A new ghost shrimp of the genus Pugnatrypaea (Decapoda, Axiidea, Callianassidae) from the South China Sea

By

Liu, Wenliang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-2-14

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1085

Pages

183--192

Subjects

Chinese waters , key , Pugnatrypaea ruiyui sp. nov.

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1085.79278

 

Abstract

A new species of the genus Pugnatrypaea Poore, Dworschak, Robles, Mantelatto & Felder, 2019, Pugnatrypaea ruiyuisp. nov., collected from the northern South China Sea, is described and illustrated. It is distinguishable from P. pugnatrix (de Man, 1905), P. iranica (Sepahvand, Momtazi & Tudge, 2015), and P. emanata Felder & Robles, 2020 in having the lower margin of the male major cheliped merus lacking a proximal hook. It is distinguishable from P. intermedia (de Man, 1905) and P. lobetobensis (de Man, 1905) in having the upper margins of both cheliped meri unarmed. A key to all species of Pugnatrypaea is provided.