Ceratoplax margarita

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Pilumnoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Pilumnoidea

Familia: Pilumnidae
Subfamilia: Rhizopinae
Genus: Ceratoplax
Species: Ceratoplax margarita

Name edit

Ceratoplax margarita Ng & Clark, 2015:328

Holotype: MNHN IU-2014-10126

Type locality:Papua New Guinea, ♂, 7.9 × 5.2 mm, stn DW3663, Open Bay, 04°50’S, 151°39’E, 220-292 m, 23.IX.2010, Cruise BIOPAPUA, R.V. Alis, coll. S. Samadi & L. Corbari.

References edit

Primary references edit

Ng, P.K.L. & Clark, P.F. 2015. Ceratoplax margarita n. sp., a new rhizopine crab (Crustacea: Brachyura: Pilumnidae) from Papua New Guinea, with rediagnoses of C. truncatifrons Rathbun, 1914, and C. fulgida Rathbun, 1914. Zoosystema 37(2): 323–331. ResearchGate DOI: 10.5252/z2015n2a2 PDF. Reference page.