Revision of Lissoporcellana streptochiroides (Johnson, 1970) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae), with description of a new species of Lissoporcellana Haig, 1978 from Beibu Bay, South China Sea.

Short Communication:A subtidal porcellanid crab, Petrolisthes militaris (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura), from the Persian Gulf, Iran

Galatheid and chirostylid crustaceans (Decapoda: Anomura) from a cold seep environment in the northeastern South China Sea.

Six species of squat lobsters from a cold seep field in the northeastern South China Sea are studied. Two new species, Uroptychus jiaolongae n. sp. and U. spinulosus n. sp., are described, and their distinctions from the related species are detailed. Two species, Munidopsis tuberosa Osawa, Lin & Chan, 2008 and M. verrilli Benedict, 1902, are herein reported for the first time from a cold seep/h...

A new and distinctive species of the hermit crab genus Catapaguropsis (Crusta- cea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae) from the South China Sea

The diagnosis of the recently described hermit crab genus Catapaguropsis Lemaitre & McLaughlin, 2006 is emended to accommodate a second distinctive new species, Catapaguropsis brucei n. sp., which does not exhibit the sexual dimorphism described for the type species, C. queenslandica Lemaitre & McLaughlin, 2006. Catapaguropsis brucei n. sp. is characterized by the marked reduction, in both sexe...

Rediscovery and range extension of Ciliopagurus liui Forest, 1995 and description of a new species of Pagurus Fabricius, 1775 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from the Kerala State, southwestern India.

Two species of paguroid hermit crabs, Ciliopagurus liui Forest, 1995 (Diogenidae) and Pagurus spinossior n. sp. (Paguridae), are reported from the Kerala State, southwestern India. Ciliopagurus liui, is first recorded from the Indian Ocean. This species was originally described on the basis of a single male specimen from the Tonkin Gulf in the South China Sea, though its geographical range also...

Megalobrachium poeyi (Crustacea, Decapoda, Porcellanidae): Comparison between Larval Development in Atlantic and Pacific Specimens Reared in the Laboratory'

THE P ORCEL LANID CRAB GENUS Megalobrachium, which contains 11 known species, is confined to the new world. M egalobrachium poeyi (Guerin-Meneville, 1855). is, at present, the only member of this mainly tropical, intertidal genus with forms on both sides of the Panamanian isthmus. Originally considered an Atlantic species, it was apparently not collected on the Pacific coast unt il 1926 (see Bo...