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Eiconaxius heinrichi Sakai 2011

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Description

Eiconaxius heinrichi (Sakai, 2011)

(Figs 1 i–l)

Iconaxiopsis consobrina.— Balss 1925: 211, fig. 15.

Eiconaxiopsis heinrichi Sakai, 2011: 291 –295, figs 55–57 (not fig. 56D).

Type material. Holotype: Indonesia, west coast of Sumatra, 677 m (Deutsche Tiefsee Expedition trawl stn 198), 2 Nov 1899, ZMB 19345 (male, 8.0 mm).

Remarks. Sakai based his new genus Eiconaxiopsis and his new family Eiconaxiopsididae partly on the unusual form of the dactylus of pereopod 3 that he illustrated and described as ‘tapering and pointed distally’ (Sakai 2011: 294, fig. 56D). Examination of the holotype revealed that pereopods 3 and 4 possess spatulate dactyli with a single marginal row of spiniform setae plus few on the lateral face as is typical of many species of Eiconaxius (Figs 1 i, j). Sakai’s illustration is of a pereopod from another animal, not in this genus. The species is one of only five, listed above, known to possess a male pleopod 1 (Fig. 1 k).

Notes

Published as part of Poore, Gary C. B., 2017, Synonymy and problematic species of Eiconaxius Spence Bate, 1888, with descriptions of new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Axiidea: Axiidae), pp. 364-376 in Zootaxa 4231 (3) on page 367, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/291302

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMB
Event date
1899-11-02
Verbatim event date
1899-11-02
Scientific name authorship
Sakai
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Axiidae
Genus
Eiconaxius
Species
heinrichi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Eiconaxius heinrichi Sakai, 2011 sec. Poore, 2017

References

  • Sakai, K. (2011) Axioidea of the world and a reconsideration of the Callianassoidea (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Callianassida). Crustaceana Monographs, 13, 1 - 616.
  • Balss, H. (1925) Macrura der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. 1. Palinura, Astacura und Thalassinidea. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer " Faldivia " 1898 - 1899, 20, 189 - 216, pls 18, 19.