On the clawed lobsters of the genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872 recently collected from deep-sea cruises off Taiwan and the South China Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae)

Su-Ching Chang; Tin-Yam Chan

doi:10.3897/zookeys.833.32837

On the clawed lobsters of the genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872 recently collected from deep-sea cruises off Taiwan and the South China Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae)

Zookeys. 2019 Mar 25:833:41-58. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.833.32837. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Su-Ching Chang¹, Tin-Yam Chan^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan National Taiwan Ocean University Keelung Taiwan.
² Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan National Taiwan Ocean University Keelung Taiwan.

Abstract

Recent deep-sea cruises using Taiwanese research vessels off Taiwan and in the South China Sea yielded seven species of the clawed lobster genus Nephropsis Wood-Mason, 1872. Four species are new records for Taiwan (Nephropsisacanthura Macpherson, 1990, N.holthuisi Macpherson, 1993, N.serrata Macpherson, 1993, and N.suhmi Bate, 1888) and three species are new records of Dongsha (under the jurisdiction of Taiwan) in the South China Sea (N.ensirostris Alcock, 1901, N.stewarti Wood-Mason, 1872, and N.suhmi). Altogether, five and four species of this genus are now known from Taiwan and Dongsha, respectively. The diagnostic characters and coloration are illustrated for most, if not all, of these species.

Keywords: New records; West Pacific; synonym; taxonomy.

Grants and funding

Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan. Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan.