Newly Recorded Symbiotic Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Southern Taiwan Coral Reefs

南臺灣珊瑚礁共生蟹（甲殼綱：十足目：短尾類）之研究

鄭明修(Ming-Shiou Jeng)

《Zoological Studies》 33卷4期 (1994/10) Pp. 314-318

摘要

本研究描述南台灣海域亞潮帶產的八種共生蟹，包括疣背扁異蟹（Xenocarinus tuberculatus）和海鞭的片利共生，花紋細熬蟹（Lybia tessellata）和海葵的互利共生， 其餘六種為美麗假花瓣蟹（Pseudoliomera speciosa），白指波紋蟹（Cymo andreossyi），毛掌梯形蟹（Trapezia cymodoce），網紋梯形蟹（T. setata），紅點梯形蟹（T. guttata），紅斑梯形蟹（T. rufopunctata）等，分別與許多種分枝狀石珊瑚共生，其中疣背扁異蟹、花紋細熬蟹、美麗假花瓣蟹、白指波紋蟹和紅點梯形蟹等五種情台灣首次記錄種。上述共生蟹都以它們特化的鉤狀熬腳抱住宿主或共生物。各種共生蟹的形態特徵、分佈、照片以及其共生生物在文中皆有記述。

關鍵字

共生 ； 短尾類

並列摘要

This paper reports eight symbiotic crabs from inshore waters off the coast of southern Taiwan. Among them, Xenocarinus tuberculatus is commensal with a sea whip and the boxing crab Lybia tessellata, with sea anemones. The remaining 6 species, Pseudoliomera speciosa, Cymo andreossyi, Trapezia cymodoce, T. septata, T. guttata, and T. rufopunctata, are symbiotic with several species of branching scleractinian corals. Five species: X. tuberculatus, L. tessellata, P. speciosa, C. andreossyi, and T. guttata are new records from Taiwan. The above crabs all cling to the coral with their highly modified hooked claws. The diagnostic characters, distribution, photographs, and information on their hosts are provided.

並列關鍵字

Symbiosis ； Brachyuran