Upogebiidae (Decapoda: Thalassinidea) mostly from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia

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ABSTRACT – Nine species of Upogebiidae from the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, one of which is new to science, are studied in this work: Gebiacantha dampieri sp. nov., G. priochela Sakai, 1993, Upogebia australiensis de Man, 1927, U. balmaorum Ngoc-Ho, 1990, U. barbata (Strahl, 18(2), U. carinicauda (Stimpson, 1860), U. darwinii (Miers, 1884), U. fallax de Man, 1905, and U. holthuisi Sakai, 1982. They arc compared with close relatives from the lndo-Pacific that include: U. bowerbankii (Miers, 1884), U. tractabilis (Hale, 1941), U. ancylodactyla (de Man, 19(5), U. intermedia (de Man, 1888), resurrected as a vallid species, and U. saintlaurentae sp. nov. An identification key is presented.

Author(s) Nguyen Ngoc-Ho
Volume
Supplement 73 : Crustaceans collected – marine biodiversity of the Dampier Archipelago 1998–2002
Article Published
2007
Page Number
131

DOI
10.18195/issn.0313-122x.73.2007.131-159