Open AccessLiljeborgiidae
Author(s) -
Charles Oliver Coleman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.2260.1.30
Subject(s) - biology , telson , great barrier reef , serration , dorsum , anatomy , reef , zoology , botany , ecology , decapoda , crustacean
The new species Liljeborgia joergpeteri is described from Lizard Island and Orpheus Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Characteristic for this species is: the pleonite and urosomite dorsal serration formula 3–3–0–0–0; large rounded eyes; an entire upper lip; and the asymmetrical notched telson apices.