Two new species of Guitonia Garth & Iliffe, 1992 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from the central and western Pacific Ocean
Author
Jr, Robert Murray Lasley
Author
Mendoza, Jose Christopher E.
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
text
Zootaxa
2010
2684
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.199403
78e60046-26ff-4482-a1a7-924b76a8fc2d
1175-5326
199403
Guitonia troglophila
Garth & Iliffe, 1992
(
Figs. 1
E, F, 3G, H)
Guitonia troglophila
Garth & Iliffe, 1992
: 311
, figs. 1, 2. — Ng
et al.
2008: 202 (list).
Material examined.
Holotype
female, 14.2 × 9.7 mm (
LACM
CR 1987.167.1), anchialine cave, Grieta de Caleta la Torta, Santa Cruz Is., Galápagos Is., coll. T. M. Iliffe,
8 Jun. 1987
.
Diagnosis.
Anterolateral margin with teeth broad, lobate. Anterior regions of carapace with slight transverse rows of granules, almost indiscernible, not basally conjoined. Corneas, eyestalks reduced. Area lateral to the orbits with 2 granular ridges linking at level of exorbital angle, first anterolateral tooth, enclosing small, depressed area. Frontal margin angled toward posterior laterally, medial notch relatively large. Chelae unequal, dimorphic; dactylus of major chela with large basal tooth; outer surface of fixed finger, dactylus of minor chela granulated. Ambulatory legs relatively long, slender; distal end of merus of fourth ambulatory leg almost reaching last anterolateral tooth when apposed against carapace.
Remarks.
It is noteworthy to note that in the original description of
Guitonia
,
Garth & Iliffe (1992: 310)
attribute a unique character to the genus: “Orbits failing to close externally at level of postorbital (first anterolateral) tooth, instead communicating by means of shallow trough or gutter with second anterolateral tooth.” Indeed, the figures (
Garth & Iliffe 1992: 312, fig. 1B, C
) show this character in
G. troglophila
. A reexamination of the
type
specimen of
G. troglophila
, however, shows that this is not the case, and the orbits are typical of most xanthids (
Fig. 1
F). The original descriptions and figures are therefore incorrect in this respect. The orbital structures of
G. paulayi
n. sp.
, and
G. leimomi
n. sp.
, are also typical of most xanthids.
Distribution.
Known only from the Galápagos Is.