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Issue: Vol. 1610 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1610.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of deep-water spider crab of the genus Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875, from Guam (Crustacea: Brachyura: Majidae)

Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, BPA5, Nouméa cedex, New Caledonia
Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura Majidae Rochinia new species Guam

Abstract

A new species of deep-water spider crab (Majidae) of the genus Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875, is described from Guam. Rochinia paulayi, new species, is distinguished from the allied R. pulchra (Miers, 1886), R. riversandersoni (Alcock, 1895) and R. griffini Davie & Short, 1989, in the form and position of the carapace spines.

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