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A new species of the Petrolisthes galathinus complex from the south-ern Caribbean Sea, (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae)

Authors list: Werding, B; Kraus, H

Publication year: 2002

Pages: 1141-1147

Journal: Crustaceana:International Journal of Crustacean Research

Volume number: 75

Issue number: 9

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1163/156854002763270536

Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers

Abstract:

A new species of porcellanid crab, Petrolisthes bolivarensis, is described as an additional member of the Petrolisthes galathinus species complex (Werding, 1983). The new species is distinguished morphologically from all other Caribbean members of the complex except from P. columbiensis by its conspicuously broad chelae. From P. columbiensis it is distinguished by the presence of only one epibranchial spine instead of two and three instead of four movable spines on the dactyli of the walking legs. Living specimens can be identified by their colouration, especially by a yellow to orange spot on the articulation of the dactylus of the chelae.

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Harvard Citation style: Werding, B. and Kraus, H. (2002) A new species of the Petrolisthes galathinus complex from the south-ern Caribbean Sea, (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae), Crustaceana:International Journal of Crustacean Research, 75(9), pp. 1141-1147. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854002763270536

APA Citation style: Werding, B., & Kraus, H. (2002). A new species of the Petrolisthes galathinus complex from the south-ern Caribbean Sea, (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Crustaceana:International Journal of Crustacean Research. 75(9), 1141-1147. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854002763270536

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