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First Record of the Thalassinidean Genus Callianopsis De Saint Laurent, 1973 (Decapoda, Ctenochelidae) in the West Pacific, With the Description of a New Species from Taiwan

First Record of the Thalassinidean Genus Callianopsis De Saint Laurent, 1973 (Decapoda,... FIRST RECORD OF THE THALASSINIDEAN GENUS CALLIANOPSIS DE SAINT LAURENT, 1973 (DECAPODA, CTENOCHELIDAE) IN THE WEST PACIFIC, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM TAIWAN BY FENG-JIAU LIN 1 ) , TOMOYUKI KOMAI 2 ) and TIN-YAM CHAN 3,4 ) 1 ) Institute of Biodiversity, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan, R.O.C. 2 ) Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan 3 ) Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan, R.O.C. ABSTRACT Callianopsis anovalis sp. nov. is described from a specimen collected by a deep-sea commercial trawler off northeastern Taiwan at around 300 m deep. The new species is unique in the genus by lacking a dorsal oval on the carapace. The genus Callianopsis De Saint Laurent, 1973 is recorded hereby for the first time in the western Pacific. RÉSUMÉ Callianopsis anovalis sp. nov. est décrite à partir d’un spécimen collecté par un chalutier au nord-est de Taiwan à environ 300 m de profondeur. La nouvelle espèce est unique dans le genre par l’absence de l’ovale dorsal sur la carapace. Le genre Callianopsis De Saint Laurent, 1973 est ici trouvé pour http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

First Record of the Thalassinidean Genus Callianopsis De Saint Laurent, 1973 (Decapoda, Ctenochelidae) in the West Pacific, With the Description of a New Species from Taiwan

Crustaceana , Volume 80 (10): 11 – Jan 1, 2007

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FIRST RECORD OF THE THALASSINIDEAN GENUS CALLIANOPSIS DE SAINT LAURENT, 1973 (DECAPODA, CTENOCHELIDAE) IN THE WEST PACIFIC, WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM TAIWAN BY FENG-JIAU LIN 1 ) , TOMOYUKI KOMAI 2 ) and TIN-YAM CHAN 3,4 ) 1 ) Institute of Biodiversity, National Cheng Kung University, 1 University Road, Tainan City 701, Taiwan, R.O.C. 2 ) Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, 955-2 Aoba-cho, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8682, Japan 3 ) Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan, R.O.C. ABSTRACT Callianopsis anovalis sp. nov. is described from a specimen collected by a deep-sea commercial trawler off northeastern Taiwan at around 300 m deep. The new species is unique in the genus by lacking a dorsal oval on the carapace. The genus Callianopsis De Saint Laurent, 1973 is recorded hereby for the first time in the western Pacific. RÉSUMÉ Callianopsis anovalis sp. nov. est décrite à partir d’un spécimen collecté par un chalutier au nord-est de Taiwan à environ 300 m de profondeur. La nouvelle espèce est unique dans le genre par l’absence de l’ovale dorsal sur la carapace. Le genre Callianopsis De Saint Laurent, 1973 est ici trouvé pour

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Published: Jan 1, 2007

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