26/03/2025
vampire crab
๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐, a new species of vampire crab is described from Gunung Jerai, an isolated patch of highlands in the northern state of Kedah in Peninsular Malaysia.
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On a new species of vampire crab from the ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ species-group (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) in northern Peninsular Malaysia
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Peter K. L. Ng, S. Khadijah-Ahmad & Amirrudin B. Ahmad, On a new species of vampire crab from the ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ species-group (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae) in northern Peninsular Malaysia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, (2025) Volume 73, Pp 162โ168. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2025-0011
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๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐, new species, is described from Gunung Jerai in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah. Collected from over 1,100 m above sea level, the species is a member of the ๐บ. ๐๐๐ฅ๐ (Kemp, 1918) species group, and is the fifth species known. Morphologically, ๐บ. ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ is closest to ๐บ. ๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ Ng, 2017 from Penang, but the species can be distinguished by characters of the male first gonopod, male chelae and live coloration.
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The name is derived from a Malay term used to describe the โhidden peopleโ of the forest or Orang Bunian. They are often described as beautifully dressed forest denizens. The name, ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐, here used as a Latin noun in apposition, alludes to the beautiful colours of the new species as well as it escaping scientific attention until now.
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๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐, new species. Colour in life. A, C, holotype male (10.1 ร 10.1 mm) (ZRC 2024.0558), Kedah; B, D, paratype female (10.1 ร 9.9 mm) (ZRC 2024.0559), Kedah.
Copyright ยฉ 2025 the Author(s). Published in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.