A new tree-spider crab of the genus Leptarma (Brachyura, Sesarmidae) from mangroves in Kerala, India
In: CrustaceanaAbstract
A new species of long-legged sesarmid crab of the Leptarma leptosoma (Hilgendorf, 1869) species-group is described from mangroves in south-western India. In the general carapace features as well as in the proportions of the long ambulatory legs, L. biju n. sp. is most similar to L. gracilipes (Li, Rahayu & Ng, 2018), from eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, but can easily be distinguished by the structure of the gonopods as well as the leg proportions.
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Une nouvelle espèce de crabe Sesarmidae à longues pattes du groupe d’espèces Leptarma leptosoma (Hilgendorf, 1869), est décrite de mangroves de l’Inde sud-occidentale. Par les caractéristiques générales de la carapace comme par les proportions des longues pattes ambulatoires, L. biju n. sp. apparaît la plus proche de L. gracilipes (Li, Rahayu & Ng, 2018), de l’Indonésie orientale et de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée, mais peut en être facilement distinguée par la structure des gonopodes ainsi que par les proportions des pattes.
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A new tree-spider crab of the genus Leptarma (Brachyura, Sesarmidae) from mangroves in Kerala, India
In: CrustaceanaAbstract
A new species of long-legged sesarmid crab of the Leptarma leptosoma (Hilgendorf, 1869) species-group is described from mangroves in south-western India. In the general carapace features as well as in the proportions of the long ambulatory legs, L. biju n. sp. is most similar to L. gracilipes (Li, Rahayu & Ng, 2018), from eastern Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, but can easily be distinguished by the structure of the gonopods as well as the leg proportions.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
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| Abstract Views | 1124 | 142 | 9 |
| Full Text Views | 33 | 5 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 50 | 9 | 0 |