Establishment of A New Bornean Genus of Gecarcinucidae (Crustacea: Brachyura), with Descriptions of Five New Species.
Author
Ng, Peter K L
Author
Grinang, Jongkar
text
Zoological studies
2022
2022-05-05
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http://dx.doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2022.61-13
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10.6620/ZS.2022.61-13
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Borneosa serrata
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 17
,
18
,
22M–P
)
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Material examined
:
1 male
(25.5 × 22.0 mm) (ZRC 2006.57), Sungei Pangean (= Pengean), Long Yiu Hulu, Kabupaten Bulungan,
Kalimantan Utara
, ca.
2.7°N
116.7°E
,
Indonesia
, coll.
R. Diesel
,
20 August 1995
.
Diagnosis
: Adult carapace transversely subquadrate, width to length ratio 1.16 (
Fig. 17A, B
); striae on lateral parts of carapace distinct (
Fig. 17B
); branchial regions gently convex in frontal view (
Fig. 17C, F
); dorsal margin of frontal median triangle contiguous with lateral margins (
Fig. 17C–E
); exorbital tooth with outer margin serrated (
Fig. 17B
); epibranchial tooth prominent, separated from rest of margin by distinct cleft (
Fig. 17B
); median lobe of posterior margin of epistome acutely triangular (
Fig. 17C–E
); ischium of third maxilliped subrectangular (
Fig. 18A
); fingers of adult male cheliped closing along entire cutting margins (
Fig. 18E
); P3 and P4 dactyli subequal in length (
Fig. 18G, H
); male pleonal somite 6 subquadrate, slightly longer than broad (
Fig. 18C
); male sternopleonal cavity prominently anterior, distance between tip of cavity and suture of thoracic sternites 2 and 3 distinctly shorter than length of thoracic sternite 2 (
Fig. 18B
); adult Gl subterminal segment relatively slender; terminal segment subconical, distal half gently curved outwards, tapering gradually to subtruncate tip, 0.31 times length of subterminal segment, distal opening large, ovate (
Fig. 22M–O
); females not known.
Colour
: When freshly collected, the specimen was a uniform dark brown on all the dorsal surfaces (R. Diesel, pers. comm.).
Etymology
: The species is named for the serrated appearance of the anterolateral margin, with the epibranchial tooth prominent.
Remarks
: Morphologically,
B. serrata
sp. nov.
most closely resembles
B. niah
sp. nov.
, especially in the presence of a more well-developed epibranchial tooth separated from the anterolateral margin by a deep cleft; and the male sternopleonal cavity projects deeper into thoracic sternite 3 with only a narrow space present between the tip of the cavity and the suture between sternites 1 and 3.
Borneosa serrata
, however, can be distinguished in having the outer margin of the exorbital tooth serrated (
Fig. 17A
) (versus almost smooth in
B. niah
;
Fig. 8B
); the median tooth on the posterior margin of the epistome is sharply triangular in shape (
Fig. 17C– E
) (versus blunter in
B. niah
;
Fig. 8C–E
); the third maxilliped ischium is proportionately longer (
Fig. 18A
) (versus proportionately shorter in
B. niah
;
Fig. 9A
); the male pleon (notably somites 3–5) is relatively more narrow (
Fig. 18C
) (versus relatively wider in
B. niah
;
Fig. 9C
); and the G1 terminal segment is relatively longer (
Fig. 22M–O
) (versus relatively shorter in
B. niah
;
Fig. 21A–C
).
The G1 structure of
B. serrata
is very close to that of
B. brachyphallus
, but
B. serrata
can be separated in possessing a distinct epibranchial tooth (
Fig. 17B
) (versus tooth very low to almost absent in
B. brachyphallus
with the anterolateral margin appearing almost entire;
Figs. 6B
,
7I
); the outer margin of the exorbital tooth is tuberculate and appears serrated (
Fig. 17B
) (versus almost smooth in
B. brachyphallus
;
Figs. 6B
,
7I
); the third maxilliped ischium is proportionately longer (
Fig. 18A
) (versus shorter in
B. brachyphallus
;
Fig. 7A
); the male sternopleonal cavity projects deeper into thoracic sternite 3, with only a narrow space present between the cavity and the suture between sternites 1 and 3 (
Fig. 18B
) (versus there is a wider gap between the tip of the male sternopleonal cavity and the suture between sternites 2 and
3 in
B. brachyphallus
;
Fig. 7B
); male pleonal somite 6 is distinctly longer (
Fig. 18C
) (versus proportionately shorter and more quadrate in
B. brachyphallus
;
Fig. 7C
); and the G1 subterminal segment is slightly longer (
Fig. 22M–O
) (versus relatively shorter in
B. brachyphallus
;
Fig. 20Q–S
).
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Biology
: The specimen was collected in a small tributary with rock substrates and dense forest cover in the centre of
Kalimantan Utara
(R. Diesel, pers. comm.).