New Report of Majoid Crab, Pugettia intermedia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Majoidea) from Korea

• Main Authors: Won Kim, Sang-kyu Lee, Tae Seo Park, Dongsung Kim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korean Society of Systematic Zoology 2014-01-01
• Series: Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
• Subjects: new report; Pugettia intermedia; Majoidea; Decapoda; Korean fauna
• Online Access: http://www.e-ased.org/Upload/files/e-ased.org/08-New(0037).165226.pdf

As a result of continuous taxonomic investigations of Korean crabs, Pugettia intermedia Sakai, 1938 is newly reported from Korean waters. Pugettia intermedia had previously been reported in Korean fauna, but the previous reports of P. intermedia were resulted in misidentification of P. quadridens (De Haan, 1839). Pugettia intermedia differs from P. quadridens in having two subequal medial lobes of the first pleopod in male. In P. quadridens, one of the two medial lobes is about half-length of the other. Pugettia intermedia occurs on the southern coast of the Korean peninsula. The descriptions and illustrations of this species are provided herein.