This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Wong, Kingsley J. H., Van Der Meij, Sancia E. T., Chan, Benny K. K. (2024): A new species of coral-dwelling crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus) from the West Pacific. Zootaxa 5476 (1): 474-504, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5476.1.35, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5476.1.35

Abstract

Based on material acquired from Green Island, Taiwan, using a combined approach of traditional morphology-based taxonomy and molecular barcoding, we describe a new species of coral-dwelling crab, Opecarcinus ngankeeae sp. nov., from the scleractinian hosts Pavona decussata and P. varians (family Agariciidae). The DNA sequences of the present species matched with O. sp. SET6, associated with plate-forming Leptoseris and Pavona corals, available on Genbank, provided by Xu et al. (2022). The geographical distribution of O. ngankeeae sp. nov. spans from the Coral Triangle and Taiwan to Japan in West Pacific.

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/b6608421-0274-4d71-b3b0-c5f2b4fb9d55
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FF9BFF8DD259FF9AFFDCEC51FF99FFFC
Citation: Wong K J H, Van Der Meij S E T, Chan B K K, plazi (2024). A new species of coral-dwelling crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae: Opecarcinus) from the West Pacific. Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pu6j86 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.