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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Tenagopelta brachyphallus
n. sp.
(
Figs. 17
C, D; 26G; 33H; 47C, D; 54G; 61F; 79F‒J; 88D; 91H)
Type
material
.
Holotype
male (6.1 ×
6.9 mm
) (
NMV
J61680
) [photographed],
Western
Australia
, “
Chasmocarcinops
, det. A. McCallum 2009
”), L23 west transect
,
Western
Australia
,
17°31’03”S
–17°31’43”S to 118°51’10”E–118°50’44”E,
405 m
, M.F. Gomon coll.,
16.06.2007
.
Paratypes: 1 male (6.9 ×
7.6 mm
) (NMV
J54594
);
3 females
(6.9 ×
7.6 mm
, 5.2 ×
5.6 mm
, 7.4 ×
8.1 mm
) (
NMV
J54594
) [“
Camatopsis rubida
, det.
C.G.B. Poore
2006”],
Western
Australia
, off
Ningaloo North
,
21°58’42”S
,
113°49’12”E
to
21o59’03”S
,
113o49’12”E
,
170–177 m
,
10.12.2005
; 1 female (6.9 ×
7.6 mm
) [photographed], 2 females (5.2 ×
5.6 mm
, 7.4 ×
8.1 mm
) (NMV
J61680
) [“
Chasmocarcinops
, det. A. McCallum 2009
”], L23 west transect, 17o31’03”S, 118o51’10”E to 17o31’43”S, 118o50’44”E,
405 m
, M.F. Gomon coll.,
16.06.2007
.
Diagnosis
. Carapace (
Fig. 17
C, D) subtrapezoidal, globose, 1.1 wider than long; front bilobed, with shallow median cleft; anterolateral margins arcuate, minutely granular, low tubercle on each anterolateral margin in
holotype
, small individuals (absent in large specimens). Eye peduncle (
Fig. 26
G) tightly filling orbit, short, mobile; cornea reduced, pigmented. Posterior margin of epistome (
Fig. 26
G) with broad semicircular median lobe with deep median fissure, semicircular lateral margins. Third maxilliped (
Fig. 33
H) merus quadrate, ischium rectangular, about same length as merus. Chelipeds (
Figs. 17
C, D; 47C, D) subequal in length, slightly dissimilar in females, heteromorphic in males; fingers of
minor
chela (
Fig. 47
D) subcircular in cross-section, not distinctly laterally flattened, gently tapering to tip, scissor-like, cutting margins with distinct sharp teeth; major chela of males (
Fig. 47
C) with most proximal dactylar tooth enlarged. Ventral surface of cheliped merus with 3 large teeth (sometimes additional small teeth or large tubercles) on outer margin in both sexes. Inner margin of cheliped carpus with long distal tooth (
Fig. 17
C, D). Proportionally long ambulatory legs (
Fig. 17
C, D); P5 merus 0.8 cl. Meri of P2, P3 with minute teeth. Fused thoracic sternites 1, 2 (
Fig. 54
G) semicircular, broad, short. Male pleon (
Figs. 54
G; 61F) with proportionally short telson. G1 (
Fig. 79
F‒I) short, stout, distal half short, stout straight, with short spinules; tip sharp. G2 (
Fig. 79
J) longer than G1, curved, slender, distal segment long, curved. Female telson (
Fig. 88
D) proportionally short. Sterno-pleonal cavity of female (
Fig. 91
H) deep, vulvae widely separated on outer margins of cavity close to suture 5/6.
Etymology
. The name alludes to the relatively short G1 of the species. The name is used as a noun in apposition.
Remarks
. Specimens of
T. brachyphallus
n. sp.
were collected from waters that are shallower (about
400 m
) than its two congeners.
There is slight variation in the five specimens. In the holotype, paratype male and one paratype female (6.9 × 7.6, NMV
J61680
), there is a short but distinct tooth on each anterolateral margin. This tooth is strongly reduced in a small paratype female (5.2 ×
5.6 mm
, NMV
J61680
) and completely absent in the largest paratype female (7.4 ×
8.1 mm
, NMV
J61680
).
Distribution
. Known only from
Western
Australia
. Depth:
170–
405 m
.