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
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....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pensoft Publishers
2015-02-01
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Series: | Zoologia (Curitiba) |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702015000100041&lng=en&tlng=en |