Notes on crabs of the families Goneplacidae and Dorippidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia

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ABSTRACT – Nineteen specimens representing four species in the brachyuran families Goneplacidae and Dorippidae were collected during a four year biological survey of the Dampier Archipelago, in northwest Western Australia, conducted by the Western Australia Museum. Two of the species are goneplacids, Eucrate affinis and E. dorsalis and the other two are dorippids, Dorippe quadridens and Paradorippe australiensis. Notes on range extensions, habitats, etc., are provided for these four species.