Aegla chilota

Aegla chilota

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Galatheoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Galatheoidea

Familia: Aeglidae
Genus: Aegla
Species: Aegla chilota

Name

Aegla chilota Jara, Pérez-Losada & Crandall, 2018

Holotype: male 20.3 mm CL (carapace length), MNHNCL DEC-15104, collected on November 05, 2008.

Type locality: under a bridge over the Incopulli stream, which finally drains into Yaldad Bay, at 43º06’02” S; 73º41’47” W, 21 m above sea level, 2 km to East from Yaldad town, Chiloé Island, Chile.

Paratypes: same data as holotype.

• Allotype, female, 16.8 mm CL, MNHNCL DEC-15105.
• Two males, (P1M) 16.7, and (P2M) 15.5 mm CL; three females, (P3F) 17.2 (P4F, ovigerous) 15.0 and (P5F) 14.3 mm CL, respectively, MNHNCL DEC-15106.

ZooBank: C7CC61ED-AB25-4236-A94F-6225ADFD611C

References

Primary references

• Jara, C.G., Pérez-Losada, M., Crandall, K.A. 2018. Aegla chilota, new species of anomuran freshwater crab from Chiloé Island, western Patagonia. Nauplius. 26: e2018029. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2018029 Reference page. 

Links

• Aegla chilota in the World Register of Marine Species

• BHL bibliography
• Aegla chilota – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Aegla chilota.
• ION
• Species-ID

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