Cretalamoha boweni, Nyborg & Garassino & Vega, 2023

Nyborg, Torrey, Garassino, Alessandro & Vega, Francisco J., 2023, Validation of Cretalamoha boweni Nyborg & Garassino (Brachyura: Homolidae) from the early Campanian, Upper Cretaceous of British Columbia, Canada, Zootaxa 5318 (1), pp. 148-150 : 148-149

Cretalamoha boweni sp. nov.

( Fig. 1 ) Cretalamoha boweni Nyborg & Garassino, 2017: 137–140 , figs. 1, 2 [unavailable].

Type material. HOLOTYPE: CDM 047, carapace preserving dorsal surface, carapace length 14.0 mm, width 14.3 mm, early Campanian , Pender Formation of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Diagnosis. Carapace as long as wide; well-defined dorsal carapace regions, marked by deep incised grooves; tuberculate dorsal surface, marked by strong calcified spines in epi- and protogastric regions; short, rounded rostrum; subhepatic region with three subhepatic spines; smooth anterolateral and posterolateral margins.

Etymology. The species name is named after the collector of this sole specimen Dan Bowen of Courtenay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Remarks. A full description and figures of Cretalamoha boweni and stratigraphic account are given by Nyborg & Garassino (2017).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Cretalamoha boweni gen. et sp. nov., dorsal view of carapace, holotype CDM 047, early Campanian, Pender Formation of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Scale bar = 1 cm.