A new species of the Macrophthalmus boscii-group (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) from the Persian Gulf with designation of a neotype for M. boscii Audouin (1826)
Naderloo, R.; Türkay, M. (2011). A new species of the Macrophthalmus boscii-group (Decapoda: Brachyura: Macrophthalmidae) from the Persian Gulf with designation of a neotype for M. boscii Audouin (1826). Mar. Biodiv. 41(4): 503-515. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12526-010-0077-5 In: Marine Biodiversity. Springer: Heidelberg; Berlin. ISSN 1867-1616; e-ISSN 1867-1624, more |  |
| Keywords | Classification > Taxonomy
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 [WoRMS]; Macrophthalmus (Chaenostoma) boscii Audouin, 1826 [WoRMS]; Macrophthalmus sinuspersici
ISW, Persian Gulf [Marine Regions]; ISW, Red Sea [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Authors | | Top | - Naderloo, R.
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| Abstract | A number of characters were overlooked in the original description of Macrophthamus boscii Audouin in Animaux invertébr 1(4):77–98, 1826, therefore this species is redescribed from material collected close to the type locality and, as the type series is no longer extant, a Neotype is designated. M. sinuspersici sp. nov. is described from the Persian Gulf and distinguished from M. boscii in possessing a distinct stridulating ridge on the upper surface of the merus of the male cheliped (vs fully lacking in M. boscii) and by first male gonopod which has apical process inclined mesio-laterally, strongly emarginated (vs a remarkable plate-shaped apical process in M. boscii). |
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