Published December 31, 2007 | Version v1
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Neogoneplax Castro 2007, N. GEN.

Creators

  • 1. Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768 - 4032 (USA) pcastro @ csupomona. edu

Description

KEY TO SPECIES OF NEOGONEPLAX N. GEN.

1. No anterolateral teeth (see Figs 30A; 31), with slight prominence on anterolateral margin in some individuals. Meri of ambulatory legs (P2-P5) smooth, without dorsal, distal tooth (see Fig. 31)........................................................................... Neogoneplax costata n. sp.

— One well developed, acute anterolateral tooth below each outer orbital tooth (see Figs 28B; 33A; 34). Meri of ambulatory legs (P2-P5) with one or more dorsal teeth.................. 2

2. Merus of each ambulatory leg (P2-P5) with one dorsal, distal tooth (see Fig. 28B)............................................................................................................ Neogoneplax renoculis

— Merus of each ambulatory leg (P2-P5, particularly P4, P5) with several dorsal teeth (see Figs 33B; 34)..................................................................... Neogoneplax serratipes n. sp.

Notes

Published as part of Castro, Peter, 2007, A reappraisal of the family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and revision of the subfamily Goneplacinae, with the description of 10 new genera and 18 new species, pp. 609-774 in Zoosystema 29 (4) on page 700, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4525564

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Biodiversity

Family
Goneplacidae
Genus
Neogoneplax
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Castro
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Neogoneplax Castro, 2007