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

7 pages, 5 figures 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 o...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zoologica Scripta
Main Author: Macpherson, Enrique
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1988
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/41458
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00087.x
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Summary:7 pages, 5 figures 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) This study has been supported by the U.S.A.-Spain Scientific Cooperative Program and the Comissio Interdepartamental de Recerca i Innovacio Tecnologica (ClRIT) Peer reviewed