Lithopanopeus truesdalei

Lithopanopeus truesdalei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Xanthoidea

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: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Xanthoidea

Familia: Panopeidae
Genus: Lithopanopeus
Species: Lithopanopeus truesdalei

Name

Lithopanopeus truesdalei Felder & B.P. Thoma, 2020

Holotype: male, cw 9.6 mm,, 28 May 1979, coll D.L. Felder & J.W. Martin, USNM 1611097 (= ULLZ 17919.

Type locality: eroded wave-washed limestone rocks among larger granite boulders of north jetty, Brazos Santiago Inlet, South Padre Island, Texas, 26° 04.044´ N, 97° 09.229´ W, < 1 m.

Paratypes:

Northwestern Gulf of Mexico:

• 1 ov female, cw 8.9 mm, collection data same as for holotype, USNM 1611098 (= ULLZ 18400);
• 1 ov female, cw 9.3 mm, collection data same as for holotype, USNM 1611099 (= ULLZ 18401);
• 2 males, cw 4.4, 5.6 mm, 1 female, cw 6.0 mm, collection site and setting same as for holotype, 12 January 1998, coll D.L. Felder, USNM 1543794 (= ULLZ 8646).

Southwestern Gulf of Mexico:

• male, cw 6.3 mm, eroded wave-washed rocky ledge with old sabellarid worm accumulations off beach at Playa de la Mancha, Veracruz, Mexico, 19° 35.821´ N, 96° 22.446´ W, < 1 m, 2 July 2002, coll. D.L. Felder, T.M. Rodriguez, & R. Robles, USNM 1541468 (= ULLZ 6447).

References

Primary references

• Felder, D.L., Thoma, B.P. 2020. A new genus and species of mud crab (Crustacea, Brachyura, Panopeidae) from shoreline waters of the western Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa. 4845(3): 425–435. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4845.3.7 Reference page. 

Links

• Lithopanopeus truesdalei in the World Register of Marine Species

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

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