Mykescola gen. nov., a new genus for two coral-dwelling gall crab species (Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) inhabiting Fungiidae Dana, 1846 corals.

The cryptochirid genus Fungicola Serne, 1968 contains three valid species that inhabit mushroom corals of the family Fungiidae Dana, 1846. Phylogenetic reconstructions of the Cryptochiridae revealed the polyphyletic nature of this genus, which is her…

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