Late Oligocene decapod crustaceans from the Trbovlje Formation of Slovenia, with a description of two new species of hymenosomatid crabs
Author
Gašparič, Rok
Author
Hyžný, Matúš
Author
Hitij, Tomaž
Author
Šoster, Aleš
text
Palaeontologia Electronica
2024
a 4
27
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http://dx.doi.org/10.26879/1312
journal article
294473
10.26879/1312
8d351e9f-9cd6-44e9-bfc1-5f5cb767a157
1094-8074
10962373
71FEB770-6EE3-4621-B752-872A1CBDB605
Genus
HALICARCINUS
White, 1846
Type
species.
Cancer planatus
Fabricius, 1775
, by original designation.
Remarks.
Hymenosomatidae
MacLeay, 1838
, comprises 24 genera and over 130 species (
Poore et al., 2016
) of which
Halicarcinus
White, 1846
, was the most diverse and morphologically heterogeneous.
Poore et al. (2016)
have revised
Halicarcinus
and reassigned the species to seven genera to accommodate the diversity previously encompassed in the genus. Currently
Halicarcinus
includes seven species characterised by the complete hymenosomian groove, well-developed epistome, rostrum developed as median tubercle with paired pseudorostral elements, strongly curved gonopod 1, pleomeres 1-5 free, pleomere 6 fused to telson (pleotelson), pereopodal dactylar teeth shorter than in other genera, and propodi of male chelipeds frequently swollen and barrel-like (
Naruse and Komai, 2009
;
Poore et al., 2016
).