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Issue: Vol. 4379 No. 2: 14 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.2.5
Page range: 231–246
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Additions to the Indonesian crab fauna of the genus Mariaplax Rahayu & Ng, 2014, and notes on Hexapus timika Rahayu & Ng, 2014 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Hexapodidae)

Marine Bio-industry, Research Center for Oceanography—Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). Dusun Teluk Kodek, Pemenang 83756, Lombok Utara, NTB, Indonesia.
Research Center for Oceanography—Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jl. PasirPutih 1, AncolTimur, Jakarta Utara.
Crustacea Brachyura Hexapodidae crab new species Mariaplax Indonesia

Abstract

Hexapus timika Rahayu & Ng, 2014 is redescribed based on newly collected male and female specimens from Papua, Indonesia. Three new species from Jakarta Bay and Sunda Strait, Indonesia, are added to the genus Mariaplax, the richest genus in the family Hexapodidae, hitherto having 14 species. Mariaplax pitrai n. sp. has the carapace covered by small, closely-spaced tubercles and long ambulatory legs, resembling M. chenae Rahayu & Ng, 2014 but easily separated by the position of female vulvae. Mariaplax hispida n. sp. is unique for the presence of short stiff setae on the outer face of the chelipeds and pereopods 2−4. Mariaplax sundaica n. sp. is characterized by the broad carapace, covered entirely by tubercles, the longitudinal grooves present only on the meri of pereopods 2 and 3. A key to the species of Mariaplax is provided.

 

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