Deep-sea spider crabs of the families Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 and Inachidae MacLeay, 1838, from the South China Sea, with descriptions of two new species (Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea)

Autor: Bee Yan Lee, Bertrand Richer de Forges, Peter K.L. Ng
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: European Journal of Taxonomy, Vol 0, Iss 358 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2118-9773
DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.358
Popis: Recent expeditions (NANHAI 2014, DONGSHA 2014 and ZHONGSHA 2015) conducted in deep waters of the South China Sea obtained interesting material of various spider crabs (Majoidea) including several new records for the area, and two new species of epialtids of the genera Oxypleurodon Miers, 1885 and Stegopleurodon Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009. Two poorly known species, previously only known from their types, Rochinia strangeri Serène & Lohavanijaya, 1973 and R. kagoshimensis (Rathbun, 1932) comb. nov., are redescribed, refigured, and their taxonomy discussed.
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