Marin I.N.1, Spiridonov V.A.2, Anosov S.E.3 2022. On the sharp-nosed crab Scyra compressipes Stimpson, 1857 (Brachyura: Epialtidae: Pisinae) from the southern Kuril Islands // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.31. No.3: 293–298 [in English].
1 A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of RAS, Leninsky prosp., 33, Moscow, 119071, Russia. E-mails: coralliodecapoda@mail.ru , vanomarin@yahoo.com
2 (deceased) P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovsky prosp., 36, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
3 Russian Federal Research Institute of Fishery and Oceanography, Verkhn. Krasnoselskaya st., 17, Moscow, 107140, Russia. E-mails: anosov@vniro.ru , anosov@aquarius-s.ru
doi: 10.15298/arthsel. 31.3.04
ABSTRACT. The sharp-nosed crab Scyra compressipes Stimpson, 1857 (Brachyura: Epialtidae: Pisinae) is collected in coastal waters of the Habomai Islands (the southern Kuril Islands) at the depth of 18–24 meters. The species was recorded in the Russian waters for the first time in 1958, but since no other records were published. The photos of alive specimens are presented for the first time. The article discusses the morphological differences from closely related species co-living on the southern Kuril Islands.
KEY WORDS. Crustacea, Decapoda, Epialtidae, Scyra, new record, fauna, diversity, Habomai, the southern Kuril Islands, Northern Pacific, Russia.