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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Australocarcinus riparius
Davie, 1988
(
Figs. 93
A, B; 94A, G; 95A, B; 96A, B; 98A, B; 99A, B)
Australocarcinus riparius
Davie, 1988
: 260
, figs. 1‒3 [type locality: Queensland, Australia].—
Davie & Guinot 1996
: 279
, fig. 7.—
Jamieson & Guinot 1996
: 289
, figs. 1‒3, tab. 1.—
Jamieson & Tudge, 2000
: 64
[sperm ultrastructure].—Ng
et al.
2008: 76 [in list].
FIGURE 67.
Gonopods of species of
Camatopsis
. A‒C,
C. rubida
, Andaman Sea
: male 4.2 × 4.5 mm (ZMUC CRU 20539); D‒F,
C. rubida
, Australia: male 8.3 × 8.5 mm (NMV
J54591
); G‒I,
C. africana
n. sp.
, Mozambique Channel: holotype male 6.8 × 7.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-1500); J‒L,
C. leptomerus
n. sp.
, Philippines: holotype male 10.5 × 11.3 mm (NMCR); M‒O,
C. thula
n. sp.
, Taiwan: holotype male 8.9 × 9.3 mm (ZRC 1999.0662). A, B, D, E, G, H, J, K, M, N, ventral view of left G1; F, dorsal view of left G1; C, I, L, O, left G2. Scales: A, C, D, G, I, J, L, M, O = 0.5 mm; B, E, F, H, K, N = 0.1 mm.
Type
material
(not examined).
Holotype
male (cw
13.1 mm
) (QM W13113),
Australia
,
Queensland
,
Murray River
.
Paratypes: 28 paratype males, 26 paratype females (QM W12915, QM W12891, QM W12895, QM W 12916, QM W13190-94), type locality.
Material examined
.
Australia
,
Queensland
.
2 males
(9.1 ×
11.5 mm
, 8.8 ×
10.2 mm
),
1 female
(9.0 ×
11.3 mm
) (
ZRC
2006.167
),
McIvor River
, northern
Queensland
,
15°07.2’S
,
145°04.4’E
, freshwater near road crossing, under rocks, in drying river bed fringing rainforest,
30 m
elevation,
P.F.J. Davie
coll.,
18.11.1992
;
2 males
,
1 female
(
ZRC
2010.0070
), same data as above.
FIGURE 68.
Gonopods and third maxilliped of
Camatopsis leptomerus
. A, Philippines: paratype male 4.7 × 5.9 mm (ZRC 2015.120); B‒D, Indonesia: male 2.5 × 3.9 mm (NNM-ZMA 241605e), E, Philippines: paratype female 3.4 × 4.0 mm (ZRC 2015.159); F, Philippines: paratype male 3.1 × 3.4 mm (ZRC 2015.120); G, Philippines: paratype female 4.8 × 5.8 mm (ZRC 2015.154); H, Philippines: male 4.7 × 5.9 mm (ZRC 2015.120). A, B, ventral view of left G1; D, dorsal view of left G1; C, ventral view of distal part of left G1; E, right third maxilliped (denuded); F‒H, left third maxilliped (denuded). Scales: A, B, D = 0.25 mm; E‒H = 0.5 mm; C = 0.01 mm.
FIGURE 69.
Thoracic sternum, third maxilliped, pleon and gonopods of
Camatopsis
species. A, B, D‒F,
C. minor
n. sp.
, Indonesia: holotype male 3.6 × 4.3 mm (NNM-ZMA); C,
C. minor
n. sp.
, Indonesia: paratype male 3.4 × 4.0 mm (NNM- ZMA); G‒K,
C. valida
n. sp.
, Fiji: holotype male 3.6 × 4.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-9067). A, anterior thoracic sternum; B, male pleon; C, D, H, I, ventral view of left G1; E, J, dorsal view of left G1; F, K, left G2; G, left third maxilliped (setae not drawn). Scales: A, B, G = 0.5 mm; C–F = 0.25 mm; H–K = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 70.
Gonopods of
Chasmocarcinops gelasimoides
. A, Andaman Sea: male 8.8 × 9.5 mm (PMBC 16849); B‒E, Singapore: male 9.5 × 10.3 mm (ZRC 2000.1341). A, B, ventral view of left G1; C, ventral view of distal part of left G1; D, dorsal view of distal part of left G1; E, left G2. Scales: A, B, E = 0.5 mm; C, D = 0.1 mm.
Diagnosis
. Carapace (
Fig. 93
A, B;
Davie 1988
: figs. 1D; 3) subquadrate, dorsally smooth, flat; 1.2‒1.3 wider than long; front strongly bilobed, with deep median cleft. Anterolateral margins arcuate, with elevated crest bearing 4 large, obtuse, upturned teeth. Orbits short. Epistome (
Fig. 94
A) compressed, posterior margin with median lobe with fissure, circular lateral margins without fissures. Eye peduncle short (
Fig. 94
A;
Davie 1988
: fig. 1D), does not fill orbit, mobile, cornea enlarged, pigmented. Third maxillipeds (
Fig. 94
G;
Davie 1988
: fig. 1C) leaving gap when closed; merus quadrate, auricular anteroexternal angle, ischium quadrate, slightly longer than merus. Chelipeds (
Figs. 93
A, B; 95A, B;
Davie 1988
: figs. 2A, B; 3) subequal in length, nearly similar in both sexes; cutting margins of both chelae with broad, shallow teeth, much larger in major chela. Short, triangular tooth on inner margin of cheliped carpus. Ventral surface of cheliped merus bordered by large tubercles. Proportionally short ambulatory legs (
Fig. 93
A, B;
Davie 1988
: fig. 3), meri unarmed, dorsal margins with long setae; P5 merus not reaching front when folded, P5 dactylus straight. Short tubercles on surface, margin of articles, long setae on proximal portions of meri. Fused thoracic sternites 1, 2 broadly triangular, proportionally wide, short. Male pleon (
Fig. 96
A, B;
Davie 1988
: fig. 1E) with lateral margins of somite 6, fused somites 3–5 slightly convex; postero-lateral regions slightly swollen; telson proportionally long. Male thoracic sternite 8 (
Fig. 96
B;
Davie 1988
: fig. 1F;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: fig. 7) proportionally short, rectangular; “supplementary plate” conspicuously narrow, short, rectangular. G1 (Fig. (
Fig. 98
A;
Davie 1988
: fig. 1B) stout, distal part with tapering tip, with short spinules. G2 (
Fig. 98
B;
Davie 1988
: fig. 1A) longer than G1, basal segment curved; distal segment slightly longer than basal segment, apex with lateral pointed tip. Somites of female pleon (
Fig. 99
A;
Davie 1988
: fig. 2C) with slightly convex lateral margins; telson proportionally long. Sterno-pleonal cavity of female (
Fig. 99
B) moderately deep, with conspicuously large vulvae relatively close together, covering full extent of thoracic sternite 5, round, thin lip on outer margin, soft membrane across, leaving proportionally small opening.
FIGURE 71.
Gonopods of
Hephthopelta lugubris
. A‒E, Australia: male 7.9 × 8.3 mm (NMV
J61081
); F‒I, Solomon Is: male 8.3 × 9.1 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-9040); J, Solomon Is: male 7.3 × 7.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-9037); K‒M, Fiji: male 6.3 × 6.5 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-9028). A, B, F, J, K, ventral view of left G1; C, H, ventral view of distal part of left G1; D, I, dorsal view of distal part of left G1; E, M, left G2; G, L, dorsal view of left G1. Scales: A, B, E, F, G, J‒M = 0.5 mm; C, D, H, I = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 72.
Gonopods of
Hephthopelta occidentalis
n. sp.
A‒D, Madagascar: holotype male 6.1 × 6.6 mm (MNHN-IU-2010- 1031). A, ventral view of left G1; B, ventral view of distal part of left G1; C, dorsal view of distal part of left G1; D, left G2. Scales: A, D = 0.5 mm; B, C = 0.1 mm.
Remarks.
Australocarcinus riparius
can be morphologically distinguished from its two congeners by the presence of four large, dorsally upturned teeth on each anterolateral margin of its carapace (
Figs. 93
A; 94A;
Davie 1988
: figs. 1D; 3), whereas
A
.
kanaka
Davie & Guinot, 1996
, has three, dorso-ventrally flattened, wide teeth (
Fig. 93
C;
Davie & Guinot, 1996
: figs.1, 3A) and
A. palauensis
Davie & Guinot, 1996
, lacks any teeth along its anterolateral margins (
Fig. 93
D;
Davie & Guinot, 1996
: fig. 5A).
A female specimen (MNHN-B21888) had a small sperm plug (
Guinot
et al.
2013
: 42).
Distribution
. Known only from
Australia
(
Queensland
); rivers and estuaries.