Two new records of the coral symbiont crab genus Quadrella Dana, 1851, from Taiwan, with notes on the taxonomy of Q. boopsis Alcock, 1898 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Trapeziidae)

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ng, Peter K. L. (2017): Two new records of the coral symbiont crab genus Quadrella Dana, 1851, from Taiwan, with notes on the taxonomy of Q. boopsis Alcock, 1898 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Trapeziidae). Zootaxa 4324 (3): 571-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.10

Abstract

Two symbiotic trapeziid crabs of the genus Qudrella Dana, 1851, were collected from southwestern Taiwan. Both are new records for the island. Quadrella coronata Dana, 1852, is usually associated with the soft coral Chironephthya spp., while Q. boopsis Alcock, 1898, was found with the scleractinian coral Tubastraea micrantha. The taxonomy of Q. boopsis is treated and the variation in the dorsal surface of the carapace, armature of the anterolateral margin and colour pattern discussed.

Key words: Quadrella, taxonomy, new records, East Asia, Trapeziidae

GBIF url: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/c794700a-60e9-4d5a-b1c2-d484de364e5e
Homepage: https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/FFDB8B393239D34AFF88FFB1CE7CFF87
Citation: Ng P K L, plazi (2017). Two new records of the coral symbiont crab genus Quadrella Dana, 1851, from Taiwan, with notes on the taxonomy of Q. boopsis Alcock, 1898 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Trapeziidae). Plazi.org taxonomic treatments database. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.3.10 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-02-12.

Taiwan Biodiversity Network

Two new records of the coral symbiont crab genus Quadrella Dana, 1851, from Taiwan, with notes on the taxonomy of Q. boopsis Alcock, 1898 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Trapeziidae)