Further notes on some subtidal crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Suruga Bay, the Pacific coast of central Japan

Abstract

Twelve crab species are recorded for the first time from subtidal waters of Suruga Bay, Shizuoka Prefecture, Pacific coast of central Japan. They are Urnalana elata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1874) (Leucosiidae); Aethra edentata Edmondson, 1951 (Aethridae); Calappa gallus (Herbst, 1803), C. liaoi Ng, 2002, and C pokipoki Ng, 2000 (Calappidae); Aulacolambrus hoplonotus (Adams & White, 1849), and Daldorfia rathbunae (De Man, 1902) (Parthenopidae); Liomera cinctimana (White, 1847), L. margaritata (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873), Pilodius areolatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1834), and Pseudactaea corallina (Alcock, 1898) (Xanthidae); and Pseudolitochira taiwang (Ng & Lin, 2023) (Pilumnidae). Of these species, Calappa liaoi hitherto known only from the Philippines and C. pokipoki originally described from the Hawaiian Islands are new to Japanese waters.