Revision of the family Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea)
Author
Ng, Peter K. L.
Author
Castro, Peter
text
Zootaxa
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journal article
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Deltopelta obliqua
(Rathbun, 1898)
n. comb.
(
Figs. 5
E‒G; 22H;
29I
; 37G; 50H; 57E; 85D; 89J)
Chasmocarcinus obliquus
Rathbun, 1898a
: 286
, pl. 7, figs. 6 [
type
localilty:
Bahamas
]; 1918: 55 [in key], fig. 27, pl. 14, figs. 1, 2.—
Serène 1964a
: 258
[in list].—
Blow & Bailey 1992
: 176
[in list].—Coelho & Coelho 1998: 813 [in list].—Ng et al. 2008: 76 [in list].—Felder
et al
. 2009: 1081 [in list].
Hephthopelta superba
Boone, 1927
: 16
, fig. 5 [Belize].
Chasmocarcinus superbus
—Ng
et al.
2008: 76 [in list].
Type
material
.
Holotype
male (5.2 ×
5.1 mm
) (
USNM
20509
),
Bahamas
, SE
Andros
I., “in
Tongue
of
Ocean
”,
Albatross
, stn
2651, 177 m
,
13.04.1886
.
Other
material examined
.
U.S.
Virgin Is.
1 male
(cl
3.5 mm
) (
USNM
67781
).
Belize
.
1 female
(
holotype
of
Hephthopelta superba
Boone, 1927
) (10.7 × 13.0 mm) (
PMNH
),
Glover Reef
, off southern
Belize
,
885 m
,
Pawnee
l
,
20.04.1925
.
Diagnosis
. As for genus.
Remarks
. The examination of the female
holotype
of
Hephthopelta superba
Boone, 1927
, clearly showed that Boone’s species is a junior subjective synonym of
D. obliqua
. Boone’s detailed description and illustration (
Boone 1927: 16, fig. 5
) provide additional evidence of the synonymy.
Distribution
. West Indies:
Bahamas
and Virgin Is. Depth:
177‒
855 m
.