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Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56
A new species of Hephthopelta Alcock, 1899 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Chasmocarcinidae) from deep water off north-eastern Queensland, Australia
Davie, P.J.F & Richer de Forges, B.
Published online: 30 June 2013
Citation
Davie, P.J.F. & Richer de Forges, B. 2013. A new species of Hephthopelta Alcock, 1899 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Chasmocarcinidae) from deep water off north-eastern Queensland, Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56(2): 795-801. Brisbane. ISSN 0079-8835. https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.2.2013-23
Published online
30 June 2013
Peer reviewed
Yes
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17082/j.2204-1478.56.2.2013-23
Keywords
Crustacea, Brachyura, Chasmocarcinidae, deep water, Indo-West Pacific, new species
Abstract
A new species of deep water chasmocarcinid, Hephthopelta potens, is described from off north-eastern Queensland. It differs from its congeners by a combination of characters, including carapace shape and proportions, the structure of the abdomen and gonopods, and most obviously by the greatly swollen major chela of adult males.
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