A new genus of the family Plagusiidae Dana, 1851, close to Plagusia Latreille, 1804 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)
Author
Guinot, Daniėle
text
Zootaxa
2007
2007-06-04
1498
1
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1498.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1498.1.2
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Genus
Davusia
n.gen.
Plagusia
—
Dana, 1852
pro parte
: 368;
Healy & Yaldwyn, 1970
pro parte
: 98;
Guinot, 1979
pro parte
: 144, 151, 209;
Dawson, 1987: 41
, 43;
Guinot & Bouchard 1998
pro parte
: 664;
Schubart & Ng, 2000
pro parte
: 334;
Davie, 2002
pro parte
: 439;
Poore, 2004
pro parte
: 513, 514. (Non
Plagusia
Latreille, 1804
).
Type
species:
Plagusia glabra
Dana, 1852
, by present designation. Gender feminine.
Other species included: Monotypic.
Etymology: It is a pleasure to dedicate this genus to my colleague P.J.F. Davie in recognition for his important contribution to carcinology and who had also recognized the unique generic status of this Australian species (Davie, pers. com.). Gender: feminine.