Taxonavigation
Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Varunidae
Genus: Orcovita
Species: Orcovita orchardorum
Name
Orcovita orchardorum Davie & Ng., 2012
Holotype: QM-W29114, male (21.0 × 16.7 mm), coll. Xmas Island Expedition 2010, 27 Jan. 2010.
Type locality: Christmas Island, Station CI-14, Whip Cave, Waterfall Road, 10°25.377'S, 105°42.081'E,
References
- Peter J.F. Davie & Peter K.L. Ng. 2012: Two new species of Orcovita (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Varunidae) from anchialine caves on Christmas Island, Eastern Indian Ocean. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 60(1): 57–70. pdf.
- Ng, P.K.L., D. Guinot, & T.M. Iliffe, 1996: Revision of the anchialine varunine crabs of the genus Orcovita Ng & Tomascik, 1994 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae), with descriptions of four new species. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 44 (1): 109–134.