A new species of Foza Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006 from northern Madagascar (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae), with a redescription of F. goudoti (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) comb. n., and comments on Skelosophusa prolixa Ng & Takeda, 1994 | Zendy

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A new species of Foza Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006 from northern Madagascar (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautidae), with a redescription of F. goudoti (H. Milne Edwards, 1853) comb. n., and comments on Skelosophusa prolixa Ng & Takeda, 1994

Author(s) -

Neil Cumberlidge,

Kristin Meyer

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.18.102

Subject(s) - gonopod , carapace , decapoda , cave , freshwater crab , sternum , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , genus , biology , crustacean , ecology , anatomy

Foza ambohitra sp. n. is described from Ambohitra, Antsiranana Province, northern Madagascar at 421 m elevation. This species is distinguished by characters of the carapace, the male anterior thoracic sternum, and the form of the male major cheliped and first gonopod. Thelphusa goudoti H. Milne Edwards, 1853, is transferred to Foza Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006, and redescribed, and a key to the three species of this genus is provided. Comments on the rare cave crab Skelosophusa prolixa Ng & Takeda, 1994, from Antsiranana Province are also included based on newly obtained material

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