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Issue: Vol. 3320 No. 1: 22 May. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-05-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3320.1.4
Page range: 56–60
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Oxypleurodon Miers, 1886 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Majoidea) from the Bismarck Sea, Papua New Guinea

Kiwa Consulting, 5, rue F. Franchette, 98800, Nouméa, New Caledonia
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle UMR 7138 Systématique, Adaptation et Evolution, Département Systématique et Evolution, CP 26, 57 Rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura Majoidea Oxypleurodon new species Papua New Guinea

Abstract

Recently collected specimens from the deep sea off Papua New Guinea revealed the presence of a new species of Oxy-pleurodon Miers, 1886 (Majoidea). The new species is a member of the O. auritum group but its flattened rostral spines and the triangular shape of the carapace easily distinguishes it from congeners.

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