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Issue: Vol. 4179 No. 2: 31 Oct. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-31
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.2.7
Page range: 271–278
Abstract views: 90
PDF downloaded: 4

Ankerius aenigmaticus, a new genus and new species of aphanodactylid crab symbiotic with polychaetes from the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Aphanodactylidae)

Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore 119260, Republic of Singapore.
Marine Bio-industry Implementation Unit, Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Dusun Teluk Kodek, Pemenang, Lombok Utara, NTB. Indonesia
Department of Life Science, National Chung Hsing University, 250, Kuo Kuang Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan.
Crustacea Pinnotheroidea taxonomy

Abstract

A new genus and new species of pinnotheroid crab of the family Aphanodactylidae, Ankerius aenigmaticus n. sp., is described from the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. The genus is unusual among aphanodactylids in possessing more gaping third maxillipeds, strongly spiniform chelipeds and ambulatory legs, as well as a relatively longer ambulatory dactylus.

 

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