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A new introduced crab in the western North Pacific: Acantholobulus pacificus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Panopeidae), collected from Tokyo Bay, Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2013

Tomoyuki Komai  and
Toshio Furota
Tomoyuki Komai*
Affiliation:
Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682 Japan
Toshio Furota
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510 Japan
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: T. Komai, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8682Japan email: komai@chiba-muse.or.jp
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Abstract

Three specimens of the panopeid crab Acantholobulus pacificus are reported from the subtidal zone of the Port of Yokohama, Tokyo Bay, Japan. The discovery of the species in the bay is the first record of the species from the western North Pacific, as well as from Japan. Its presence there is treated as an introduced species. A description of the Japanese specimens is provided.

Keywords

XanthoideaPanopeinaeintroduced species
Type
Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 6 , 2013 , e96
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2013 

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