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Issue: Vol. 1621 No. 1: 23 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1621.1.2
Page range: 17–31
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 3

On the taxonomy of the genus Hymenicoides Kemp, 1917 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae), with resurrection of Limnopilos Chuang & Ng, 1991, and descriptions of two new species

Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore
Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore
Crustacea Hymenicoides Limnopilos new species taxonomy Hymenosomatidae

Abstract

The systematics of the false spider crab genus Hymenicoides Kemp, 1917 (Hymenosomatidae), is revised. Hymenicoides carteri, type species of the genus, has a distinct locking structure of male abdomen as well as possession of a strong tubercle on the palm of the chela, features which are quite different from H. naiyanetri (Chuang & Ng, 1991), and H. microrhynchus Ng, 1995. The present study restricts Hymenicoides Kemp, 1917, for H. carteri and resurrects Limnopilos Chuang & Ng, 1991, for the other two species. Two new species, one of Hymenicoides from Myanmar, and one of Limnopilos from Sumatra, are also described. A key to the species of both genera is provided.

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