​Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia

Bertrand Richer de Forges and Gary C. B. Poore

Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 65 p. 63–70 (2008)

DOI
http://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6

Abstract

Two species are newly described from the continental margin of Western Australia: Oxypleurodon wilsoni and Rochinia annae. Oxypleurodon luzonicum, Rochinia carinata, R. pulchra, R. sibogae and R. strangeri are newly reported from Western Australia. Rochinia fultoni and R. mosaica from south-eastern Australia are refigured.

Citation

Richer de Forges, B. & Poore, G.C.B., 2008. Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65: 63-70. http://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2008.65.6

PUBLICATION DATE: 29 September 2008

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