Two new species of the freshwater crab genus sundathelphusa bott, 1969 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from negros island, philippines

Creator

Daniel Edison M. Husana, University of the Philippines Los Banos
Tomoki Kase, National Museum of Nature and Science
Jose Christopher E. Mendoza, National University of Singapore

Issue Date

5-2015

Abstract

Two new, long-legged species of the freshwater crab genus Sundathelphusa Bott, 1969, are described from the island of Negros in the central Philippines. These are Sundathelphusa orsoni, new species, from the forested foothills of Mount Kanlaon in the northern region of the island, and S. niwangtiil, new species, a troglophilic species from the hilly southern region. These two species are similar to Philippine congeners such as S. longipes (Balss, 1937), S. wolterecki Balss, (1937), S. sutteri (Bott, 1970), S. celer (Ng, 1991), and S. holthuisi Ng, 2010, but can be distinguished from these, and from each other, by the morphology of the carapace, pereopods, male thoracic sternum, pleon, and gonopods.

Source or Periodical Title

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volume

63

Page

226-236

Document Type

Article

Physical Description

illustrations

Language

English

Subject

Decapoda, Gecarcinucoidea, Mambaho cave, Mambukal, Negros Island, New species, Philippines

Recommended Citation

Husana, D.E.M., Kase, T., Mendoza, J.C.E. (2015). Two new species of the freshwater crab genus Sundathelphusa Bott, 1969 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from Negros Island, Philippines. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 63, 226–236.

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