On the taxonomic status and biogeography of the Isolapotamidae Bott, 1970 (Decapoda, Brachyura)
Author
Brandis, Dirk
text
Journal of Natural History
2002
2002-07-31
36
11
1291
1339
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930110051743
journal article
10.1080/00222930110051743
1464-5262
5298522
Nanhaipotamo n
formosanum
(Parisi, 1916)
(gure 6a–c)
Geothelphusa formosanum
Parisi, 1916: 156
, pl. 8, gure 1, text gure 2a; Balss, 1937: 168, gure 32.
Isolapotamon (Nanhaipotamon) formosanum formosanum
: Bott, 1968: 124
, gure 9.
Nanhaipotamo n formosana formosana
: Bott, 1970b: 195, gure 8.
Material
.
One, one (
SMF 4507
),
Taiwan
,
Nantou
,
Chung-hsing Village
, ded.
J. K. Chia
, ex coll.
Tulane University
collection; one (
ZMB
12528),
Taiwan
,
Kagi
.
Diagnosis.
Terminal joint of rst gonopod dorsoventrally attened, broadly triangular in shape, formed by projection of mesial overlapping zone. Margins of mesial projection straight.
Type
locality
.
Taiwan
.
Distribution.
Presently known only from
Taiwan
.
Measurements.
34.2: 27: 18.8: 9.4 (
ZMB
12528).
Remarks.
The species of
Nanhaipotamon
can be easily characterized by diOEerences in the shape of the rst male gonopod. The mesial projection of gonopod 1 has a typical triangular shape with straight margins, and
Dai (1995)
showed a large number of similar species with such triangular projections. However, according to the detailed drawings of
Dai (1995)
, the species can be separated easily from each other by the shape of the margins of gonopod 1.