Revision of the family Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea)
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
Author
Castro, Peter
text
Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4209.1.1
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Key to species of
Camatopsis
1. Ambulatory legs, notably merus, slender, elongated (
Fig. 8
A–F). G1 with distal part directed upwards, tip sharp (
Fig. 67
J, K, 68A–D) [
southern Taiwan
to
Malaysia
,
Indonesia
;
New Caledonia
]...............................
C. leptomerus
n. sp.
- Ambulatory legs, including merus, relatively shorter, stouter (e.g.,
Fig. 6
). G1 directed inwards towards thoracic sternum, or otherwise (e.g.,
Fig. 67
A).............................................................................. 2
2. Ambulatory merus proportionately short, stout (
Fig. 7
C–F). G1 with distal part bent inwards towards sternum at approximately right angles (
Fig. 67
M, N), markedly stout, directed upwards with flared tip (
Fig. 69
C–E), or short, stout (
Fig. 69
H–J)..... 3
- Ambulatory merus proportionately longer (e.g.,
Fig. 6
). G1 not as above (e.g.,
Fig. 67
A).............................5
3. G1 with distal part bent inwards towards sternum at approximately right angles (
Fig. 67
M, N) [Taiwan; Japan]....................................................................................................
C. thula
n. sp.
- G1 otherwise........................................................................................ 4
4. G1 conspicuously short, stout, with distal half bent, tip sharp (
Fig. 69
H–J) [Fiji]...................... ..
C. valida
n. sp.
- G1 short, stout, distal part directed upwards, tip sharp (
Fig. 69
C-E) [Indonesia; questionably Andaman Sea coast of Thailand]........................................................................................
C. minor
n. sp.
5. Ambulatory legs relatively long (
Fig. 6
). Male pleonite 6 markedly broad (
Fig. 51
A) [
eastern Indian Ocean
;
Indonesia
; eastern, northern and
western Australia
]...................................................................
C. rubida
- Ambulatory legs relatively shorter (
Fig. 7
A, B). Male pleonite 6 quadrate (
Fig. 51
B) [western Indian Ocean]...................................................................................................
C. africana
n. sp.