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Issue: Vol. 4382 No. 3: 22 Feb. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-02-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.7
Page range: 565–572
Abstract views: 58
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Redescription of the poorly known pea crab, Pinnixa plectrophoros Glassell, 1935 (Decapoda: Pinnotheridae), from the Gulf of California

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Unidad Académica Mazatlán, Laboratorio de Invertebrados Bentónicos. P.O. Box 811, Mazatlán 82000, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad de Guadalajara. Carretera a Nogales km 15.5, Las Agujas Nextipac, Zapopan, Jalisco, C.P. 45110, Mexico.
San Diego Natural History Museum, Entomology Department, POB 121390, San Diego, CA 92112-1390.
Crustacea Pinnothereliinae new description Sea of Cortez

Abstract

A complete redescription of the pinnotherid crab, Pinnixa plectrophoros Glassell, 1935, is presented. Glassell's original description of P. plectrophoros, although without any accompanying illustrations, includes a series of morphological characteristics that help, to a certain extent, correctly identify the specimens of the species. A detailed examination of the holotype and specimens collected from Bahía Santa María-La Reforma, Sinaloa, in the central Gulf of California, revealed that the species has features, such as spines and tubercles, which were not mentioned in the original description. The original description of Pinnixa plectrophoros by Glassell (1935b) is hereby modified on the basis of the holotype, deposited in the San Diego Natural History Museum (SDNHM) and fresh material from Sinaloa, central Gulf of California, including illustrations and a photograph of color in life. The specimens from Sinaloa correspond to the second record of the species, 870 km southeast of the type locality.

 

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