The species of Moloha Barnard, 1946, from the western Indian Ocean, with the description of a new species from India (Crustacea: Brachyura: Homolidae)
- The taxonomy of the deep-water homolid crabs Moloha grandperrini Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995 and M. alisae Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1995 is re-examined, and the types redescribed and figured. Moloha alisae is reported from South Africa for the first time. A new species with an inflated carapace, M. tumida sp. nov., is also described from southern India and compared with its closest congeners.
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| Author: | Peter K.L. Ng, Appukuttannair Biju Kumar |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-459855 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2015.166 |
| ISSN: | 2118-9773 |
| Parent Title (English): | European journal of taxonomy : 166 |
| Series (Serial Number): | European journal of taxonomy : EJT (166) |
| Publisher: | Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
| Place of publication: | Paris |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Completion: | 2015 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2015 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2018/03/29 |
| Tag: | Crustacea; Homolidae; India; Moloha; taxonomy |
| Page Number: | 25 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0 |
