Research on the coast of somalia. Portunidae (crustacea brachyura)

Abstract

From 1970 to 1997, 482 Portunidae were collected from various intertidal environments along the southern Somalian coast and, to a lesser extent, from Kenya and the Mascarene Islands. The material belongs to 39 species of which 13 are new for the Somalian coast, 5 for the East African coast and 2 for the western Indian Ocean: Charybdis hawaiensis Edmondson 1954 previously known only for Hawaii and Carupella banlaensis Tien 1969 only known for the Tonkin Gulf. © 2000 by the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology.