The marine fauna of New Zealand: Family Hymenosomatidae (Crustaceae, Decapoda, Brachyura)
Melrose, M.J. (1975). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Family Hymenosomatidae (Crustaceae, Decapoda, Brachyura). NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 34. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: [s.l.]. 5-123 pp.
Part of: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Wellington. ISSN 0083-7903, more
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New Zealand
Taxonomic status > New taxa > New genus
Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species
Cyclohombronia; Elamena momona Melrose, 1975 [WoRMS]; Halicarcinus tongi Melrose, 1975 [WoRMS]; Halimena Melrose, 1975 [WoRMS]; Halimena aotearoa Melrose, 1975 [WoRMS]; Hymenosoma depressum Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 [WoRMS]
New Zealand [Marine Regions]
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Approximately 1,800 specimens of hymenosomatids from 14 species belonging to 4 genera, have been examined. A new genus intermediate in character between the genera Halicarcinus and Elamena has been established. The classification used follows that of Balss (1957). Literature on the New Zealand species is relatively sparse: the original descriptions and figures of the type specimens collected by Filhol, Dana, and Jacquinot in the early nineteenth century are extremely sketchy, but species discovered more recently, for example Halicarcinus lacustris (Chilton), have been more adequately described. The types of the earlier recorded species are lodged in Paris and London. Unequivocal identification of two New Zealand species, here referred to as Halicarcinus cookii and Halicarcinus varius, must wait a thorough examination of the types. [...] |
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