@article{fdi:010074061, title = {{N}ew distribution records of the gall crab {O}pecarcinus cathyae van der {M}eij, 2014 ({D}ecapoda : {B}rachyura : {C}ryptochiridae) from the {R}ed {S}ea, {M}aldives and {J}apan}, author = {van der {M}eij, {S}. {E}. {T}. and {B}enzoni, {F}rancesca and {B}erumen, {M}. {L}. and {N}aruse, {T}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}he gall crab {O}pecarcinus cathyae van der {M}eij, 2014 has been reported from various localities in {I}ndonesia and {M}alaysia. {R}ecent surveys in the {R}ed {S}ea, {M}aldives and {J}apan yielded additional specimens of {O}. cathyae, considerably expanding the known distribution range of this species to the east and west. {T}he identity of {O}. cathyae was confirmed based on {COI} sequence data, revealing identical haplotypes for the {R}ed {S}ea, {M}aldivian and {J}apanese material and three haplotypes in the {I}ndonesian material. {O}pecarcinus cathyae has one of the widest known recorded distribution ranges for all gall crab species.}, keywords = {{C}oral reef ; {H}ost specificity ; {I}ndo-{P}acific ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN} ; {PACIFIQUE} ; {MER} {ROUGE} ; {MALDIVES} ; {JAPON}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{M}arine {B}iodiversity}, volume = {48}, numero = {3}, pages = {1611--1613}, ISSN = {1867-1616}, year = {2018}, DOI = {10.1007/s12526-016-0598-7}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074061}, }