New distributional record of Atoportunus gustavi Ng & Takeda, 2003 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) from Okinawa-jima and Ie-jima Islands, Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan

  • 藤田, 喜久
  • 水山, 克
  • Fujita, Yoshihisa
  • Mizuyama, Masaru
Publication date
November 2016
Publisher
Ryukyu University Museum, Fujukan
Journal
2187-6657

Abstract

A rare portunid crab, Atoportunus gustavi Ng & Takeda, 2003 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae), is recorded from submarine caves in Okinawa-jima and Ie-jima Islands, Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan. This record represents the first discovery of A. gustavi from the islands and extends the geographical range of this species northward

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