Carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the Indian Ocean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)

Abstract Trawls from the Bay of Bengal obtained material of a new species of the goneplacid crab, Carcinoplax mistio, the sixth species of the genus known from India. The new species superficially resembles C. purpurea Rathbun, 1914, and C. sinica Chen, 1984, from the western Pacific. Records of C....

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Main Authors:	Peter K. L. Ng, Santanu Mitra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2019-03-01
Series:	Nauplius
Subjects:	taxonomy Goneplacidae Indo-Pacific region Carcinoplax Bay of Bengal India
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972019000100201&lng=en&tlng=en

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spelling	doaj-7f782aa05e4a487996afc40885a668082020-11-24T21:09:32ZengSociedade Brasileira de CarcinologiaNauplius2358-29362019-03-0127010.1590/2358-2936e2019004S0104-64972019000100201Carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the Indian Ocean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)Peter K. L. NgSantanu MitraAbstract Trawls from the Bay of Bengal obtained material of a new species of the goneplacid crab, Carcinoplax mistio, the sixth species of the genus known from India. The new species superficially resembles C. purpurea Rathbun, 1914, and C. sinica Chen, 1984, from the western Pacific. Records of C. sinica from the Persian Gulf are also here referred to the new species. Carcinoplax mistio n. sp. differs from its closest congeners mainly in the form of the carapace, anterolateral armature, proportions of the ambulatory legs and structure of the male pleon.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-64972019000100201&lng=en&tlng=entaxonomyGoneplacidaeIndo-Pacific regionCarcinoplaxBay of BengalIndia
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author_facet	Peter K. L. Ng Santanu Mitra
author_sort	Peter K. L. Ng
title	Carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the Indian Ocean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)
title_short	Carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the Indian Ocean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)
title_full	Carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the Indian Ocean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)
title_fullStr	Carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the Indian Ocean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)
title_full_unstemmed	Carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the Indian Ocean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)
title_sort	carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the indian ocean (decapoda: brachyura: goneplacoidea)
publisher	Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia
series	Nauplius
issn	2358-2936
publishDate	2019-03-01
description	Abstract Trawls from the Bay of Bengal obtained material of a new species of the goneplacid crab, Carcinoplax mistio, the sixth species of the genus known from India. The new species superficially resembles C. purpurea Rathbun, 1914, and C. sinica Chen, 1984, from the western Pacific. Records of C. sinica from the Persian Gulf are also here referred to the new species. Carcinoplax mistio n. sp. differs from its closest congeners mainly in the form of the carapace, anterolateral armature, proportions of the ambulatory legs and structure of the male pleon.
topic	taxonomy Goneplacidae Indo-Pacific region Carcinoplax Bay of Bengal India
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Carcinoplax mistio, a new species of goneplacid crab from the Indian Ocean (Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea)

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