Omalacantha Streets 1871
Genus Omalacantha Streets, 1871 Type species. Omalacantha hirsuta Streets, 1871. [Type locality: Isthmus of Panama]. Remarks. The resurrection of the genus Omalacantha from the synonymy of Microphrys was underpinned by molecular data combined with less obvious morphological support (Windsor & Fe...
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7626299 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E3878AA851FF8F04F48D6FFEFCF926 |
| Summary: | Genus Omalacantha Streets, 1871 Type species. Omalacantha hirsuta Streets, 1871. [Type locality: Isthmus of Panama]. Remarks. The resurrection of the genus Omalacantha from the synonymy of Microphrys was underpinned by molecular data combined with less obvious morphological support (Windsor & Felder 2014). Clearly, the morphological differences between the two genera need to be more intensively investigated. Omalacantha as understood by Windsor & Felder (2014) consists of four species, namely: O. antillensis (Rathbun, 1920) [ Microphrys ], type locality: off Montego Bay Point, Jamaica; O. bicornuta (Latreille, 1825) [ Pisa ], type locality: “Nouvelle Hollande ”– could be either Dutch Guiana, Saba, Saint Eustace, St. Martin’s or Tobago, at that time under Dutch control (Boone 1930a: 111); O. garthi (Lemos de Castro, 1953) [ Eucinetops ], type locality: Barra de Guaratiba, state of Rio de Janeiro; and O. interrupta (Rathbum, 1920) [ Microphrys ]. The species in Omalacantha are in need of a thorough taxonomic review, including better descriptions and illustrations. Published as part of In, First Published, 2022, Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean, pp. 1-129 in Zootaxa 5146 on page 42, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.5146.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7626155 |
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