ON THE MISIDENTIFICATION OF A COMMON SANDY BEACH CRAB BELONGING TO THE GENUS OVALIPES-RATHBUN, 1898

Authors
SCHOEMAN DS COCKCROFT AC
Citation
Ds. Schoeman et Ac. Cockcroft, ON THE MISIDENTIFICATION OF A COMMON SANDY BEACH CRAB BELONGING TO THE GENUS OVALIPES-RATHBUN, 1898, South African journal of zoology, 28(2), 1993, pp. 124-125
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
South African journal of zoology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02541858
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
124 - 125
Database
ISI
SICI code
0254-1858(1993)28:2<124:OTMOAC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The three-spot swimming crab, a common intertidal resident of sandy be aches in southern Africa, has previously been misidentified as Ovalipe s punctatus (De Haan, 1833). Inspection of local specimens indicates t hat the valid name for this species is O. trimaculatus (De Haan, 1833) .