A new species of the genus Arachnothelphusa Ng, 1991 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Gecarcinucidae) from a limestone cave in Sarawak (Malaysian Borneo)
Author
Grinang, Jongkar
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2021
2021-01-12
69
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journal article
10.26107/RBZ-2021-0001
2345-7600
5351566
F861B9E5-475A-4A3D-B2AC-B49646FA7CC9
Key to species of
Arachnothelphusa
of Borneo
1. Epibranchial tooth very low or indistinct; external orbital tooth very low, broad; anterolateral region less rugose, fine granules, carapace surface smooth (
Figs. 1C, F
,
2A, B, C, F, G
,
4A
); G1 gently curving outwards, terminal segment about one-third length of subterminal segment; distal segment of G2 less than a quarter length of basal segment (
Fig. 3A–E
)........................ ...........................
A. sarang
,
new species
(northern
Sarawak
)
– Epibranchial tooth distinct, triangular; external orbital tooth triangular; anterolateral region prominently rugose, coarse granules, carapace surface rugose (
Fig. 4B–E
); G1 gently or strongly curving outwards, terminal segment either half, onethird or a quarter length of subterminal segment; distal segment of G2 either a quarter or one-fifth length of basal segment (
Fig. 5
)..............................................................................................2
2. Epibranchial tooth distinct, acutely triangular; G1 strongly curving outwards (
Fig. 5F, H, O, Q
)......................................3
– Epibranchial tooth distinct, relatively blunt; G1 gently curving outwards (
Fig. 5A, C, K
)........................................................4
3. Epibranchial tooth acutely triangular, distinctly separated from external orbital tooth by wide, deep cleft; external orbital acutely triangular (
Fig. 4B
); terminal segment of G1 about half of length of subterminal segment; distal segment of G2 about quarter length of basal segment (
Fig. 5A–E
)................. ......................................
A. merarapensis
(northern
Sarawak
)
– Epibranchial tooth distinct but relatively small, separated from external orbital tooth by small cleft; external orbital tooth broadly triangular (
Fig. 4E
); terminal segment of G1 about one-third of length of subterminal segment; distal segment less than a quarter length of basal segment (
Fig. 5O–S
)......... .........................................
A. melanippe
(
central Kalimantan
)
4. Epibranchial tooth distinct; external orbital tooth broadly triangular (
Fig. 4D
); terminal segment of G1 about a third length of subterminal segment (
Fig. 5K–M
)............................ ............................................
A. kadamaiana
(northern
Sabah
)
– Epibranchial tooth distinct; external orbital tooth triangular; terminal segment of G1 about a quarter length of subterminal segment....................................................................................5
5. Epibranchial tooth distinct on both sides, separated from external orbital tooth by deep, broad U-shaped cleft; external orbital tooth triangular (
Fig. 4C
); G1 with cone-shaped terminal segment, about a quarter length of subterminal; distal segment of G2 less than fifth length of basal segment (
Fig. 5F–J
)....... .....................................................
A. terrapes
(eastern
Sabah
)
– Epibranchial tooth distinct on both sides, small, blunt, not separated from external orbital tooth by cleft.......................... ..........................................
A. rhadamanthysi
(eastern
Sabah
)