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Allacanthos Smalley 1964

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Allacanthos Smalley, 1964a

Diagnosis (modified from Smalley 1964b). Gonopod straight, apex folded, spermatic channel emerging on cephalic side, with proximal trianguliform lobe on lateral side. Marginal suture on mesial side, straight along most of stem. Subdistal portion of lateral and cephalic sides with field of minute spines. Distal part with large cephalic lobe and narrow lateral lobe. Field of apical spines weakly developed on internal surface of lateral lobe.

Type species. Allacanthus pittieri Rathbun, 1898 (by original designation).

Notes

Published as part of Magalhães, Célio, Lara, Luis Rólier & Wehrtmann, Ingo S., 2010, A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Allacanthos Smalley, 1964 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Pseudothelphusidae) from southern Costa Rica, Central America, pp. 52-60 in Zootaxa 2604 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197643

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Biodiversity

Family
Pseudothelphusidae
Genus
Allacanthos
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Smalley
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Allacanthos Smalley, 1964 sec. Magalhães, Lara & Wehrtmann, 2010

References

  • Smalley, A. E. (1964 a) The river crabs of Costa Rica, and the subfamilies of the Pseudothelphusidae. Tulane Studies in Zoology, 12 (1), 5 - 13.
  • Smalley, A. E. (1964 b) A terminology for the gonopods of the American river crabs. Systematic Zoology, 13, 28 - 31.
  • Rathbun, M. J. (1898) A contribution to a knowledge of the fresh-water crabs of America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 21 (1158), 507 - 537, figs. 1 - 18.