Tuerkayana latens Ng and Hsi-Te Shih 2023, n. sp. ...

• Main Author: Ng and Hsi-Te Shih, Peter K. L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Gecarcinidae; Tuerkayana; Tuerkayana latens; Henderson Island; Rotunda
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8075412; https://zenodo.org/record/8075412

Tuerkayana latens n. sp. (Figs. 3, 4, 7C, D, 8F, 9D, 10D, H, 11D, H, L) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 238242FD-2DD3-4AAD-901E-0362737978D4 Cardisoma rotundum – Türkay 1974a: 234, figs. 1, 14 (part); Poupin 1994: 54, pl. 6g; Poupin 1996: 66. Discoplax rotunda – Poupin 2010: 42 (part); Poupin and Juncker 2010: 56 (part); PKL Ng and Shih 2015: 382. (not Thelphusa rotunda Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Material examined : Holotype: male (52.8 × 42.7 mm) (MNHN-IU-2011-5594), Niau Atoll, Tuamotu, French Polynesia, coll. J. F. Butaud, 2006. Others: Pitcairn Islands – 1 dried carapace (right side broken off) (75.2 × 56.7 mm) (UF 5457), North Beach, Henderson Island, coll. S. Waldren, 1 January 1997. Diagnosis : Frontal region covered with small granules; epigastric, epibranchial and anterior part of mesobranchial regions with scattered low granules and low striae, surface appears relatively smoother; mesogastric, metagastric regions smooth; posterior part of meso-, metabranchial regions with few oblique striae and granules; ... : Published as part of Ng and Hsi-Te Shih, Peter K. L., 2023, Tuerkayana latens, a New Species of Land Crab from French Polynesia, with a Discussion on the Phylogeny of the Genus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae), pp. 1-21 in Zoological Studies 62 (10) on pages 7-11, DOI: 10.6620/ZS.2023.62-10, http://zenodo.org/record/8075407 ...