Statommatia malagasy Ng & Castro, 2016, n. sp.

• Main Authors: Ng, Peter K. L., Castro, Peter
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Chasmocarcinidae; Statommatia; Statommatia malagasy; Point Barrow
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5617179; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F16BFB33FFEFFFB7FF6AFE9DFC69F9F7

Statommatia malagasy n. sp. (Figs. 16 E, F; 26C; 33E; 42N; 45G, H; 54C; 61C; 77I ‒L; 88B; 91F) Type material . Holotype male (9.9 × 12.4 mm) (MNHN-IU-2014-12806), Madagascar, southwest of Point Barrow, ATIMO VATAE, stn CP3590, 25°03’S, 43°59’E, 300‒309 m, 11.05.2010. Paratypes: ATIMO VATAE: 3 paratype males (7.7 × 9.2 mm, 8.8 × 11.0 mm, 9.2 × 11.7 mm), 3 paratype females (6.8 × 8.1 mm, 8.3 10.2 × 10.2 mm, 8.1 × 9.4 mm [photographed] (MNHN-IU-2014-4370), southwest of Point Barrow, stn CP3590, 25°03’S, 43°59’E, 300‒309 m, 11.05.2010; 1 paratype male (6.7 × 8.2 mm), 2 paratype females (ZRC 2015.215), stn CP3583, 25°31’S, 44°16’E, south Madagascar, 296‒302 m, 10.05.2010; 1 paratype ovigerous female (6.9 × 8.6 mm) (ZRC 2015.265, ex MNHN-IU-2014-17792), south of Point Barrow, stn DW3582, 25°32’S, 44°16’E, south Madagascar, 10.05.2010.— MIRIKY: 3 paratype females (7.9 × 9.3 mm, 8.0 × 9.3mm, 7.5 × 9.2 mm) (MNHN-IU-2010-1029), Narendry Bay, stn CP3289, 14°29’S, 47°26’E, 332‒379 m, 14.07.2009. Diagnosis . Carapace (Fig. 16 E, F) subtrapezoidal, convex dorsally, 1.2–1.3 wider than long; front bilobed, with shallow median cleft; anterolateral margins arcuate, minutely granular with granules higher along lateral margins, without distinct lobes or teeth. Eye peduncle (Fig. 26 C) filling orbit, short, immobile; cornea reduced, with reduced pigmentation. Posterior margin of epistome (Fig. 26 C) with semicircular median lobe with deep median fissure, semicircular lateral margins. Third maxilliped (Fig. 33 E) merus subquadrate, ischium subrectangular, slightly longer than merus. Proportionally short ambulatory legs (Fig. 16 E, F); P5 merus 0.7 cl. Chelipeds (Figs. 16 E, F; 45G, H) subequal in length, slightly dissimilar in females, heteromorphic in males; fingers of minor chela (Fig. 45 H) subcircular in cross-section, scissor-like, cutting margins with small teeth; dactylus of major chela of males (Fig. 45 G) curved, forming wide, round gap when closed, reduced teeth. Ventral surface of cheliped merus with row of 5, 6 large ...