The rare porcelain crab Novorostrum decorocrus Osawa, 1998 (Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Indonesia

The rare porcelain crab Novorostrum decorocrus Osawa, 1998 (Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Indonesia

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Abstract Novorostrum decorocrus Osawa, 1998, so far only known from its type locality, Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands, southern Japan, is herein recorded from much farther south, Ambon Island, Indonesia.Males and females Dryer Idler Pulley of N.decorocrus differ from each other in some morphological traits and their morphological differences are also discussed and illustrated.The female of Straw Hats N.

decorocrus is illustrated for the first time.The present record of N.decorocrus from Indonesia lends empirical support to a previous proposition, based on the duration of 12-14 days of the planktonic period of the zoeal phase, that the distribution range of N.decorocrus could possibly be wider than known at that time.