Further records of thalassinidean shrimps from Taiwan (Decapoda : Axiidae and Calocartdidae), with descriptions of three new species

Three axiid species and one calocaridid are recorded from Taiwan. The three deepwater species are described as new: Calaxius manningi, having a finely pitted carapace and strongly spinose chelipeds; Calocarides chani, which p ossesses finely tuberculate first chelipeds; and Ambiaxius foveolatus, whic h has a shallowly pitted carapace branchiostegite. Neaxius acanthus (A. Mil ne Edwards) is recorded from the coral reefs of Taiwan.