A New Record of the Rare Crab <i>Homolodromia robertsi</i> Garth, 1973 (Crustacea; Decapoda; Homolodromiidae), from Cocos Island, Costa Rica

oleh: Christopher B. Boyko, Peter K. L. Ng

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: MDPI AG 2024-01-01

Deskripsi

In the American Museum of Natural History, New York, there is an old specimen labelled as “<i>Holodromia harrisonwilliamsi</i> Boone, MS name” that was collected from Cocos Island in 1925. This name has never been published. An examination of the specimen shows that it is a juvenile specimen of <i>Homolodromia robertsi</i> Garth, 1973, a species described from Peru, which has since been reported from Chile and off the coast of Ecuador. This paper reports on the specimen <i>Homolodromia robertsi</i> Garth found in Costa Rica for the first time, a discovery that extends the known range of this species northwards.