A NEW SPECIES OF ALOX TAN & NG, 1995 (DECAPODA: BRACHYURA: LEUCOSIIDAE) FROM BALICASAG ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINES

A new species of leucosiid crab of the genus Alox Tan & Ng, 1995, is described from the Philippines. Alox tormos, new species, is distinguished from its 11 congeners by the distinct sculpture of the dorsal surface of carapace and the distally fl aring, petaloid tip of the male fi rst pleopod.

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