Published December 31, 2009 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Neocrangon Zarenkov 1965

Description

Key to the species of Neocrangon Zarenkov, 1965

1. Eyes very large, diameter more than 0.3 times of carapace length............................... N. abyssorum (Rathbun, 1902) (northern Pacific from southern California to Pacific coast of Hokkaido, Japan; 887–4000 meters)

- Eyes moderate in size, diameter less than 0.3 times of carapace length....................................................................... 2

2. Body surface with pubescence...................................................................................................................................... 3

- Body surface naked....................................................................................................................................................... 4

3. Distance between anterior dorsomedian spine of carapace and tip of rostrum more than twice of distance between anterior dorsomedian spine and posterior dorsomedian spine ........................................ N. communis (Rathbun, 1899) (Berling Sea to San Diego, California; 16–565 meters)

- Anterior dorsomedian spine situated at about middle from posterior dorsomedian spine to tip of rostrum.................. ........................................................................................... N. joloensis (De Man, 1929) (off Jolo Island, Philippines)

4. Rostrum with pronounced dorsal sulcus, apex blunt; pleuron of fourth pleomere with posterolateral spine, pleuron of fifth with posterolateral angle pointed ................................................................................. N. resima (Rathbun, 1902) (From off San Francisco, California, to San Domingo Point, Lower California; at depths of 27–487 meters)

- Rostrum with faint dorsal carina, apex acute; pleuron of fourth pleomere without posterolateral spine, fifth pleuron with posterolateral spine ............................................................................................................... N. orientalis sp. nov.

Notes

Published as part of Han, Qingxi & Li, Xinzheng, 2009, Neocrangon orientalis, a new caridean shrimp species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Crangonidae) from the East China Sea, pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 2050 on page 68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.186540

Files

Files (2.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:206259ea6bbebbf70bf5a527af9c6aac
2.4 kB Download

System files (10.0 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:6377cffdaaec6965eb0288d92f0fcc8d
10.0 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Crangonidae
Genus
Neocrangon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Zarenkov
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Neocrangon Zarenkov, 1965 sec. Han & Li, 2009

References

  • Zarenkov, N. A. (1965) Revision of the genus Crangon Fabricius and Sclerocrangon G. O. Sars (Decapoda, Crustacea). Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 44, 1761 - 1775.
  • Rathbun, M. J. (1902) Descriptions of new decapod Crustaceans from the west Coast of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 24 (1272), 885 - 905.
  • Rathbun, M. J. (1899) The fur seals and Fur-Seal Islands of the North Pacific Ocean, Pt. III, 555 - 558.
  • De Man, J. G. (1929) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914 - 1916. I. On a small collection of Decapoda, one of which, a Crangon, caught by the Danish Pacific Expedition at the Jolo Islands, is new to science. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kobenhavn, 87, 105 - 134, 9 figs.