van der Meij S. E. T. auteur aut IRD Benzoni Francesca auteur aut IRD Berumen M. L. auteur aut IRD Naruse T. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf reformatted digital access The gall crab Opecarcinus cathyae van der Meij, 2014 has been reported from various localities in Indonesia and Malaysia. Recent surveys in the Red Sea, Maldives and Japan yielded additional specimens of O. cathyae, considerably expanding the known distribution range of this species to the east and west. The identity of O. cathyae was confirmed based on COI sequence data, revealing identical haplotypes for the Red Sea, Maldivian and Japanese material and three haplotypes in the Indonesian material. Opecarcinus cathyae has one of the widest known recorded distribution ranges for all gall crab species. specialized Coral reef Host specificity Indo-Pacific OCEAN INDIEN PACIFIQUE MER ROUGE MALDIVES JAPON 034 036 48 3 1611-1613 2018 1867-1616 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074061 10.1007/s12526-016-0598-7 1867-1616 [F B010074061] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010074061 https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/divers18-10/010074061.pdf IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2018-11-07 2018-11-09 fdi:010074061 fre