The third, brackish water-dwelling, species of the genus Balssipotamon (Decapoda: Potamidae) from Tre Island of Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam
I.N. Marin
Abstract. A third species of the genus Balssipotamon Ðặng et Hồ, 2008 (Brachyura: Decapoda: Potamidae), B. tre sp. nov., is described from Tre Island located in Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam. The new species clearly differs from the congeners in morphology, as well as ecologically, inhabiting a coastal brackish pond, cohabited by the typical brackish-water crabs Varuna litterata (Fabricius, 1798) (Varunidae) and Somanniathelphusa cf. sinensis (H. Milne-Edwards, 1853) (Gecarcinucidae).
Key words: taxonomy, brackish water, Crustacea, Brachyura, Potamidae, Potamiscinae, Balssipotamon, new species
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2023, 32(2): 211–216 ▪ Published online 19 October 2023
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2023.32.2.211 ▪ Open full article 
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