Establishment of a new Bornean genus of Gecarcinucidae (Crustacea: Brachyura), with descriptions of five new species

Ng, Peter K. L. and Jongkar, Grinang (2022) Establishment of a new Bornean genus of Gecarcinucidae (Crustacea: Brachyura), with descriptions of five new species. Zoological Studies, 61 (13). pp. 1-35. ISSN 1810-522X

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Abstract

The freshwater gecarcinucid species from Borneo previously referred to Sundathelphusa Bott, 1969, are transferred to a new genus. Borneosa gen. nov. can be diagnosed by the presence of a distinct frontal median triangle that is shorter than the frontal margin, a relatively longer male thoracic sternum in which the sternopleonal cavity reaches more anteriorly, and a male first gonopod that has the terminal segment prominently covered with long setae. The eight species recognised: B. tenebrosa (Holthuis, 1979), B. aspera (Ng & Stuebing, 1989), B. brachyphallus (Ng, 2015), and five new species, B. niah, B. bario, B. kapit, B. sarawakensis and B. serrata; can be distinguished by characters of the frontal median triangle, epibranchial tooth, anterolateral margin, third maxillipeds, ambulatory legs, male sternum, male pleon and male first gonopod.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Uncontrolled Keywords: Freshwater crab, Gecarcinucoidea, New species, New genus, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Taxonomy, Distribution, Key
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history
Q Science > QL Zoology
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Institute of Biodiversity and Environmental Conservation
Depositing User: Grinang
Date Deposited: 21 Jun 2022 06:25
Last Modified: 07 Sep 2022 01:22
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/38696

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