A Small Collection of Leucosiid Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Balicasag Island, Bohol, Philippines

Abstract

A small collection of leucosiid crabs collected by tangle nets from Balicasag Island, Bohol, Philippines, includes a total of 28 species belonging to 16 genera. Of these, two new species, Raylilia intermedia and Tokoyo trilobata, are described, and the following six species are recorded as new to the Philippines: Arcania muricata Galil, 2001, Drachiella angulata (Ihle, 1918), Leucosia anatum (Herbst, 1783), Merocryptus lambriformis A.Milne-Edwards, 1873, Myra grandis Zarenkov, 1990, and Tanaoa yokoyai (Sakai, 1965), n.comb.