ESANPOTAMON NAMSOM, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF POTAMID CRAB (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, BRACHYURA) FROM A WATERFALL IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND

Authors
NAIYANETR P NG PKL
Citation
P. Naiyanetr et Pkl. Ng, ESANPOTAMON NAMSOM, A NEW GENUS AND SPECIES OF POTAMID CRAB (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, BRACHYURA) FROM A WATERFALL IN NORTHEASTERN THAILAND, Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 110(3), 1997, pp. 417-421
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
110
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
417 - 421
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1997)110:3<417:ENANGA>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A new genus and species of potamid crab, Esanpotamon namsom, is descri bed from a waterfall in northeastern Thailand. The new genus is closes t to Demanietta Bott, 1966, but can be distinguished by several import ant carapace, male abdominal and gonopodal characters.