Peter Castro
Peter Castro, U.S. malacologist
- emeritus, Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California
Taxon names authored
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Publications
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2007
edit- Ng, P.K.L. & Castro, P. 2007 On a new genus and species of euryplacid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea) from the Philippines. Zootaxa 1549: 43–53. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.
2008
edit- Castro, P. & Ng, P.K.L. 2008. Rhadinoplax, a new genus of Progeryonidae Števčić, 2005, for Carcinoplax microphthalmus Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981, and a redescription of Paragalene longicrura (Nardo, 1868) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea). Zootaxa 1777: 53–68. Abstract & excerpt ResearchGate Reference page.
2010
edit- Castro, P., Guinot, D. & Ng, P.K.L. 2010. A new family for Sotoplax robertsi Guinot, 1984, with a diagnosis and key to the Goneplacoidea Macleay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa 2356: 36–56. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2356.1.2 ResearchGate Reference page.
- Castro, P. & Ng, P.K.L. 2010. Revision of the family Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea). Zootaxa 2375: 1–130. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2375.1.1 ResearchGate PDF Reference page.
- Castro, P & Ng, P.K.L. 2010. A new genus and species of goneplacid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae) from the Western Pacific. In: Ng, P.K.L., Castro, P., Davie, P.J.F., & Richer de Forges, B. (eds.) Studies on Brachyura: a homage to Danièle Guinot. Crustaceana Monographs 11: 51-60. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden. ISBN 978-90-47-42417-8. DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004170865.i-366.40 PDF Reference page.
2011
edit- Ahyong, S.T., Lowry, J.K., Alonso, M., Bamber, R.N., Boxshall, G.A., Castro, P., Gerken, S., Karaman, G.S., Goy, J.W., Jones, D.S., Meland, K., Rogers, D.C. & Svavarsson, J. 2011. Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. Pp 165–191 In Zhang, Z.-Q. (ed.) 2011. Animal biodiversity: an outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness. Zootaxa 3148: 1–237. Open access. Reference page. ISBN 978-1-86977-849-1 (paperback). ISBN 978-1-86977-850-7 (online edition). PDF. Reference page.
2013
edit- Ng, P.K.L. & Castro, P. 2013 On the genus Scalopidia Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea: Scalopidiidae), with the description of one new genus and three new species. Zootaxa 3731(1): 58–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.2 Reference page.
2016
edit- Ng, P.K.L. & Castro, P. 2016. Revision of the family Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea). Zootaxa 4209(1): 1–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4209.1.1. Reference page.
2017
edit- Boyko, C.B., Mendoza, J.C.E. & Castro, P. 2017. New records of coral-associated crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Carpilioidea, Trapezoidea) from Easter Island. Zootaxa 4216(5): 487–494. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.5.5. Reference page.
2020
edit- Ng, P.K.L. & Castro, P. 2020. A revision of Carcinoplax abyssicola (Miers, 1885) and seven related species of Carcinoplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852, with the description of two new species and an updated key to the genus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Goneplacidae) Zoosystema 42(17): 239–284. DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a17 . Reference page.
2024
edit- Ng, P.K.L., Castro, P. & Rodriguez Moreno, P.A. 2024. Notes on the taxonomy of Frevillea A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea), with the description of a new genus for F. sigsbei A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 Zoosystema 46(29): 733-748. DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a29 . Reference page.