A new species of Kingsleya (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) from the Xingu River and range extension for Kingsleya junki, freshwater crabs from the southern Amazon basin
| Autor: | Manuel Pedraza, José Eduardo Martinelli-Filho, Célio Magalhães |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Zoologia (Curitiba), Vol 32, Iss 1, Pp 41-46 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1984-4689 1984-4670 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S1984-46702015000100006 |
| Popis: | Kingsleya castrensis sp. nov., a pseudothelphusid crab is described and illustrated from the Xingu River, state of Pará, southern Amazon region, Brazil. The new species is characterized by the male first gonopod bearing a large, well-developed apical plate, with a broadly rounded, thick distal lobe. New records of Kingsleya junki Magalhães, 2003 extend the distribution of this species eastward to the Tocantins River basin, in the state of Pará, Brazil. |
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