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Tetraloides

Description

Key to species of Tetraloides

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­ Dorsal surface of carapace with dark brown anterior portion (Plate 2B; also see Castro 1997a: pl. 1, fig. F [colour]; Jones & Morgan 2002: 178 [colour]). Ambulatory legs of live specimens with white or tan spots. Lower margin of smaller chela entire ............. .................................................................................................................... T. nigrifrons Dorsal surface of carapace with light brown (see Castro 1997b: pl. 1, fig. B [colour]). Ambulatory legs of live specimens with blue spots (black in preserved specimens). Lower margin of smaller chela serrated .............................................. T. heterodactyla

Notes

Published as part of PETER CASTRO, PETER K. L. NG & SHANE T. AHYONG, 2004, Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family, pp. 1-70 in Zootaxa 643 on page 31, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158851

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Tetraliidae
Genus
Tetraloides
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Decapoda
Phylum
Arthropoda
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Castro, P. (1997 a) Trapeziid crabs (Brachyura: Xanthoidea: Trapeziidae) of New Caledonia, eastern Australia, and the Coral Sea. In: Richer de Forges, B. (Ed.), Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Caledonie (Sedimentologie, Benthos). Etudes et Theses, 3, 59 - 107.
  • Jones, D. S. & Morgan, G. J. (2002) A Field Guide to Crustaceans of Australian Waters, second edition, Reed New Holland, Sydney, 224 pp.
  • Castro, P. (1997 b) Trapeziid crabs (Brachyura: Xanthoidea: Trapeziidae) of French Polynesia. In: Richer de Forges, B. (Ed.), Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Caledonie (Sedimentologie, Benthos). Etudes et Theses, 3, 109 - 139.