A new species of Kingsleya (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) from the Xingu River and range extension for Kingsleya junki, freshwater crabs from the southern Amazon basin
AUTOR(ES)
Pedraza, Manuel, Martinelli-Filho, José Eduardo, Magalhães, Célio
FONTE
Zoologia (Curitiba)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2015-02
RESUMO
Kingsleya castrensis sp. nov., a pseudothelphusid crab is described and illustrated from the Xingu River, state of Pará, southern Amazon region, Brazil. The new species is characterized by the male first gonopod bearing a large, well-developed apical plate, with a broadly rounded, thick distal lobe. New records of Kingsleya junki Magalhães, 2003 extend the distribution of this species eastward to the Tocantins River basin, in the state of Pará, Brazil.
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