Eplumula Williams, 1982

Castro, Peter, Williams, Austin B. & Cooper, Lara L., 2003, Revision of the family Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), Zoosystema 25 (4), pp. 601-634 : 605

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4890280
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4689366
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A3110F-4072-FFED-FF64-DEA9525789B0
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-04-14 21:54:52, last updated 2024-11-27 03:15:23)
scientific name	Eplumula Williams, 1982
status

Treatment

Genus Eplumula Williams, 1982 View in CoL

Eplumula Williams, 1982: 229 View in CoL .

Eplumura [sic] – Takeda 1995: 138.

Eplumra [sic] – Gosliner et al. 1996: 235. — Minemizu 2000: 187.

TYPE SPECIES. — Latreillia phalangium de Haan, 1839 View in CoL by original designation ( Williams 1982: 229). Gender: feminine.

DIAGNOSIS. — Last pair of pereopods (P5) conspicuously short, total length of each appendage shorter than merus of third pair (P4) ( Fig. 2 View FIG ); each propodus of P5 half or less that half length of carpus of P5; without conspicuous, feather-like setae on sides, distally flattened, broadened, often distally spinose; dactyli forming subchelae ( Fig. 2 View FIG ; see also Williams 1982: fig. 1a).

REMARKS

Williams (1982) proposed Eplumula on the basis of the characteristic nature of the last pair of pereopods (P5) of two species of Latreillia : L. australiensis Henderson, 1888 and L. phalangium de Haan, 1839 . The P5 are shorter than the merus of the P4, their propodi are distally flattened and broadened, and lack the feather-like setae of Latreillia .

References

GOSLINER T. M., BEHRENS D. W. & WILLIAMS G. C. 1996. - Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific, Animal Life from Africa to Hawai'i Exclusive of the Vertebrates. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 314 p.

HENDERSON J. R. 1888. - Report of the Anomura collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the Years 1873 - 76 under the Command of Captain George S. Nares, R. N., F. R. S. and the late Captain Frank Tourle Thompson, R. N., Zoology 27 (69), xi + 221 p., 21 pls.

MINEMIZU R. 2000. - [Marine Decapod and Stomatopod Crustaceans mainly from Japan]. Bun- Ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo, 344 p. (in Japanese).

TAKEDA M. 1995. - [Geographical notes on the crabs from Onagawa Bay and its adjacent waters, Northeastern Honshu, Japan]. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 28: 135 - 145 (in Japanese).

WILLIAMS A. B. 1982. - Revision of the genus Latreillia Roux. Quadereni del Laboratorio di Tecnologia della Pesca, Ancona 3 (2 / 5): 227 - 255.