A new species of Megalobrachium Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from the eastern Pacific coasts of Panama and Colombia, with re-description of M-erosum

Autor(es)

De Azevedo Ferreira, Luciane Augusto ^[1] ; Tavares, Marcos ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Sao Paulo, Museu Zool, Av Nazareth 481, BR-04263000 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom; v. 97, n. 6, p. 1407-1415, SEP 2017.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

A new species of porcelain crab, Megalobrachium lemaitrei n. sp., is described and illustrated from the Pacific coasts of Panama and Colombia. The new species is similar to its northern counterpart M. erosum (Glassell, 1936) in the general eroded appearance of the carapace and chelipeds, but is distinguished by the details of the carapace and cheliped ornamentation and pereopod setation. For comparison, Megalobrachium erosum is re-described on the basis of the type and other material. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/06230-2 - Revisão taxonômica e filogenia do gênero Megalobrachium Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae)
• Beneficiário: Luciane Augusto de Azevedo Ferreira
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado