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Sesarma Cookei N. Sp., a Grapsid Crab From Jamaica (Decapoda, Brachyura)

Sesarma Cookei N. Sp., a Grapsid Crab From Jamaica (Decapoda, Brachyura) SESARMA COOKEI N. SP., A GRAPSID CRAB FROM JAMAICA (DECAPODA, BRACHYURA) BY R. G. HARTNOLL Marine Biological Station, Port Erin, Isle of Man, Great Britain Sesarma (Sesarma) cookei n. sp. Material examined. - Only one specimen, a mature female, was available. It was collected by Dr J. A. L. Cooke on the 4th September, 1967 a few miles south-west of Ecclesdown in the John Crow Mountains, Portland, Jamaica. The altitude was between 450 and 600 m, the habitat was beneath a large boulder lying on wet ground near the edge of a forest. This specimen has been designated the holotype, and is deposited in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) - register no. F31?1 1969: 1085. Description of the holotype, a mature female (pl. 1 figs. a-c). - The carapace is sub-quadrate, the length along the midline being just less than nine tenths of the maximum width. The greatest width occurs posteriorly, and the carapace narrows slightly to the post-orbital spines. These are sharp, and behind each is a blunt lateral tooth; posterior to this tooth the margin is notched, and then con- tinues with a slightly sinuous form. The fronto-orbital width is just less than the length in the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

Sesarma Cookei N. Sp., a Grapsid Crab From Jamaica (Decapoda, Brachyura)

Hartnoll, R.G.
Crustaceana , Volume 20 (3): 6 – Jan 1, 1971
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SESARMA COOKEI N. SP., A GRAPSID CRAB FROM JAMAICA (DECAPODA, BRACHYURA) BY R. G. HARTNOLL Marine Biological Station, Port Erin, Isle of Man, Great Britain Sesarma (Sesarma) cookei n. sp. Material examined. - Only one specimen, a mature female, was available. It was collected by Dr J. A. L. Cooke on the 4th September, 1967 a few miles south-west of Ecclesdown in the John Crow Mountains, Portland, Jamaica. The altitude was between 450 and 600 m, the habitat was beneath a large boulder lying on wet ground near the edge of a forest. This specimen has been designated the holotype, and is deposited in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) - register no. F31?1 1969: 1085. Description of the holotype, a mature female (pl. 1 figs. a-c). - The carapace is sub-quadrate, the length along the midline being just less than nine tenths of the maximum width. The greatest width occurs posteriorly, and the carapace narrows slightly to the post-orbital spines. These are sharp, and behind each is a blunt lateral tooth; posterior to this tooth the margin is notched, and then con- tinues with a slightly sinuous form. The fronto-orbital width is just less than the length in the

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Published: Jan 1, 1971

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