Arachnothelphusa merarapensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gecarcinucoidea
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: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Gecarcinucoidea

Familia: Gecarcinucidae
Genus: Arachnothelphusa
Species: Arachnothelphusa merarapensis

Name

Arachnothelphusa merarapensis Grinang, Min, & Ng, 2015

Holotype: ZRC

Type locality: male (22.5 × 16.8 mm), water-filled tree-hole, ca. 100 cm above ground, steep dipterocarp forest, Merarap Hot Spring Resort, Lawas, northern Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo, 4o 22’25.4”N 115o 26’10.1”E, 485 m asl, coll. J. Grinang & Y.M. Pui, 31 October 2014.

References

Primary references

Grinang, J., Min, P.Y. & Ng, P.K.L. 2015. A new species of tree-hole dwelling freshwater crab of the genus Arachnothelphusa Ng, 1991 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae) from northern Sarawak, Malaysia, Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63(1): 454-460 PDF DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4502502 ResearchGate Reference page.