Araphura Bird & Holdich, 1984
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Araphura Bird & Holdich, 1984 View in CoL
Synonymy (restricted): Leptognathia Lilljeborg, 1864 [partim]: Bird & Holdich (1984): 13.
Araphura: Bird & Holdich (1984) View in CoL : 13; Sieg & Dojiri (1989): 121; Larsen (2005): 218 -219).
Diagnosis. see Larsen (2005) or Larsen et al (2009)
Type species. Araphura brevimanus (Lilljeborg, 1864) View in CoL .
Species included (Australasian): Araphura whakarakaia View in CoL n. sp. Araphuroides View in CoL , to accommodate two species formerly within Araphura View in CoL . It is a fairly conservative taxon morphologically and species differences are seen mainly in details of the chelipeds, mandible molar and uropods. Only one species, Araphura extensa Larsen View in CoL , does not easily fit in the genus and phylogenetic analyses following on from Bird & Larsen (2009) will resolve its affinities.
Although one species, Araphura View in CoL io Bamber, 2005, has been described from the Australasian region, this has now been transferred to the sister genus Araphuroides View in CoL (Larsen et al 2009: 3). Another deep-water species of Araphura View in CoL from New Zealand will be described in a future paper by me.
Araphura View in CoL is a taxon that presents a typical body form adapted to tubicoly or burrowing. Compared to the taxa reported on earlier in this paper ( Parakonarus View in CoL , Atemtanais View in CoL , and Paratanais View in CoL ) it has, along with a more elongate body form, a streamlined cephalothorax-cheliped configuration where the cheliped bases hardly protrude ventrally, and which are more anteriorly attached via much larger coxal sclerites that ‘wrap around’ the posterioventral part of the cephalothorax.
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Araphura Bird & Holdich, 1984
BIRD, GRAHAM J. 2011 |
Araphura: Bird & Holdich (1984)
Larsen, K. 2005: 218 |
Sieg, J. & Dojiri, M. 1989: 121 |
Bird, G. J. & Holdich, D. M. 1984: 13 |