Scyramathia tenuipes

Scyramathia tenuipes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Majoidea

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: Majoidea

Familia: Epialtidae
Genus: Scyramathia
Species: Scyramathia tenuipes

Name

Scyramathia tenuipes Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2020

Type locality: Western Mediterranean Sea.

Holotype: ICM D288, ♂ (33.9 × 26.3 mm), Mediterranean Sea, coll. 1994.

Paratypes:

• ICMD000708, 1 ovigerous ♀ (31.2 × 24.6 mm), Málaga, Mediterranean Sea, 36°31'19"N, 03°59'18"W, 650 m, coll. 1 May 2016;
• ICMD000712, 1 ♀ (27.7 × 20.5 mm), Castell de Ferro, Mediterranean Sea, 36°39'19"N, 03°16'47"W, 638 m, coll. 5 May 2016;
• ZRC 2019.1635 (ex. ICMD000696), 1 ovigerous ♀ (32.2 × 25.8 mm), Adra, Mediterranean Sea, 36°33'51"N, 03°03'52"W, 572 m, coll 29 April 2016;
• ZRC 2019.1636 (ex. ICMD000713), 1 ♂ (32.0 × 25.4 mm), Málaga, Mediterranean Sea, 36°18'44"N, 04°20'25"W, 770 m, coll. 24 April 2016;
• ICMD000700, 1 ♂ (29.6 × 22.9 mm), Alborán Island, Mediterranean Sea, 35°33'51"N, 03°03'52"W, 819 m, coll. 6 May 2016;
• ICMD000707, 1 ♂ (29.7 × 22.0 mm), Málaga, Mediterra-nean Sea, 35°31'7"N, 03°59'18"W, 650 m, coll. 1 May 2016;
• ICMB000711, 1 ovigerous ♀ (30.6 × 23.7 mm), Castell de Ferro, Mediterranean Sea, 36°39'19"N, 03°16'47"W, 638 m, coll. 5 May 2016;
• ZRC 2019.1637 (ex. ICMD000706), 1 ♂ (14.9 × 10.5 mm), Málaga, Mediterranean Sea, 36°31'19"N, 03°59'18"W, 650 m, coll. 1 May 2016;
• ZRC 2019.1638 (ex. ICMB000705), 1 ♀ (16.3 × 12.5 mm) , Málaga, Mediterranean Sea, 36°31'19"N, 03°59'18"W, 650 m, coll. 1 May 2016

Distribution: known from its type locality, the western Mediterranean Sea.

References

Primary references

• Lee, B.Y., Richer de Forges, B., Ng, P.K.L. 2020. Revision of the deep-water spider crab genus, Scyramathia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880, with the description of a new species from the Mediterranean and notes on Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875, and Anamathia Smith, 1885 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Epialtidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution. 90(2): 133-146. DOI: 10.3897/zse.96.48041 Reference page.  [page 555, fFigs 12, 13A–C, 14F–J, 15E–H]

Links

• ZooBank: 2686B3A1-9ECC-44CE-95BD-665E8555F228
• WoRMS (2020). Scyramathia tenuipes B.Y. Lee, Richer de Forges & P.K.L. Ng, 2020. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1457425 on 2020-10-18

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