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A família Dromiidae de Haan no litoral brasileiro, com descrição de uma nova espécie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)
Author(s) -
Gustavo Augusto Schmidt de Melo,
Campos Oswaldo
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
revista brasileira de zoologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1806-969X
pISSN - 0101-8175
DOI - 10.1590/s0101-81751999000200001
Subject(s) - biology , decapoda , crustacean , temperate climate , zoology , fishery , ecology
The family Dromiidae, erected by De Haan in the past century, is formed by primitive crabs which are distributed in the tropical and temperate waters of the main oceans. Until now, four species of the family have been recognized from the Brazilian coast: Dromia erythropus (G. Edwards), Cryptodromiopsis antillensis (Stimpson), Hypoconcha arcuata Stimpson and H. parasitica (Linnaeus). A fifth species, Dromia gouveai sp.n., is herein described and illustrated

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