ADVANCES IN POLAR SCIENCE ›› 1996, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (1-English): 50-56.

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A fossil homolodromiid crab from King George Island, Antarctica

Wang Yujing1 and Shi Yizhong2   

  1. 1Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Academia Sinica, Nanjing 210008, China 2Department of Geology and Geotechnical engineering, Hehai University, Nanjing 210024, China
  • Online:1946-03-30 Published:1946-03-30
  • Contact: Wang Yujing
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    This study is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation, the State Antarctic Committee, Academia Sinica and the Nanjing Branch of the Academia Sinica.

Abstract:

Homolodromia inflata (Forster) described in this paper is found from theMiocene Cape Melville Formation of the glacio-marine sediments in King George Island, Antarctica. A comparison is made between the genera Homolodromia and Antarctidromia and a discussion is also made on the taxonomic placement of the genus Homolodromia in the Brachyura,we would like to consider that the genus Antarctidromia previously identified by Forster,may be a synonym of the genus Homolodromia.

Key words: Homolodromiid crab, King George Island, Antarctica