A new species of the genus Nanhaipotamon (Decapoda: Potamidae) from China

To investigate the species of freshwater crabs in Fujian Province, China. Fresh-water crabs were collected in Pingtan County of Fujian Province. The morphological characteristics of the crabs and the habitats were observed. The crab morphology was described and crabs examined for the presence of Par...

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Published inZhongguo jishengchongxue yu jishengchongping zazhi Vol. 30; no. 6; p. 434
Main Authors Lin, Guo-Hua, Cheng, You-Zhu, Chen, Shao-Hong
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 30.12.2012
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Animals
China
Decapoda (Crustacea) - anatomy & histology
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Male
China
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Summary:To investigate the species of freshwater crabs in Fujian Province, China. Fresh-water crabs were collected in Pingtan County of Fujian Province. The morphological characteristics of the crabs and the habitats were observed. The crab morphology was described and crabs examined for the presence of Paragonimus metacercariae. A new species of freshwater crabs named Nanhaipotamon pingtanense sp. nov. was obtained, holotype (FJ6133,1): male, carapace length 36.1 mm, breadth 46.8 mm, thickness 26.7 mm; allotype (FJ6133,2): female, carapace length 33.9 mm, breadth 42.7 mm, thickness 25.4 mm, collected from Pingtan County (N 26 degrees 52.958'; E 119 degrees 58.722', and 16-47 m above sea lever). Distal segment of the first male pleopod with squarish-rounded inner-distal angle, and the comparatively stout out-distal angle's end narrowed. The out-lateral border sloped downwards, concave situated in the middle. The segment length is 2.3 times as long as the subdistal segment. This species usually lived in the ditch and
ISSN:1000-7423