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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Statommatia knudseni
(Serène, 1964)
,
n. comb.
(
Figs. 16
D; 26D; 33C; 45E, F; 54D, E; 61B; 77E‒H)
Hephthopelta knudseni
Serène, 1964a
: 252
, fig. 18, pl. 22, fig. C [
type
localilty:
New Caledonia
]; 1968: 92 [in list].—Ng
et al.
2008: 76 [in list].
Type
material
.
Holotype
male (4.7 ×
6.9 mm
) (
ZMUC
CRU-
6974
),
New Caledonia
,
Dana Expedition
1928-30
, stn 3612,
21°40’S
,
165°24’E
.,
165–360 m
,
27.11.1928
.
Other
material examined
.
New Caledonia
.
DANA
EXPEDITION
1928-30
: juvenile female (3.8 ×
5.2 mm
) (
ZMUC
), same data as holotype
;
1 male
(3.4 ×
4.6 mm
) (
ZMUC
), same data as holotype
.
Diagnosis
. Carapace (
Fig. 16
D) subovate, convex dorsally, 1.3‒1.4 wider than long; nearly straight front; anterolateral margins arcuate, conspicuously granular, without distinct lobes or teeth. Eye peduncle (
Fig. 26
D) filling orbit, short, immobile; cornea reduced, with reduced pigmentation. Posterior margin of epistome Posterior margin of epistome (
Fig. 26
D) with narrowly rectangular median lobe with deep median fissure, semicircular lateral margins. Third maxilliped (
Fig. 33
C;
Serène 1964b
: fig. 18A) merus subquadrate, ischium subquadrate, slightly longer than merus. Proportionally short ambulatory legs (
Fig. 16
D), merus especially stout, broad, proportionally wide articles with acute tubercles along lower margins, particularly P2 merus. Chelipeds (
Figs. 16
D; 45E, F) subequal in length, heteromorphic in males; fingers of
minor
chela (
Fig. 45
F) subcircular in cross-section, scissor-like, cutting margins with small teeth; cutting margins of major chela of males (
Fig. 45
E) with short teeth, most proximal enlarged. Ventral surface of cheliped merus with outer, inner rows of tubercles, short teeth (about ten on outer margins, many on two rows along inner margins). Inner margin of cheliped carpus with short distal tooth (
Fig. 16
D). Fused thoracic sternites 1, 2 (
Fig. 54
D) semicircular, broad, short. Wide sternum. Male pleon (
Fig. 54
E;
Serène 1964b
: fig. 18B) with proportionally short telson. G1 (
Fig. 77
E‒G;
Serène 1964b
: fig. 18C) slender, distal segment slightly curved, with short spinules, pointed apex. G2 (
Fig. 77
H;
Serène 1964b
: fig. 18C) about 1/2 G1 length, slightly curved, distal segment proportionally short. Mature female unknown.
Remarks
. Same wide sternum, pleon, mouth parts, and “supplementary plate” as in
apta
/pubescence
. Proportionally shorter and thicker ambulatory legs than
S. apta
.
Distribution
. Only known from
New Caledonia
. Depth:
165–
360 m
.