REVISION OF THE ANCHIALINE VARUNINE CRABS OF THE GENUS ORCOVITA NG AND TOMASCIK, 1994 (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, BRACHYURA, GRAPSIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 4 NEW SPECIES

Authors
NG PKL GUINOT D ILIFFE TM
Citation
Pkl. Ng et al., REVISION OF THE ANCHIALINE VARUNINE CRABS OF THE GENUS ORCOVITA NG AND TOMASCIK, 1994 (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, BRACHYURA, GRAPSIDAE), WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 4 NEW SPECIES, The Raffles bulletin of zoology, 44(1), 1996, pp. 109-134
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
The Raffles bulletin of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02172445
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
109 - 134
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-2445(1996)44:1<109:ROTAVC>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Four new species of the varunine crab genus Orcovita Ng & Tomascik, 19 94, viz. O. gracilipes, O. mollitia, O. fictilia and O. angulata are d escribed from the Pacific islands of Niue, Guam and the Philippines. T he genus was previously considered monotypic, with only the Indonesian type species, O. saltatrix Ng & Tomascik, 1994. A key to the genus is provided. All known Orcovita species are anchialine and/or cavernicol ous crabs.