Geosesarma mirum

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Thoracotremata Superfamilia: Grapsoidea

Geosesarma mirum Shy & Ng, 2019

Holotype: NTOU F10395; male (11.9 x 10.8 mm); 28 Jan. 2019, leg. J.-Y. Shy; under rocks near stream.

Type locality: TAIWAN - Chiayi County, Jhongpu, Lunziding Canal; 23.44914N 120.48227E

Paratypes:

ZRC 2019.0513; TAIWAN - 3 males (11.5 x 10.3 mm, 10.1 × 8.9 mm, 9.9 × 8.7 mm), 5 females (12.2 × 10.1 mm, 10.6 × 9.2 mm, 9.9 × 8.9 mm, 9.1 × 7.7 mm, 7.9 × 7.2 mm), 1 juvenile female (6.6 × 5.7 mm); same data as holotype.
NTOU F10396; 2 males (9.9 × 8.6 mm, 8.4 × 7.3 mm); Chiayi County, Jhongpu, Chilan River; 23.43744N 120.48917E ; 21 Febr. 2019, leg. J.-Y. Shy;
NTOU F10397; 1 male (11.5 x 9.8 mm); Chiayi County, Jhongpu, branch of Chilan River; ca. 23.43744N 120.48917E; 22 March 2019; leg. J.-Y. Shy
ZRC 2019.0514; 7 males (7.8 x 6.5 mm – 12.2 x 11.2 mm), 5 females (9.3 x 7.8 mm – 11.4 x 10.0 mm), same locality as holotype; 23 March 2019; leg. J.-Y. Shy & H.-T. Lai.

Shy, J-Y. & Ng, P.K.L. 2019. Geosesarma mirum, a new species of semi-terrestrial sesarmid crab (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from central Taiwan. Zookeys 858: 1–10. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.858.35198 Reference page.

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