A review of the genus Spiropagurus Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguridae) from the China seas.
Three species of the genus Spiropagurus Stimpson, 1858, are reported in the present paper, including a new species, S. monospinosus sp. nov. This new species is easily recognized by the carpus of the cheliped bearing only one row of spines, whereas two rows are present in the other two species from the China seas. A key to all the species of Spiropagurus is provided.
School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, China. Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China; Email: 253825337@qq.com.
Yuan-Yuan
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Han
School of Life Science, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen 041004, China.; Email: unknown.
Jian-Mei
JM
An
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China.; Email: shazl@qdio.ac.cn.
Zhong-Li
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Sha
D000818:Animals; D033381:Anomura / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity