DNA barcoding and morphology revealed the existence of seven new species of squat lobsters in the family Munididae (Decapoda, Galatheoidea) in the southwestern Pacific
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| Date | 2024-01 | ||||||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||||||
| Author(s) | Macpherson Enrique 1, Rodríguez-Flores Paula C.2, Machordom Annie3 |
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| Affiliation(s) | 1 : Centre d’Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), C. acc. Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300 Blanes, Girona, Spain 2 : Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge MA 02138, USA 3 : Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain |
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| Source | Zookeys (1313-2989) (Pensoft Publishers), 2024-01 , N. 1188 , P. 91-123 | ||||||||||||
| DOI | 10.3897/zookeys.1188.114984 | ||||||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Crustacea, integrative taxonomy, molecular characters, morphology, Pacific Ocean | ||||||||||||
| Abstract | Specimens of squat lobsters belonging to the family MunididaeAhyong et al., 2010, representing the genera Garymunida Macpherson & Baba, 2022, Trapezionida Macpherson & Baba, 2022 and Typhlonida Macpherson & Baba, 2022, were collected during several cruises around New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea, Southwest Pacific. The integrative study of these specimens revealed the presence of one new species in Garymunida, five in Trapezionida and one in Typhlonida. We describe and illustrate these new species, providing some new data on the taxonomy of several rare or scarcely studied species of Trapezionida. Molecular data from different markers (mitochondrial and nuclear) was also included, based on data availability, to support the taxonomic status of different species. Finally, a key to species for each genus is also provided. |
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