Description of a new species of Petrolisthes in the Indo-West Pacific with a redefinition of P. hastatus Stimpson, 1858 and resurrection of P. inermis (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae) - Research portal of Justus Liebig University Giessen:

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Description of a new species of Petrolisthes in the Indo-West Pacific with a redefinition of P. hastatus Stimpson, 1858 and resurrection of P. inermis (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae)

Authors list: Werding, Bernd; Hiller, Alexandra

Publication year: 2015

Pages: 95-108

Journal: ZooKeys

Issue number: 516

ISSN: 1313-2989

eISSN: 1313-2970

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.516.9923

Publisher: Pensoft Publishers

Abstract:
The porcellanid crab Petrolisthes hastatus Stimpson, 1858, has been traditionally viewed as a highly variable species with a wide distribution in the West Pacific. For more than a century there has been taxonomic confusion of this species with morphologically similar taxa, some of which were synonymized with Stimpson's taxon. We redefine P. hastatus, resurrect P. inermis as a valid species, discuss the status of P. tenkatei De Man, 1893, and describe a new species as P. elegantissimus from Indonesia.

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Harvard Citation style: Werding, B. and Hiller, A. (2015) Description of a new species of Petrolisthes in the Indo-West Pacific with a redefinition of P. hastatus Stimpson, 1858 and resurrection of P. inermis (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae), ZooKeys(516), pp. 95-108. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.516.9923

APA Citation style: Werding, B., & Hiller, A. (2015). Description of a new species of Petrolisthes in the Indo-West Pacific with a redefinition of P. hastatus Stimpson, 1858 and resurrection of P. inermis (Heller, 1862) (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae). ZooKeys(516), 95-108. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.516.9923

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