Revision of the intertidal and semiterrestrial crab genera Chiromantes Gistel, 1848, and Pseudosesarma Serène & Soh, 1970 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Sesarmidae), using morphology and molecular phylogenetics, with the establishment of nine new genera and two new species
Author
Schubart, Christoph D.
Zoology & Evolution, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
christoph.schubart@ur.de
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, Singapore 117377, Republic of Singapore
peterng@nus.edu.sg
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Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2020
2020-12-23
68
891
994
journal article
55667
10.26107/RBZ-2020-0097
6cb155ce-8b9f-48ce-8e6c-b0dc00f8b1cc
2345-7600
5351295
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Migmarma
,
new genus
Type
species
.
Sesarma
(
Sesarma
)
modesta
De Man, 1902
, by present designation. Gender neuter.
Diagnosis
. Carapace squarish to trapezoidal, wider than long; frontal margin weakly bilobed, gently deflexed, wider than posterior carapace margin; lateral margins of carapace with one tooth, posterolateral part subparallel or gently diverging; regions of carapace demarcated; postfrontal and epigastric crests separated by relatively deep grooves, margin relatively distinct, regions clearly separated; basal articles of antenna and antennules separated by septum; dorsal margin of palm without longitudinal pectinated ridge, inner surface gently convex, without prominent granulated ridge, outer surface and pollex gently convex or almost flat, covered with small granules; dorsal margin of chelipedal dactylus smooth in adult males or lined with small granules of various sizes; inner distal margin of merus of cheliped not lamelliform; inner surfaces of first to third ambulatory coxae with only scattered short setae between them, not arranged into tufts; male thoracic sternites 2–4 relatively narrow in adults, suture between sternites 3 and 4 shallow but visible; male sternopleonal cavity reaching two-thirds length of sternite 4 to before anterior margin of sternite 2; without trace of press-button on sternite 5, posterior edge of sternite 4 not expanded, no trace of obvious pleonal locking mechanism; G1 stout to relatively slender, subdistal part slightly swollen or subequal to width of base; chitinous part short to relatively long. Vulva is on anterior part of sternite 6, anterior edge presses against sternite 5; anterior sternal vulvar cover very low, posterior sternal vulvar cover low, rim-like; opening cylindrical, projecting, tip rounded, directed obliquely anteriorly.
Etymology
. The name is derived from the Latin “migma” for mixture, with the ending of the genus name
Sesarma
. This alludes to the mix of characters present in the
type
species. The gender is neuter.
Included species
.
Sesarma
(
Sesarma
)
modesta
De Man, 1902
;
Migmarma lustrum
,
new species
;
Migmarma lorentzi
,
new species
.
Remarks
.
Migmarma
,
new genus
, is established for three species with a mix of characters that make their assignment to
Pseudosesarma
or
Bresedium
difficult; but which are nevertheless genetically related (
Fig. 59
). The carapaces of
M. modestum
and
M. lustrum
,
new species
, are similar, being trapezoidal but clearly much wider than long (
Figs. 45B
,
47B
); while that of
M. lorentzi
,
new species
, is distinctly quadrate (
Fig. 50B
). Their male pleons are triangular but the telson is normal in
M. modestum
and
M. lustrum
(
Figs. 45D
,
46B
,
47H
), but slightly sunken into somite
6 in
M. lorentzi
(
Fig. 50E
). Their G1s are relatively stout to more slender with the chitinous distal part relatively short or more elongate (
Figs. 46C, D
,
49A, B
,
51A, B
). None of them can be placed in
Pseudosesarma
as defined at present as the G1 is not sufficiently stout and the inner surface of sternite 5 of the sternopleonal cavity does not have a depression for the G1 (
Figs. 45E
,
48A, B
). In
B. brevipes
and
B. laevimanum
, the male telson is prominently sunken into the distal margin of somite 6 (see
Li, 2014
: fig. 1B; unpublished data), distinct from the condition in
M. lorentzi
which is only slightly so (
Fig. 50E
) and not at all apparent in
M. modestum
and
M. lustrum
(
Figs. 45D
,
46B
,
47H
). In any case, the G1 of species in
Bresedium
s. str.
are either stout with the chitinous distal process very long and straight, or the G1 is more slender with the distal process long and the tip dilated (
Fig. 42B–E
;
Li, 2014
: fig. 2A, B). Like
Pseudosesarma
, the inner surface of sternite 5 of the sternopleonal cavity in
Bresedium
species
also do not have a depression for the G1.