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Issue: Vol. 3522 No. 1: 19 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3522.1.5
Page range: 73–80
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A new species of Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cancridae) from deep water off South Africa

Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Tropical Marine Science Institute and Department of Biological Sciences,National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore
Crustacea Cancridae Platepistoma deep water continental slope South Africa Indian Ocean new species taxonomy

Abstract

Platepistoma seani sp. nov. is described from deep water off KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. It can be separatedfrom its nearest relative, Platepistoma guezei (Crosnier, 1976), by its thicker setal covering that completely hides the an-terolateral teeth from dorsal view, less well defined carapace regions, more spinous anterolateral and posterolateral cara-pace margins, sparser but more prominent dorsal carapace spines, more prominent spines on the carpus of the cheliped, and a relatively narrower male telson.

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