LEUCOSIIDAE Samouelle, 1819

Muñoz, Isabel, García-Isarch, Eva & Cuesta, Jose A., 2021, Annotated and updated checklist of marine crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Mozambique supported by morphological and molecular data from shelf and slope species of the “ MOZAMBIQUE ” surveys, Zootaxa 5056 (1), pp. 1-67 : 26

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Leucosiidae is one of the most extensive family of crabs. It comprises three subfamilies, Cryptocneminae Stimpson, Ebaliinae Stimpson , and Leucosiinae Samouelle , with a total of 71 genera and 488 species ( Davie et al, 2015a). They have similar shapes, usually small with rounded carapace, hence they are known as nut or pebble crabs ( Poore 2004; Ward & Rainer 1988). According to Emmerson (2016b,c), ten species of Leucosiidae belonging to the three subfamilies have been cited in Mozambique waters, most of them in intertidal or shallow waters. This group has been intensively studied in recent years, with the description of new genera and species, and replacement of several species ( Galil 2003a,b,c, 2005,b, 2006a,b, 2009; Galil & Ng 2010).

References

Davie, P. J. F., Guinot, D. & Ng, P. K. L. (2015 a) Systematics and classification of Brachyura. In: Castro, P., Davie, P. J. F., Guinot, D., Schram, F. & Von Vaupel Klein, J. C. (Eds.), Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. The Crustacea, 9 C (I), Decapoda: Brachyura. Part 2. Brill, Leiden and Boston, pp. 1049 - 1130. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004190832 _ 021

Emmerson, W. D. (2016 b). A guide to, and checklist for, the Decapoda of Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. Vol. 2. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, 645 pp.

Galil, B. S. (2003 a) Contribution to the knowledge of Leucosiidae I. The identity of Leucosia craniolaris (Linnaeus, 1758), and redefinition of the genus Leucosia Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Brachyura). Zoologische Mededelingen, 77 (1 - 14), 181 - 191.

Galil, B. S. & Ng, P. K. L. (2010) On a collection of calappoid and leucosioid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from Vanuatu, with description of a new species of Leucosiidae. In: Castro, P., Davie, P. J. F., Ng, P. K. L. & Richer de Forges, B. (Eds.), Studies on Brachyura: a homage to Daniele Guinot. Crustaceana Monographs. Vol. 11. Brill, Leiden, pp. 139 - 152. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / ej. 9789004170865. i- 366.87

Poore, G. C. B. (2004) Marine Decapod Crustacea of southern Australia. A guide to identification. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, 574 pp.

Samouelle, G. (1819) The entomologists' useful compendium; or an introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linne, and modern methods of arranging the Classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, spiders, mites and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach. Also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British Insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope. Thomas Boys, London, 496 pp.

Ward, T. J. & Rainer, S. F. (1988) Decapod crustaceans of the North West Shelf, a tropical continental shelf of north-western Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 39, 751 - 765. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / MF 9880751