2022-05-18
A new species of Cuapetes (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) from the Canary Islands
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Crustaceana , Volume 95 - Issue 3 p. 353- 371
A new species of Cuapetes, C. canariensis sp. nov., is described on the basis of a single specimen from Tenerife, Canary Islands. This is the first record of a species in the genus Cuapetes from the eastern Atlantic. It belongs to a group of previously exclusively Indo-West Pacific species possessing a supraorbital spine and a distoventral tooth on the merus of the second pereiopods. A morphological comparison with members of this group of species is provided. A molecular analysis based on the mitochondrial 16S gene of available sequences of Cuapetes species and species of related genera reveals its close affinity with Cuapetes amymone.
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Fransen, C., Schubart, C. D., & Leopoldo Moro. (2022). A new species of Cuapetes (Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae) from the Canary Islands. Crustaceana, 95(3), 353–371. doi:10.1163/15685403-bja10193 |
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