Revision of the family Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea)
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
Author
Castro, Peter
text
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Amboplax peresi
(Rodrigues da
Costa, 1968
)
(
Figs. 5
A, B; 22F, G; 28H; 37E, F; 50G; 57D; 66D‒F; 85C;
89I
)
Chasmocarcinus peresi
Rodrigues
da
Costa
1968: 335, unnumb. pl., figs. 1‒4 [
type
localilty:
Brazil
,
Bahia
].—
Coelho
&
Ramos
1972
: 195 [in list].—
Gomes-Corrêa
1972: 11 [in list].—
Melo
1996
: 419 [in key], 421, unnumb. fig. [
Brazil
]
; 1998: 494 [in list].—Coelho & Coelho 1998: 801, 812, 813 [Brazil].—
Coelho
et al.
2008
: 12 [in list].—Ng
et al.
2008: 76 [in list].
Chasmocarcinus
sp. B—
Coelho
et al.
1980
: tables XII, XIV, appendix II [in lists;
Brazil
]; 1986: 94 [in list;
Brazil
];
Barreto
et al.
1991
: 291 [in list]; 1993: 651 [in list] (see Coelho & Coelho 1998: 812).
Type
material
(not examined).
Lectotype
male (DOUFPE 561) (
M. Tavares
, personal communication)
Brazil
,
Bahia
, off
Abrolhos Bank
,
17°56.9’S
,
38°40.9’W
,
19 m
.
Paralectotypes. 8 males, 8 females (see
Melo
et al.
2003
: 431),
Calypso
, stn 1816, 17°56’S, 38°40'W (MZUSP 8230; see
Melo
et al.
2003
: 431); 3 paralectotype males, 5 paralectotype females (MZUSP 8747),
Calypso
, stn 1815, 17°56’S, 38°40'W.
FIGURE 5.
Overall dorsal view of species of
Chasmocarcinus
,
Amboplax
n. gen.
and
Deltopelta
n. gen.
A,
Amboplax peresi
, Brazil: male 5.1 × 6.4 mm (ZRC 2015.217); B,
Amboplax peresi
, Brazil: ovigerous female 4.9 × 6.2 mm (ZRC 2015.217); C,
Chasmocarcinus gemmatus
n. sp.
, Costa Rica: male 7.7 × 11.6 mm (SIO C 1205); D,
Chasmocarcinus latipes
, Ecuador: male 10.5 × 14.5 mm (AMNH 1941-10668); E,
Deltopelta obliquus
, A, Bahamas: holotype male 5.2 × 5.1 mm (USNM 20509); F,
Deltopelta obliquus
, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of
Hephthopelta superba
); G,
Deltopelta obliquus
, Belize: female 10.7 × 13.0 mm (PMNH, holotype of
Hephthopelta superba
, after Boone 1927: fig. 5).
Material examined
.
Brazil
.
1 male
(5.1 ×
6.4 mm
), 1 ovigerous female (4.9 ×
6.2 mm
) (
ZRC
2015.217
, ex
MZUSP
32380
),
19°33’S
,
39°34’W
,
34 m
, bottom with dead shells, stn 52/CB 90,
TAAF
MD 55/
Brésil
1987,
Expedition Museúm
Paris-USU/
Rio de Janeiro
,
29.05.1987
.
Diagnosis
. As for genus.
Remarks
. According to Coelho & Coelho (1998: 800), some of the type material used by Rodrigues da
Costa (1968)
to describe
Chasmocacinus peresi
actually belonged to
C. arcuatus
Coelho & Coelho, 1998
.
The male specimen drawn by Rodrigues da
Costa
(1968: unnumb. pl., figs. 1‒4)
is of an unknown specimen (no legend). The characters shown in the drawing, particularly the stout G1, are nevertheless characteristic of the species
.
No
holotype
was designated.
De
Melo
et al.
(2003: 431) designated several
paralectotypes
. A lectotype does exist at DOUFPE (M. Tavares, personal communication).
Rodrigues da
Costa
(1968: 335)
described preserved specimens as having bright-red bands on the meri and carpi of the second to fifth ambulatory legs, the rest (of the legs?) being white (
Les specimens, fixés dans l'alcool, présentent des bandes rouge vif sur le mérus et le carpus des pattes II-V, le reste blanc.
”).Traces of color were observed on the walking legs of some of the preserved specimens that were examined, particularly on the distal third of the meri of the second ambulatory legs of a female specimen.
Distribution
.
Brazil
(
Amapá
to
Bahia
). Depth:
15–25 m
(
Melo 1998
).