ON THE MISIDENTIFICATION OF A COMMON SANDY BEACH CRAB BELONGING TO THE GENUS OVALIPES-RATHBUN, 1898

DS SCHOEMAN; AC COCKCROFT

ON THE MISIDENTIFICATION OF A COMMON SANDY BEACH CRAB BELONGING TO THE GENUS OVALIPES-RATHBUN, 1898

DS SCHOEMAN
, AC COCKCROFT

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Abstract

The three-spot swimming crab, a common intertidal resident of sandy beaches in southern Africa, has previously been misidentified as Ovalipes punctatus (De Haan, 1833). Inspection of local specimens indicates that the valid name for this species is O. trimaculatus (De Haan, 1833).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	124-125
Journal	South African Journal of Zoology
Volume	28
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - Apr 1993

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ON THE MISIDENTIFICATION OF A COMMON SANDY BEACH CRAB BELONGING TO THE GENUS OVALIPES-RATHBUN, 1898

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