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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Key to species of
Megaesthesius
1. Outer margins of ischium and merus of third maxilliped unarmed (
Fig. 34
B). Ventral margin of chela unarmed, pollex rela- tively slender; cutting margins of fingers of major male chela unarmed (
Fig. 48
E) [
Japan
;
East China Sea
]......
M. yokoyai
- Outer margins of ischium and merus of third maxilliped lined with small teeth or spines (e.g.,
Fig. 34
A). Ventral margin of chela dentiform, pollex relatively stout; cutting margins of fingers of major male chela with small teeth (e.g.,
Fig. 48
C)....2
2. Lateral margins of carapace with numerous prominent sharp teeth and spines (
Fig. 19
A, B) [
Singapore
;
Vietnam
;
South China Sea
; questionably from Andaman Sea]............................................................
M. sagedae
- Lateral margins of carapace with lobiform teeth, the margins can be armed with spinules (e.g.,
Figs. 19
M, 20A, B)........3
3. Fingers of chela prominently longer than palm (
Fig. 48
D). Ambulatory legs, especially meri, conspicuously long, relatively slender (
Fig. 20
A, B) [
Philippines
]..........................................................
M. migmus
n. sp.
- Chela unknown. Ambulatory legs, especially meri, relatively shorter (
Fig. 19
Q, R) [
Western
Australia
].......
M. westralia