Phalangipus somnathensis Sureandiran, Karuppasamy & Suyani, 2024—a junior synonym of Encephaloides armstrongi Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Inachidae)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The recently described epialtid majoid crab, Phalangipus somnathensis Sureandiran, Karuppasamy & Suyani, 2024, from off Gujarat in India is here shown to be a junior synonym of the inachid, Encephaloides armstrongi Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891. The holotype male of P. somnathensis does not have a carapace, but the third maxillipeds, thoracic sternum, pleon and first gonopod structure are diagnostic for E. armstrongi. The carapace as described and figured by the authors was actually based on another specimen and was mistakenly associated with the holotype.
Source: Zootaxa
Authors: PETER K. L. NG, HERIS PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR TRIVEDI
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4409875839