Five new species of Axiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) from deep-water off Taiwan, with description of a new genus
Author
Lin, Tomoyuki Komai Feng-Jiau
Author
Chan, Tin-Yam
text
Zootaxa
2010
2352
1
28
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.193489
7975c079-5a3e-47f5-83b4-b47524d1298c
1175-5326
193489
Genus
Eiconaxius
Bate, 1888
Remarks
.
Kensley (1996b)
briefly summarized the taxonomy of the genus, and listed 23 species. Since then,
Sakai & Ohta (2005)
added a further new species,
Eiconaxius hakuhou
, from the Sulu Sea, the
Philippines
.
As
indicated by
Kensley (1996b)
, dentition of the median carina and rostral margins, development of the submedian and lateral carinae, shape of the abdominal pleura seem to be particularly useful in species discrimination. Two specimens of this genus are now known from Taiwanese waters. In spite of the paucity of the material, comparison with literature and specimens from other localities led to the conclusion that the Taiwanese material represents two separate new species.