The pea crab Orthotheres haliotidis new species (Decapoda : Brachyura : Pinnotheridae) in the Australian abalone Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758 and Haliotis squamata Reeve, 1846 (Gastropoda : Vetigastropoda : Haliotidae)

Authors
Geiger, DL Martin, JW
Citation
Dl. Geiger et Jw. Martin, The pea crab Orthotheres haliotidis new species (Decapoda : Brachyura : Pinnotheridae) in the Australian abalone Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758 and Haliotis squamata Reeve, 1846 (Gastropoda : Vetigastropoda : Haliotidae), B MARIN SCI, 64(2), 1999, pp. 269-280
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Aquatic Sciences
Journal title
BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE
ISSN journal
00074977 → ACNP
Volume
64
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
269 - 280
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-4977(199903)64:2<269:TPCOHN>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A new species of pinnotherid crab, Orthotheres haliotidis, is described fro m two species of Australian abalone, Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758, and H . squamata Reeve, 1846. Its morphology is recorded using light and scanning electron microscopy. The report is the second record of the predominantly American genus Orthotheres in the western Pacific, the first confirmed reco rd of a pinnotherid crab from any species of abalone, and the first record of a pinnotherid associated with H. squamata.