| Abstract |
Discovery in Coral Sea of a second species of glypheid (Crustacea, Decapoda,
Glypheoidea).
A new species of glypheid of the previously monotypic genus Neoglyphea Forest
& de Saint Laurent, 1975, N. neocaledonica n. sp., is described from deep waters
in the Coral Sea. The unique female specimen is described and compared to the
other species of the genus, N. inopinata Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1975. The
two species can be easily separated by a series of characters: in N. neocaledonica
n. sp., the general shape is more stout, the anterior part of the cephalothorax
bears a series of dorsal carinas, the first pereiopods are shorter, the eyes larger,
the coloration consists of spots pattern. |
