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First record of the porcellanid crab, Polyonyx boucheti (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from the Indian Ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2013

Masayuki Osawa  and
Joseph Poupin
Masayuki Osawa*
Affiliation:
Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environments, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan
Joseph Poupin
Affiliation:
Institut de Recherche de l'École Navale, IRENav, BP 600, 29240 Brest, France
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: M. Osawa, Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environments, Shimane University, 1060 Nishikawatsu-cho, Matsue, Shimane 690-8504, Japan email: osawam@soc.shimane-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

The porcellanid crab, Polyonyx boucheti, previously known only from the Loyalty Islands in the south-western Pacific, is reported from the south-western Indian Ocean based on two specimens collected from Mayotte, Comoro Islands. The present material agrees well with the original description of the species in every diagnostic aspect. Polyonyx boucheti is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific as is its closest congener P. utinomii, although the records of the two species are very limited.

Keywords

CrustaceaDecapodaPolyonyxMayottedistribution
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e72
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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