Bonita, Campos, Ernesto, 2009

Campos, Ernesto, 2009, Pacific Ocean, with a reappraisal of the subfamily Pinnotherinae de Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pinnotheridae), Zootaxa 2022, pp. 29-44 : 33

Bonita , new genus

( Figs. 2–5 B, 8B)

Type species. Bonita mexicana new species, by present designation and monotypy.

Diagnosis. Carapace thin, easily wrinkled, tumid, anterolateral margins protruding beyond frontal margin, two longitudinal sulci extending form orbits to middle of carapace; WL3 asymmetrical, left longer than right, dactylus blade-shape; WL4 more robust than others, with clavate propodus, short, conical dactylus. Abdomen large, concave, margin involutes.

Etymology. From the Latin bellus (= beauty) alluding to the beauty facie of the crab. Gender feminine.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Bonita mexicana new genus, new species, Point Sofia, Tortugas Bay, Baja California Sur, México (CNCR 25300). Adult female: A, partial frontal view; B, dorsal view; C, left and right WL 1 – 4, respectively. Scales: A = 0.23 mm; B = 2.76 mm; C = 1.00 mm.

FIGURE 3. Bonita mexicana new genus, new species, Point Sofia, Tortugas Bay, Baja California Sur, México (CNCR 25300). Adult female: A, left dactylus and pollex of chela; B, MXP 3 palp; C, left cheliped; D – E left MXP 3, inner and outer view, respectively, Scales: A, C = 1.00 mm; B = 0.23 mm; D – E = 0.57 mm.

FIGURE 4. Bonita mexicana new genus, new species, Point Sofia, Tortugas Bay, Baja California Sur, México (CNCR 25300). Adult female, abdomen and telson: A, C, outer surface; B, inner surface. Scales: A = 2.76 mm; B = 2.64 mm; C = 3.47 mm.

FIGURE 5. Adult female, dorsal view: A, Fabia subquadrata (Dana, 1851), San Vicente, Ensenada, Baja California, México (UABC); B, Bonita mexicana, new genus, new species, Point Sofia, Tortugas Bay, Baja California Sur, México (UABC). Carapace width in mm, A = 13.4; B = 7.2.