Abstract
The apperception of the first complete specimen of Diogenes guttatus Henderson has permitted a verifiable redescription of the right cheliped, missing in the holotype. The newly discovered female is only slightly smaller than the male holotype, but exhibits considerable morphological variation in the armature of the left cheliped and telson. In addition to the structure and spination of the right cheliped, the armature of the second segment of the antennal peduncle and the spination of the right cheliped of this female supports the earlier assignment of two incomplete specimens from the Andaman Sea to D. guttatus.References
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