P. JF Davie and N. van Xuan (2003)
A new species of Metaplax (Crustacea : Brachyura : Varunidae : Cyclograpsinae) from Vietnam
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 51(2):379-386.
A new species of Metaplax, M. gocongensis, is described and is distinguished from congeners by the unique form of the infraorbital stridulatory crest, and the presence of prominent black fixed slender spines on the outer face of the merus of the chelipeds. This species has had a long history of use as food in south Vietnam, and is now potentially threatened by increasing riparian habitat modification.
Brachyura, Crustacea, Grapsidae, Indo-West Pacific, mangroves, Metaplax, molecular phylogeny, new species, Sesarminae
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- ISSN: 0217-2445
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