New genus and species of brachyuran crab from the southern East Pacific Rise (Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura Bythograeidae). Academic Article

abstract

• A new genus and species of a brachyuran crab, Allograea tomentosa n. gen. and n. sp., of the family Bythograeidae, collected at a hydrothermal vent locality south of the Easter Microplate (31 degrees 09'S) on the southern East Pacific Rise, is described. The genus Allograea is distinguished by lacking modifications of the fronto-orbital region, and by the absence of coloured fields and setal patches on the carapace and chelipeds. The body and legs are smooth but densely covered by a brown tomentum, the eyestalks are not reduced, but the cornea is unfaceted and unpigmented. Comparison of mitochondrial DNA sequences among all known bythograeid genera confirms the novelty of this taxon.

authors

• Hurtado, Luis

published proceedings

• C R Biol

author list (cited authors)

• Guinot, D., Hurtado, L. A., & Vrijenhoek, R.

citation count

• 15

complete list of authors

• Guinot, Danièle||Hurtado, Luis Alberto||Vrijenhoek, Robert

publication date

• November 2002

publisher

• Cellule MathDoc/Centre Mersenne  Publisher

published in

• Comptes Rendus - Biologies  Journal

keywords

• Animals
• Brachyura
• DNA
• Genetic Markers
• Pacific Ocean
• Population Dynamics
• Species Specificity

PubMed Central ID

• 12506727

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/s1631-0691(02)01520-2

start page

• 1143

end page

• 1152

volume

• 325

issue

• 11

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1631-0691(02)01520-2