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Issue: Vol. 1409 No. 1: 19 Feb. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-02-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1409.1.4
Page range: 61–67
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) from Micronesia

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, B.P. A5, 98848, Nouméa Cedex, Nouvelle-Calédonie.
Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore.
Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura Majidae Cyrtomaia new species Guam Palau

Abstract

A new species of deep-sea spider crab of the genus Cyrtomaia (Brachyura: Majidae) is described from Guam and Palau. Cyrtomaia micronesica n. sp. is differentiated from its closest congener, C. cornuta Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1988, from New Caledonia by a different carapace armature, shorter basal antennal spines, proportionately longer chelipeds, relatively longer male second and fourth ambulatory meri, and a different male first pleopod.

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