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Platepistoma Rathbun 1906

Description

Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906

Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906: 876; Schweitzer & Feldmann 2000: 241; Davie 2002: 134; Ng et al. 2008: 53; Schram & Ng 2012: 670 (see Davie 1991: 494 for complete synonymy).

Type species: Platepistoma macrophthalmus Rathbun, 1906, by monotypy. Gender neuter.

Notes

Published as part of Davie, Peter J. F. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2012, A new species of Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cancridae) from deep water off South Africa, pp. 73-80 in Zootaxa 3522 on page 73, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282677

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Rathbun
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Decapoda
Family
Cancridae
Genus
Platepistoma
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906 sec. Davie & Ng, 2012

References

  • Rathbun, M. J. (1906) The Brachyura and Macrura of the Hawaiian Islands. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, 23 (3), 827 - 930, text-figs 1 - 79, pls. 1 - 24.
  • Schweitzer, C. F. & Feldmann, R. M. (2000) Re-evaluation of the Cancridae Latereille, 1802 (Decapoda: Brachyura) including three new genera and three new species. Contributions to Zoology, 69, 223 - 250.
  • Davie, P. J. F. (2002) Crustacea: Malacostraca: Eucarida (Part 2: Anomura, Brachyura). In, Wells, A. & Houston, W. W. K. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 19.3 b. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne. 641 pp.
  • Davie, P. J. F. (1991) Crustacea Decapoda: the genus Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906 (Cancridae) with the description of three new species. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 9. Memoires Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (A), 152, 493 - 514.