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 Williams, A.B. and N. Ngoc-Ho (1990) Pomatogebia, a new genus of thalassinidean shrimps from Western Hemisphere tropics (Crustacea: Upogebiidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103(3): 614–616. PDF is 220kB

 

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Reference ID 24246
Reference type journalarticle
Authors Williams, A.B.
Ngoc-Ho, N.
Publication Year (for display) 1990
Publication Year (for sorting) 1990
Title _Pomatogebia_, a new genus of thalassinidean shrimps from Western Hemisphere tropics (Crustacea: Upogebiidae)
Secondary Title Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington
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Volume 103
Issue 3
Pages 614–616
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Abstract
A new genus, Pomatogebia, is proposed for 3 species of thalassinidean shrimps from the tropical western Atlantic and eastern Pacific that are specialized for burrowing in massive stony corals. The caudal part of the shrimp's abdomen is shaped as an operculum that can be inserted from within the burrow system into its entrance, the exoskeletal surface mimicking that of the coral. Pomatogebia operculata (Schmitt, 1924), placed in Upogebia until now, becomes the type species of the new genus.
Keywords thalassinidea eastern pacific pomatogebia genus tropic systematics upogebia upogebiidae taxonomy western atlantic
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