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Issue: Vol. 3402 No. 1: 30 Jul. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-07-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3402.1.4
Page range: 54–60
Abstract views: 62
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of Raphidopus Stimpson, 1858, from the Persian Gulf (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae)

Tropical Marine Science Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Biological Science, Tehran; and Fishery Department, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran
Department of Marine Biology, Marine Science Centre, University of Basrah, Iraq
Crustacea Decapoda Anomura Porcellanidae Raphidopus new species Persian Gulf

Abstract

A new species of porcellanid crab, Raphidopus persicus, is described from Iran and Iraq in the Persian Gulf. The speciesis distinguished from its congeners, R. ciliatus Stimpson, 1858, R. indicus Henderson, 1893, and R. johnsoni Ng & Naka-sone, 1994, by a combination of carapace features, structure of the third maxilliped and thoracic sternum, cheliped armature, and proportions of the ambulatory legs.

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