new species of Scalopidia from the Indian Ocean and Papua New Guinea, as well as a new genus and new species from Madagascar. The type species of Scalopidia, S. spinosipes Stimpson, 1858, is redescribed and Hypophthalmus leuchochirus Richters, in Lenz & Richters, 1881, is synonymised with S. spinosipes.
authors.affiliation: Tropical Marine Science Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore; Email: peterng@nus.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Peter K L
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.affiliation: Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California 91768-4032, USA.; Email: pcastro@csupomona.edu.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003386:Brachyura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification* / Q000502:physiology; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity