Three new species of Paralomis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Lithodidae) from the Pacific and Antarctic Oceans

Three new species of the lithodid genus Paralomis from the Sulawesi (Celebes) Islands, P. ochthodes sp.n., Chilean coast, P. tuberipes sp.n., and Antarctic Ocean, P. birsteini sp.n., are described and illustrated. The first two species have features that set them well apart from other species of the...

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Published in:Zoologica Scripta
Main Author: MACPHERSON, ENRIQUE
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1988
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarctic Ocean
Pacific
Antarc*
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00087.x
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Summary:Three new species of the lithodid genus Paralomis from the Sulawesi (Celebes) Islands, P. ochthodes sp.n., Chilean coast, P. tuberipes sp.n., and Antarctic Ocean, P. birsteini sp.n., are described and illustrated. The first two species have features that set them well apart from other species of the genus. Characters are also given to distinguish P. birsteini from the closely allied P. spectabilis Hansen (North Atlantic).

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