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Issue: Vol. 2414 No. 1: 30 Mar. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-03-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2414.1.4
Page range: 52–58
Abstract views: 26
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A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Odontothelphusa Rodríguez, 1982, (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) from Chiapas, Mexico

Colección Nacional de Crustáceos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-153, México 04510, D.F., México
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Apartado postal 57, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 29000, Chiapas, México
Escuela de Biología, Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, Apartado postal 57, Tuxtla Gutiérrez 29000, Chiapas, México
Crustacea freshwater crabs new species Pseudothelphusidae Odontothelphusa Chiapas Mexico

Abstract

A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Odontothelphusa is described. The specimens were collected from one tributary of the Malpaso Dam in northwestern Chiapas state, extending the geographical distribution of the genus to southwestern Mexico. The new species differs from its congeners by the presence of a basal rounded tubercle and a small acute spine near the pointed end of the strong proximomesial spine. The new species represents the seventh species in the genus.

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