This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ng, Bee Yan Lee Ngan Kee, Ng, Peter K. L. (2023): On the identities of the sesarmid crabs, Sesarma villosum A. Milne-Edwards 1869, and Clistocoeloma suvaense Edmondson, 1951, with the description of a new species from the West Pacific (Decapoda, Brachyura, Thoracotremata). Zootaxa 5318 (2): 217-236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5318.2.3

Abstract

The identities of two sesarmid crabs, Clistocoeloma villosum (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869), and C. suvaense Edmondson, 1951, both currently in Clistocoeloma A. Milne-Edwards, 1873, are poorly known and the types have not been studied in detail since their description. Clistocoeloma villosum, supposedly widespread, has been recorded from Madagascar and East Africa to Singapore, Japan, Korea, and Samoa. Clistocoeloma suvaense is only known for certain from one male collected from its type locality, Fiji. The taxonomy of C. villosum, and C. suvaense is clarified on the basis of the type specimens from Samoa and Fiji, respectively. A new species, which has long been confused with C. villosum, is described from Southeast Asia and Western Pacific.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/029a2354-07f3-45b1-b4f8-40199f2ba0a9
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/38716405FFF7FFD4FFA7FFBEFFD1E94D
Citation: Ng B Y L N K, Ng P K L, plazi (2023). On the identities of the sesarmid crabs, Sesarma villosum A. Milne-Edwards 1869, and Clistocoeloma suvaense Edmondson, 1951, with the description of a new species from the West Pacific (Decapoda, Brachyura, Thoracotremata). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/fbwxpx accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.