Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., a new pilumnid crab (Crustacea: Brachyura) from the Red Sea

Peter K L Ng; Arthur Anker

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5496.1.7

Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov., a new pilumnid crab (Crustacea: Brachyura) from the Red Sea

Zootaxa. 2024 Aug 16;5496(1):119-126. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.1.7.

Authors

Peter K L Ng¹, Arthur Anker²

Affiliations

¹ Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum; Faculty of Science; National University of Singapore; 2 Conservatory Drive; Singapore 117377; Singapore. [email protected].
² Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPEL); Departamento de Ecologia; Zoologia e Genética; Instituto de Biologia; Campus Universitário Capão do Leão; RS; 96010-610; Brazil; Biological and Environmental Science & Engineering Division; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST); Thuwal; Saudi Arabia. [email protected].

PMID: 39646544
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5496.1.7

Abstract

Camptoplax ahmar sp. nov. is described based on a single male specimen extracted from a burrow of an unknown host near Thuwal, Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. The new species differs from the type-species of Camptoplax Miers, 1884 and its only congener, C. coppingeri Miers, 1884, by several morphological / morphometric details.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution*
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
Brachyura* / anatomy & histology
Brachyura* / classification
Female
Indian Ocean
Male
Organ Size
Saudi Arabia