Sargassocarcinus Ward, 1936

Ng, Peter K. L., Lin, Chia-Wei & Naruse, Tohru, 2016, Revision of the spider crab genus Sargassocarcinus Ward, 1936 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae), Zootaxa 4162 (2), pp. 313-330 : 328-329

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.2.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B41C86F2-BF59-4B14-8285-7682D3F3C9E2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6073603

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E687C1-1335-FFCB-FF7D-09983982DC7C

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Plazi

scientific name

Sargassocarcinus Ward, 1936
status

 

Key to the species of Sargassocarcinus Ward, 1936 View in CoL

1. Wing-like lateral expansion of carapace less pronounced, separated by more or less symmetrical concavity, with anterior and posterior teeth subequal in structure ( Fig. 3 View FIGURE 3 A–C). Pararostral teeth elongated, reaching beyond level of distal ends of preorbital lobes ( Fig. 7A View FIGURE 7. A, B, D – F )....................................................................... S. foliatus Ward, 1936 View in CoL

-. Wing-like lateral expansion of carapace more pronounced, separated by asymmetrical concavity, with anterior lobes wider than posterior one. Pararostral teeth short, not reaching level of distal ends of preorbital lobes........................ 2

2. Concavity of lateral expansion of carapace relatively deep; anterior, posterior lobes of lateral expansion triangular....................................................................................... S. sublimis ( Rathbun, 1916) View in CoL

-. Concavity of lateral expansion of carapace relatively shallow; anterior lobe broadly triangular, posterior one tapering to sharp point............................................................................ S. cristatus ( Balss, 1924) View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

InfraOrder

Brachyura

Family

Epialtidae

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