Published December 31, 2002 | Version v1
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Chelarctus Holthuis 2002, N. GEN.

Authors/Creators

  • 1. National Museum of Natural History, P. O. Box 9517, 2300 RA, Leiden (The Netherlands).

Description

KEY TO THE SPECIES OF CHELARCTUS N. GEN.

Species dealt with in this paper are in bold.

1. Propodus of P.2 not flattened, without an antero-ventral tooth and without pubescent grooves. Anterior margin of fourth antennal segment with two teeth or with one large and a few serrations.............................................................................. 2

— Propodus of P.2 flattened, with a distinct anteroventral tooth and with two pubescent grooves on the outer surface. The short hairs on the body with a golden sheen.................................................................................................. C. aureus n. comb.

2. Pleura of abdominal somites II to IV ending in a sharp posteriorly directed point. Palm of P.3 more than twice as long as high. Abdominal somites II to V of the living animal of a rather uniform reddish brown colour; without conspicuous transverse rows of round spots........................................................ C. cultrifer n. comb.

— Pleura of abdominal somites II to IV bluntly topped, not ending in a sharp point. Palm of P.3 less than twice as long as high. Dorsal surface of the abdominal somites II to V each with two transverse rows of two or four rounded dark red spots.............................................................................................................. C. crosnieri n. sp.

Notes

Published as part of Holthuis, Lipke B., 2002, The Indo-Pacific scyllarine lobsters (Crustacea, Decapoda, Scyllaridae), pp. 499-683 in Zoosystema 24 (3) on page 572, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689240

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Holthuis
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Scyllaridae
Genus
Chelarctus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic status
gen. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Chelarctus Holthuis, 2002