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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Australocarcinus kanaka
Davie & Guinot, 1996
(
Figs. 93
C; 94B, H; 95C, D; 96C, D; 98C, D; 99C, D)
Australocarcinus kanaka
Davie & Guinot, 1996
: 279
, figs. 1‒4, 6, 8 [
type
locality:
New Caledonia
]
.—Ng
et al.
2008: 76 [in list], 77, fig. 60 [colour] [New Caledonia].—
Anger
et al.
2015
: 329
.
Type
material
.
Holotype
male (11.1 ×
9.5 mm
) (MNHN-IU-2014-12818, ex MNHN-B25279),
New Caledonia
,
Col d'Amoss
, near
Ouégoa
, in freshwater stream, l00 m altitude,
R. Raven
coll.,
13.11.1993
.
Paratypes: 2 females (9.2 ×
11.2 mm
, 10.4 ×
12.4 mm
) (MNHN-IU-2014-12819, ex MNHN-B25280), rivière Pangou, P. Bouchet coll.,
300 m
altitude,
13.07.1993
—1 male (7.3 ×
8.7 mm
) (MNHN-IU-2014-12820, ex MNHN-B25281), rivière Oualème, Ouène, P. Bouchet coll.,
14.07.1993
.—1 male, 2 females, 1 juvenile (MNHN- IU-2014-12821, ex MNHN-B25282), Koumac, Three Creeks, 1993). Other paratypes (5 males, 3 females) (see
Davie and Guinot, 1996
).
Other
material examined
.
New Caledonia
.
2 females
(7.4 ×
8.5 mm
, 8.5 ×
9.8 mm
) (
ZRC
2009.111
), Koumac, northern
New Caledonia, P.K.L. Ng
coll., 11.2006.
Diagnosis
. Carapace (
Fig. 93
C;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: figs. 1, 3A) subquadrate, 11.2 wider than long; front bilobed, with slight median cleft; dorsal surface smooth. Anterolateral margins arcuate, with 3 wide, short, dorsoventrally flattened teeth. Orbits short. Eye peduncle short (
Fig. 94
B;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: fig. 3A), does not fill orbit, mobile, cornea enlarged, pigmented. Epistome (
Fig. 94
B) compressed, posterior margin with median lobe with fissure, circular lateral margins without fissures. Third maxillipeds (
Fig. 94
H;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: fig. 3C) leaving gap when closed; merus quadrate, auricular anteroexternal angle, ischium quadrate, slightly longer than merus. Chelipeds (
Figs. 93
C; 95C, D;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: figs. 1; 3F) subequal in length, nearly similar in both sexes; cutting margins of both chelae with broad, shallow teeth larger in major chela. Inner margin of cheliped carpus with short, triangular tooth. Ventral surface of cheliped merus bordered by large tubercles. Proportionally short ambulatory legs (
Fig. 93
C;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: fig. 1), P5 merus not reaching front when folded. Meri smooth. Fused thoracic sternites 1, 2 semicircular, proportionally wide, short. Male pleon (
Fig. 96
C;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: fig. 3D, E) with lateral margins of somite 6, fused somites 3–5 slightly convex; postero-lateral regions slightly swollen; telson proportionally long; “supplementary plate” (
Fig. 96
D;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: fig. 3G) conspicuously narrow, short, rectangular. G1 (
Fig. 98
C;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: fig. 4A) stout, distal part with tapering tip, with short spinules. G2 (
Fig. 98
D;
Davie & Guinot 1996
: fig. 4B) longer than G1, basal segment curved; distal segment slightly longer than basal segment, apex with lateral pointed tip. Somites of female pleon (
Fig. 99
C) with slightly convex lateral margins; telson proportionally long. Sterno-pleonal cavity of female (
Fig. 99
D) moderately deep, with conspicuously large vulvae widely separated, covering most of thoracic sternite 5 with anterior portion extending into deflected suture 5/6, round, thin lip on outer margin, soft membrane across, leaving proportionally small opening.
FIGURE 73.
Gonopods of species of
Angustopelta
n. gen.
A,
A. aurita
, Philippines: male 7.7 × 9.5 mm (ZRC 2015.248); B‒E,
A. aurita
, Philippines: male 9.6 × 11.2 mm (ZRC 2015.250); F‒H,
A. cribrorum
, Japan: holotype male 13.6 × 14.9 mm (USNM 46388); I,
A. cribrorum
, Taiwan: male 9.9 × 11.6 mm (ZRC 2015.214). A, B, F, ventral view of left G1; C, D, G, H, distal part of left G1; E, I, left G2. Scales: A, B, E, F, I = 0.5 mm; C, D, G, H = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 74.
Gonopods of species of
Angustopelta
n. gen.
A, C‒E,
A. robusta
n. sp.
, Vanuatu: holotype male 9.3 × 10.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-5616); B,
A. robusta
n. sp.
, Vanuatu: paratype male 12.3 × 13.3 mm (ZRC 2015.255); F‒I,
A. modesta
n. sp.
, Solomon Islands: holotype male 13.3 × 15.1 mm (MNHU-IU-2013-9038). A, B, F, ventral view of left G1; C, D, G, H, distal part of left G1; E, I, left G2. Scales: A, B, E, F, I = 0.5 mm; C, D, G, H = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 75.
Gonopods of species of
Chinommatia
n. gen.
A‒D,
C. cavimanus
, Philippines: male 10.1 × 12.2 mm (ZRC 2015.228); E‒H,
C. bruuni
, Java Sea: male 3.4 × 4.0 mm (ZMUC CRU-1524); I,
C. bruuni
, Malaysia: male 4.3 × 5.5 mm (ZRC 2013.0020); J‒M,
C. bicuspida
n. sp.
, Papua New Guinea: holotype male 10.7 × 12.9 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-0954). A, E, I, J, ventral view of left G1; B, F, K, ventral view of distal part of left G1; C, G, L, dorsal view of distal part of left G1; D, H, M, left G2. Scales: A, D, E, H, I, J, M = 0.5 mm; B, C, F, G, K, L = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 76.
Gonopods of species of
Chinommatia
n. gen.
and
Notopelta
n. gen.
A‒E,
Chinommatia turpis
n. sp.
, Vanuatu: holotype male 3.1 × 4.3 mm (MNHU-IU-2013-9044); F‒I,
Notopelta mortenseni
, Sunda Strait
: holotype male 5.0 × 6.9 mm (ZMUC CRU-7397). A, F, ventral view of left G1; B, G, ventral view of distal part of left G1; C, H, dorsal view of distal part of left G1; D, left G2 (tip damaged); I, left G2; E, right G2. Scales: F–I = 0.5 mm; A‒H = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 77.
Gonopods of species of
Statommatia
n. gen.
A‒D,
S. apta
, Philippines: male 5.9 × 7.1 mm (ZRC 2015.239); E‒H,
S. knudseni
, New Caledonia: holotype male 4.7 × 6.9 mm (ZMUC CRU-6974); I‒L,
S. malagasy
n. sp.
, Madagascar: holotype male 9.9 × 12.4 mm (MNHN-IU-2010-4370a). A‒C, ventral view of right G1 [left one damaged]; E, I, ventral view of left G1; B, dorsal view of distal part of right G1; C, ventral view of distal part of right G1; F, J, ventral view of distal part of left G1; G, K, dorsal view of distal part of left G1; D, H, L, left G2. Scales: A, D, E, H, I, L = 0.5 mm; B, C, F, G, J, K = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 78.
Gonopods of species of
Statommatia
n. gen.
A, B,
S. pubescens
, South China Sea: holotype male 5.0 × 7.9 mm (after Chen 1998: fig. 23-7); C‒G,
S. granulosa
n. sp.
, New Caledonia: holotype male 4.1 × 4.7 mm (MNHN-IU-2013-9454). A, C, ventral view of left G1; D, dorsal view of left G1; B, E, ventral view of distal part of left G1; F, dorsal view of distal part of left G1; G, left G2. Scales = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 79.
Gonopods of species of
Tenagopelta
n. gen.
A‒E,
T. pacifica
n. sp.
, Philippines: paratype male 10.2 × 11.4 mm (ZRC 2015.212); F‒J,
T. brachyphallus
n. sp.
, Australia: holotype male 6.1 × 6.9 mm (NMV
J61680
); K‒N,
T. potens
, Papua New Guinea: male 11.8 × 13.8 mm (MNHN-IU-2011-1504). A, F, K, ventral view of left G1; B, G, L, dorsal view of left G1; C, H, M, ventral view of distal part of left G1; D, I, N, dorsal view of distal part of left G1; E, J, O, left G2. Scales: A, B, E, F, G, J, K, L, O = 0.5 mm; C, D, H, I, M, N = 0.1 mm.
FIGURE 80.
Third maxilliped and male pleon of species of
Microtopsis
. A, B,
M. takedai
, Japan: holotype male 2.4 × 3.1 mm (after Komai
et al
. 2012: figs. 3A, 2H, respectively); C, D, F,
M. teschi
n. sp.
, Indonesia: holotype male 1.5 × 2.1 mm (NNM- ZMA); E,
M. teschi
n. sp.
, Indonesia: paratype 1.5 × 1.9 mm (NNM-ZMA). A, left third maxilliped; B, F, male pleon; C, right third maxilliped (denuded, exopod not drawn); D, left third maxilliped (denuded, exopod not drawn); E, right third maxilliped (denuded). Scales = 0.5 mm.
Remarks
. The posterior margin of the epistome of the holotype male (MNHN-IU-2014-12818, ex MNHN- B25279) consists of a straight median lobe with no median fissure and straight lateral margins. The epistome, however, has a semicircular median lobe with a median fissure in a female (MNHN-IU-2014-12819, ex MNHN- B25280). It is short, with straight lateral margins and without a lower margin in both specimens.
Distribution
. Known only from
New Caledonia
; rivers.