Monday, September 17, 2012

[Crustacea • 2007] Sestrostoma new Genus of Varunidae Crab from Japan • Two new subfamilies of Varunidae (Crustacea: Brachyura), with description of two new genera


Sestrostoma balssi (Shen, 1932) (Varunidae: Gaeticinae) 
inhabiting Russian waters of the Sea of Japan

Subfamily: Gaeticinae Davie & N. K. Ng, 2007

Sestrostoma Davie & N. K. Ng, 2007

Davie, P.J.F.; Ng, N.K. 2007. Two new subfamilies of Varunidae (Crustacea: Brachyura), with description of two new genera. Raffles. Bull. Zool. supplement (16): 257-272.

Kornienko, E.S.; Korn, O.M. 2011. Morphology of the complete larval development of the symbiotic crab Sestrostoma balssi (Shen, 1932) (Varunidae: Gaeticinae). Zootaxa, 2990: 45–58.