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Issue: Vol. 4766 No. 3: 21 Apr. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-04-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4766.3.4
Page range: 447–456
Abstract views: 184
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A new long-legged terrestrial freshwater crab, Calcipotamon puglabrum gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Potamidae), from Hainan Island, China

School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China Palaeontology, Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia Australian Museum, 1 William St, Sydney NSW 2010, Australia
Hainan Key Laboratory for Research and Development of Natural Products from Li Folk Medicine, Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Tropical Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agriculture Sciences, Haikou 571101, China
Hainan Academy of Ocean and Fisheries Sciences, Institute of Freshwater Fishery, Haikou 571126, China
Crustacea freshwater crab Hainan new genus new species Potamidae systematics

Abstract

A new genus and new species of terrestrial freshwater crab, Calcipotamon puglabrum gen. nov. et sp. nov., is described from the limestone forests of Changjiang, Hainan Island, China, based on morphology and mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences. The new genus is closest to Neotiwaripotamon Dai & Naiyanetr, 1994, and Tiwaripotamon Bott, 1970, but differs in a combination of carapace, third maxilliped, ambulatory leg and male gonopod characters. Molecular analysis shows that the new genus is closely related with but not clustered within other Hainan potamid genera. Notes on the general biology of this new species are also provided.

 

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