A NEW ENIGMATIC SPECIES OF PEA CRAB OF THE GENUS GLASSELLA CAMPOS & WICKSTEN, 1997 (DECAPODA, BRACHYURA, PINNOTHERIDAE) FROM BRAZILIAN WATERS

Author(s)

Balbino, Felipe C. ; Mantelatto, Fernando L.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: CRUSTACEANA; v. 97, n. 5-9, p. 24-pg., 2024-08-01.

Abstract

The genus Glassella had never been formally recorded in Brazil. Coelho (1996, 1997) assigned specimens collected in northeastern Brazil, in the states of Maranh & atilde;o and Pernambuco, to Pinnixa floridana, , a species that was recently allocated to Glassella and had its rediagnosis proposed. The reassessment of the material analysed by Coelho and the study of three additional specimens collected during an offshore expedition in the state of Espirito Santo resulted in the discovery and description of a new species and the recognition of another undescribed species of Glassella in Brazilian waters. The new species is herein named G. schubarti sp. nov., in honour of the late Christoph D. Schubart, who has made many important contributions to the study of evolution and diversity of brachyuran crabs. These species represent the southernmost records of the genus and the first species of Glassella described from Brazil. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/13685-5 - Integrative analysis of the Brazilian fauna of decapod crustaceans: taxonomy, phylogenetic systematics, spermiotaxonomy, morphology of post-embryonic development, ecology and conservation
• Grantee: Fernando Luis Medina Mantelatto
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 22/11860-0 - Taxonomic status of the species of Pinnixinae Stevcic, 2005 (Brachyura: Pinnotheridae) from the Brazilian coast: an integrativa analysis with morphology and genetics
• Grantee: Felipe Cesar Balbino Santos
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation