The Biodiversity of the South China Sea

Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research

Komai, T. 2000. A check list of Thalassinidea and Anomura (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. Zool., Suppl. 8: 343-376.
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A CHECK LIST OF THALASSINIDEA AND ANOMURA
(CRUSTACEA: DECAPODA) FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

Tomoyuki Komai
Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan


ABSTRACT.- A check list of decapod Crustacea of the families Axiidae, Callianassidae, Callianideidae, Ctenochelidae, Laomedidae, Micheleidae, Thalassiniidae, Pylochelidae, Lithodidae, Chirostylidae, Galatheidae, Porcellanidae, Albuneidae and Hippidae, recorded from the South China Sea, is presented based on published information. A total of 157 species are known from this region.