A New Species of the Aberrant Majid Crab Genus Balss, 1935 (Crustacea: Brachyura, Majidae, Planoterginae) from the Southern Red Sea.

A new species of the aberrant monotypic genus Balss, 1935 (Brachyura: Majidae: Planoterginae) is described from the southern part of the Red Sea, based on a single female recently found in the collection of the Zoological Museum of Moscow State University. The new species is clearly distinguished from Balss, 1935 in the form of carapace, antennal article and third maxilliped, as well as morphology of the ambulatory legs. The record extends the known range of , previously known only from the eastern Indian Ocean and Western Pacific, by more than 7000 km.