Title: NEW AND RARE SPECIES OF PARTHENOPIDAE (CRUSTACEA: BRACHYURA) FROM CHINA SEAS
Abstract: Among the materials of parthenopid crabs collected from the South.and EastChina Seas during 1955-1960 and 1963 by the Institute of Oceanology and Instituteof zoology, Academia Sinica,10 species are new or rare records from China and 4species are found to be new to science.The new species are diagnosed as follows: Parthenope (Parthenope) sinensis Chen, sp. nov. (p1. I: 1; fig.1) Holotype , allotype (juv.), Beibu Gulf, August 18, 1962. Deposited in theInstitute of Oceanology,Academia Sinica. Closely related to but different from P.(Parthenope) longimauns (Miers, 1879)by the depressed surface with much acute granules and protruded lateral margins, thesixth segment of male abdomen with a tooth trace, and the distal end of first malepleopod.with spines. Parthenope (Aulacolambrus) brevibrachiatus Shen et Dai,sp.nov. (pl. I: 6;fig.5) Holotype ,South China Sea, Feb. 8, 1960; allotype ,and paratypes ,BeibuGulf, April 15, 1962. Deposited in the Institute of Oceanology,Academia Sinica. It differs from the related species P (Aulocolambrus) hoplonotus (Adams ef White1894) in having the merus of cheliped 2.65 times longer than broad,in hoplonotus4.1, and in having the sixth segment of male abdomen longer than broad,in hoplonotus broader than long. Harrovia bituberculata Dai et Chen,sp.nov. (pl. Ⅱ:12;fig. 9-11) Holotype ,allotype ,Xincun,Hainan Island,April 19,1958.Deposited in theInstitute of Zoology, Academia Sinica. Very closely resembling H. purpurea Gordon 1934, but distinguished by the gastricregion with two tubercles,the second basal segment of Ant.2 not reaching to the endof ventral inner orbital tooth, the posterior border of the 2-4 ambulatory legs withoutspinules,and the propodus of the third ambulatory leg apparently broader. Harrovia frontodentata Chen et Dai,sp.nov.(p1.Ⅱ:13;fig.12-14) Holotype ,paratype ,Haimen, Guangdong Province, May 7, 1957. Depositedin the Institute of Oceanology, Academia Sinica. Closely allied to H. albolineata Adams et White 1847,but easily distinguished bythe lateral frontal teeth being more prominent,the second basal segment of Ant. 2 notreaching to the end of ventral orbital teeth, and the first anterolateral tooth distinctlynarrower than the second.
Publication Year: 1982
Publication Date: 1982-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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