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New crab species discovered off Kenting
PINGTUNG, Taiwan -- Crabs spotted off Taiwan's southern coast last year have been confirmed as belonging to a new crab species that has never been reported in official documents, the Kenting National Park Headquarters announced Monday.
The two crabs were noticed off Kenting's coast in Pingtung County last June by National Taiwan Ocean University assistant professor Ho Ping-ho during a probe into the damage to the area's ecosystem caused by an oil spill.
Ho said the crabs have similar characteristics to the Neoliomera Pubescens crabs of the family xanthoidea but also have distinctive traits.
After a thorough search, the species was confirmed as being unrecorded in official reports worldwide and has been temporarily named the New Neoliomera Pubescens crab, Ho said.
The two female crabs, with white spots dotting their 2.5-centimeter wide bodies, look like mature strawberries, earning them the nickname strawberry crabs.
Ho, who has been unable to find any other examples of the new species since last June, said it is now essential to find a male crab to precisely classify the new species, given that the reproductive organ of the male crab is one of the keys to the classification.
Touting the find as a major contribution to the rest of the world, Ho said the discovery highlighted Kenting National Park's importance as a front line in Taiwan's biodiversity procreation efforts.
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/local/pingtung/2010/01/06/239473/New-crab.htm
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