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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Camatopsis valida
n. sp.
(
Figs. 7
G, H; 23H;
39I
, J; 51E; 58E; 69G‒K; 90E)
Type
material
.
Holotype
male (3.6 ×
4.9 mm
) (MNHN-IU-2013-9067),
Fiji
, south of
Viti Levu
, MUSORSTOM 10, stn DW1362,
18°11.7’S
,
178°35.5’E
,
80‒89 m
,
14.08.1998
.
Paratypes
.
1 female
(3.5 ×
4.3 mm
) (MNHN-IU-2013-9467), MUSORSTOM 10,
Fiji
,
Bligh Water
, stn CP1323,
17°16.10’S
,
177°45.75’E
,
143‒173 m
, 0 7.08.1998.
Diagnosis
. Carapace (
Fig. 7
G, H) subtrapezoidal, 1.2‒1.3 wider than long; front bilobed, with shallow median cleft; anterolateral margins arcuate, minutely granular with granules higher along lateral margins, without distinct lobes or teeth. Eye peduncle (
Fig. 23
H) filling orbit, short, slightly mobile; cornea reduced, with reduced pigmentation. Epistome (
Fig. 23
H), semicircular median lobe with deep median fissure, semicircular lateral margins. Third maxilliped (
Fig. 69
G) merus circular, ischium subquadrate, slightly longer than merus. Proportionally short ambulatory legs (
Fig. 7
G, H); P5 merus 0.7 cl. Chelipeds (
Figs. 7
G, H;
39I
, J) subequal in length, heteromorphic in males. Major chela of
holotype
male (
Fig.
39
I) with thick propodus, nearly triangular in dorsal view, cutting margins without distinct teeth except distal end of pollex overlapping dactylus.
Minor
chela of both sexes (
Fig. 39
J) with cutting margin of pollex having few teeth. Inner margin of cheliped carpus smooth. Fused thoracic sternites 1, 2 (
Fig. 51
E) triangular, proportionally narrow, long. Male pleon (
Figs. 51
E; 58E) with proportionally short telson. G1 (
Fig. 69
H‒J) conspicuously short, stout, distal segment curved outwards with short to long spinules. G2 (
Fig. 69
K) about 3/4 G1 length, slightly curved, slender, short, straight distal segment. Female pleon with lateral margins of somites strongly convex; telson proportionally short. Sterno-pleonal cavity of female (
Fig. 90
E) moderately deep, vulvae relatively close together.
Etymology
. The name is derived from the Latin
validus
for “stout” alluding to the relatively stocky G1 of the species.
Remarks
. In addition to the characteristic G1 and distinctive male chela, the new species can be easily distinguished from
C. leptomerus
and
C. rubida
(which are also found in
Fiji
) by having a different carapace form: it is proportionately broader, and the gastric and branchial regions are lower and relatively less convex (
Fig. 7
G, H vs.
Figs. 6
; 8A–F). The carapace characters can easily distinguish between females, even if the G1 and cheliped characters cannot be used.
Distribution
. Known only from
Fiji
. Depth:
80‒
173 m
.