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Issue: Vol. 5249 No. 3: 2 Mar. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-03-02
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.3.5
Page range: 393-400
Abstract views: 313
PDF downloaded: 46

A new species and new record of Samadinia Ng & Richer de Forges, 2013 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epaltidae) from deepwater off north-eastern Queensland, Australia

Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Qld 4101 Australia.
Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119227, Republic of Singapore.
Queensland spider crabs Epialtidae taxonomy new species deep-sea Crustacea

Abstract

A new species of Samadinia Richer de Forges & Ng, 2013, is described from deep-water off northeastern Queensland, Australia. Samadinia hela n. sp. is distinctive in having pseudorostral spines longer than the maximum carapace length, slender preorbital spines that are curved inwards over the base of the rostrum, and long and laterally flattened hepatic and lateral bracnchial spine plates. A new record of S. despereaux (Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019) from Queensland is also reported in this study.

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