Carcinoplax, H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1852

Martin, Joel W. & Haney, Todd A., 2005, Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (4), pp. 445-522 : 495

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00178.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5490594
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GENUS CARCINOPLAX H. MILNE EDWARDS, 1852 View in CoL

Remarks: Although the only record of Carcinoplax from areas of hydrothermal venting is that of Clark & O’Shea (2001) from the Kermadec Ridge (as Carcinoplax sp. ), the genus is known from other regions where hydrothermal activity occurs in relatively shallow waters. For instance, Hseuh & Huang (2002) presented a taxonomic key to seven species of Carcinoplax and 12 other species of goneplacids found off Taiwan. Most of these species were found off the same region of Taiwan (Ilan County) described for ventassociated taxa (i.e. Paragiopagurus ventilatus Lemaitre, 2004 , and Xenograpsus testudinatus Ng, Huang & Ho, 2000 ).

References

Clark MR, O'Shea S. 2001. Hydrothermal vent and seamount fauna from the southern Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand. InterRidge News 10 (2): 14 - 17.

Hseuh P-W, Huang J-F. 2002. Crabs of the family Goneplacidae (Decapoda, Brachyura) from Taiwan. Crustaceana 75 (2): 111 - 136.

Lemaitre R. 2004. Discovery of the first hermit crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parapaguridae) associated with hydrothermal vents. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 45: 325 - 334.

Milne Edwards H. 1852. De la famille des ocypodes (Ocypodidae). Second Memoire. In: Observations sure les affinites zoologiques et la classification naturelle des Crustaces. Annales de Science Naturelles (Zoology) 18: 128 - 166.

Ng PKL, Huang J-F, Ho P-H. 2000. Description of a new species of hydrothermal crab, Xenograpsus testudinatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae). In: Hwang J-S, Wang C-H, Chan T-Y, eds. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Marine Biology in Taiwan: Crustacean and Plankton Taxonomy, Ecology and Living Resources, 26 - 27 May, 1998. National Taiwan Museum Special Series 10: 191 - 199.