Vulcanocalliax Dworschak and Cunha, 2007

Poore, Gary C. B., Dworschak, Peter C., Robles, Rafael, Mantelatto, Fernando L. & Felder, Darryl L., 2019, A new classification of Callianassidae and related families (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea) derived from a molecular phylogeny with morphological support, Memoirs of Museum Victoria (Mem. Mus. Vic.) 78, pp. 73-146 : 102

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.24199/j.mmv.2019.78.05
publication LSID	urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:263C1363-0ADA-4972-9224-AC690A1FD238
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12214259
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scientific name	Vulcanocalliax Dworschak and Cunha, 2007
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Vulcanocalliax Dworschak and Cunha, 2007 View in CoL

Vulcanocalliax Dworschak and Cunha, 2007: 37 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .— Sakai, 2011:

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Type species. Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi Dworschak and Cunha, 2007 , by original designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis. Rostrum obsolete or obtusely triangular, flat, not reaching cornea; carapace without median carina; cardiac sulci absent. Pleomere 6 without lateral projections. Maxilliped 3 exopod absent. Male major cheliped merus with 1–2 small proximal teeth on lower margin.

Remarks. The sole species, Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi Dworschak and Cunha, 2007 , was placed in its own subfamily of Callianassidae close to Bathycalliacinae by its authors but the subfamily was transferred to Bathycalliacidae by Sakai (2011). Contrary to Sakai’s (2011) assertion, the only species does not have a dorsal plate on the uropodal exopod. It differs from Bathycalliax geomar in the absence of cardiac sulci and possession of a maxilliped 3 exopod.