Porcelain crabs from Brazil (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae).

Zootaxa

Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Laboratório de Carcinologia, Av. Nazareth, 481, CEP 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Email:

Published: March 2016

Twenty species of porcelain crabs are reported on the basis of material collected from Brazilian coasts. Considering the lack of systematic studies comprehending the Brazilian porcellanids, the present work presents a review of the regional species based on the current taxonomic information. New records, information about variation between specimens and a taxonomic discussion are given for porcellanid crabs from Brazil.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4092.2.2DOI Listing

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