Open AccessNew records of spongicolid shrimps (Crustacea, Decapoda, Stenopodidea) from Taiwan
Author(s) -
CHIEN-LIN CHEN,
TinYam Chan
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.23
Subject(s) - biology , crustacean , decapoda , zoology , caridea , key (lock) , fishery , ecology
Spongicolid shrimps of the three genera, Engystenopus Alcock & Anderson, 1894, Spongicola De Haan, 1844 and Spongicoloides Hansen, 1908 are recorded from Taiwan for the first time. The newly recorded species are Engystenopus palmipes Alcock & Anderson, 1894, Spongicola andamanicus Alcock, 1901, S. goyi Saito & Komai, 2008, S. levigatus Hayashi & Ogawa, 1987 and Spongicoloides iheyaensis Saito, Tsuchida & Yamamoto, 2006. A total of six genera and nine species of stenopodidean shrimps are now known from Taiwan. A key to the Taiwanese species of stenopodideans is provided.