The identity of the semiterrestrial crab Terrathelphusa kuchingensis (Nobili, 1901) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae), with descriptions of four new species from southwestern Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Grinang J 1 , Ng PK 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.; Email: gjongkar@ibec.unimas.my
  • 2 Lee Kong Chian Natural History, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 6 Science Drive 2, 117543 Singapore.; Email: dbsngkl@nus.edu.sg
Zootaxa, 2015;3946(3):331-46.
PMID: 25947695 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.3.2

Abstract

Four new species of semiterrestrial gecarcinucid crabs are described from limestone and sandstone habitats in southwestern Sarawak, Malaysia: Terrathelphusa aglaia n. sp., T. cerina n. sp., T. kundong n. sp., and T. mas n. sp. The taxonomy of T. kuchingensis (Nobili, 1901) is discussed, its precise identity ascertained from fresh material, and its actual distribution determined. This increases the number of Terrathelphusa species in Borneo to eight.

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