Sinolapotamon palmatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Potamoidea

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: Potamoidea

Superfamilia: Potamidae
Subfamilia: Potamiscinae
Genus: Sinolapotamon
Species: Sinolapotamon palmatum

Name

Sinolapotamon palmatum Zhu, Naruse & Zhou, 2010: 251, figs. 6-9

Holotype: NCU MCP 2009.0006, ♂; coll. X. Wei and X. Zhou.

Type locality: Lituan Village, Baiming Town, Liujiang County, Liujiang City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Etymology: The species name is from the Latin word “palmatum”, meaning “palmar”, alluding to the shape of the palmar dorsal lobe of the distal segment of the G1.

References

• Zhu, C., T. Naruse & X. Zhou 2010: Two new species of freshwater crabs of the genus Sinolapotamon Tai & Sung, 1975 (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamidae) from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China. Crustaceana, 83(2): 245–256.