| Autor: |
Ng PKL; Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377, Republic of Singapore.. peterng@nus.edu.sg., Clark PF; Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, England.. p.clark@nhm.ac.uk., Clark B; Imaging and Analysis Centre, Core Research Laboratories, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, England.. Brett.Clark@nhm.ac.uk., Kamanli SA; Department of Biology, Faculty of Art and Science, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, Burdur 15030, Turkey.. alikamanli06@gmail.com. |
| Abstrakt: |
The taxonomy of the poorly known pilumnid crab, Pseudolitochira integra (Miers, 1884), has been confused because the original description and figures of the type female have inaccuracies, and the specimen has not been examined in detail since the original publication. Consequently, numerous specimens from the Indo-West Pacific have been incorrectly assigned to P. integra, suggesting that this species is widely distributed. The type female was micro-CT scanned in order to provide video and accurate figures of this rare pilumnid. The female possesses a suite of carapace and pereopodal characters that distinctly distinguish it from other pilumnoid taxa. The species is redescribed, refigured and formally designated as the type species of Pseudolitochira Ward, 1942. The identities of the numerous specimens assigned to P. integra are discussed and the distribution of the species is restricted to the western Indian Ocean for the time being. |
