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Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., a new pilumnid crab (Crustacea: Brachyura) from the Red Sea

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov. is described based on a single male specimen extracted from a burrow of an unknown host near Thuwal, Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. The new species differs from the type-species of Camptoplax Miers, 1884 and its only congener, C. coppingeri Miers, 1884, by several morphological / morphometric details.

Source: Zootaxa

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.1.7

Authors: PETER K. L. NG, ARTHUR ANKER

Institutions: National University of Singapore, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Crustacean biology and ecology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4401608151

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