First record of Libystes senckenberg Spiridonov, Naderloo & Apel, 2021 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from China
Recent taxonomic revisions of Libystes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 species in the Western Indian Ocean have clarified the diagnostic characters of the type species, L. nitidus A. Milne-Edwards, 1867. Based on these findings and through comprehensive examination of a male specimen collected from the East China Sea, we report the first record of L. senckenberg Spiridonov, Naderloo & Apel, 2021 from Chinese waters. This newly recorded species can be distinguished from its two congeners, L. edwardsi Alcock, 1900 and L. nitidus , both previously documented from China, through several diagnostic morphological features.
Authors
- Wei Tian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3447-2287)
- Jin Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0372-2554)
- Jie Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6053-7649)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Check List
- Published
- 2025-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.15560/21.5.848
- Primary Topic
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Type
- article
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