taxonID	type	description	language	source
4632AB1DD266D0F366E083E0204DF21C.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The known distribution of Lithoscaptus semperi sp. n. includes northern Borneo and North Sulawesi. Specimens were collected at water depths between 9 and approximately 30 meters. Its host Trachyphyllia geoffroyi was described from the Gulf of Suez (Egypt), but this species has a wide distribution that includes the Red Sea, East Africa, Seychelles, Maldives, Nicobar Isls., ' East Indies', China Sea, Philippines, Japan, Australia and New Caledonia (Scheer and Pillai 1983). Based on the widespread distribution of Trachyphyllia geoffroyi, a wider distribution range than the two presently recorded locations is expected for Lithoscaptus semperi sp. n.	en	van der Meij, Sancia E. T. (2015): A new gall crab species (Brachyura, Cryptochiridae) associated with the free-living coral Trachyphylliageoffroyi (Scleractinia, Merulinidae). ZooKeys 500: 61-72, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.500.9244, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.500.9244
4632AB1DD266D0F366E083E0204DF21C.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Named after the German naturalist Carl Gottfried Semper (1832 - 1893), who was the first to mention gall crabs occurring in Trachyphyllia.	en	van der Meij, Sancia E. T. (2015): A new gall crab species (Brachyura, Cryptochiridae) associated with the free-living coral Trachyphylliageoffroyi (Scleractinia, Merulinidae). ZooKeys 500: 61-72, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.500.9244, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.500.9244
