Tuerkayana celeste

Tuerkayana celeste

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea

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: Thoracotremata Superfamilia: Grapsoidea

Familia: Gecarcinidae
Genus: †Tuerkayana
Species: Tuerkayana celeste

Name

Tuerkayana celeste Ng & Davie, 2012 Figs. 1–4, 6C, 6D, 7F–J

Holotype: QMW 29123, male (106.0 × 83.6 mm).

Type locality: Waterfall Bay, near Christmas I. Resort, Christmas Island, coll. 30 Jan.2010.

Synonyms

• Cardisoma hirtipes Balss, 1934: 226; Gibson-Hill, 1947: 48; Tweedie, 1947: 35; Türkay, 1974: 229 (part); George, 1978: 6; Hicks et al., 1984: 54; Morgan, 2000: 123 (not Cardisoma hirtipes Dana, 1851).
• Discoplax celeste Ng & {[aut|Davie}}, 2012
• Discoplax hirtipes Ng & Guinot, 2001: 334, 335 (part); Davie, 2002: 185 (not Cardisoma hirtipes Dana, 1851).

References

• Peter K. L. Ng & Peter J. F. Davie. 2012: The blue crab of Christmas Island, Discoplax celeste, new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 60(1): 89–100. PDF.