A new species of Kingsleya (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) from the Xingu river and range extension for Kingsleya junki, freshwater crabs from the southern amazon basin
Kingsleya castrensis sp. nov., a pseudothelphusid crab is described and illustrated from the Xingu River, state of Pará, southern Amazon region, Brazil. The new species is characterized by the male first gonopod bearing a large, well-developed apical plate, with a broadly rounded, thick distal lobe....
| Autor principal: | Pedraza, Manuel |
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| Outros Autores: | Martinelli Filho, José Eduardo, Magalhães, Célio |
| Grau: | Artigo |
| Idioma: | English |
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Zoologia
2020
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https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/15294 |
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Kingsleya castrensis sp. nov., a pseudothelphusid crab is described and illustrated from the Xingu River, state of Pará, southern Amazon region, Brazil. The new species is characterized by the male first gonopod bearing a large, well-developed apical plate, with a broadly rounded, thick distal lobe. New records of Kingsleya junki Magalhães, 2003 extend the distribution of this species eastward to the Tocantins River basin, in the state of Pará, Brazil. © 2015, Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia. All rights reserved. |