SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS CALOCARIDES (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, AXIIDAE)

Authors
KENSLEY B
Citation
B. Kensley, SYSTEMATICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GENUS CALOCARIDES (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, AXIIDAE), Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 109(1), 1996, pp. 53-69
Citations number
43
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
0006324X
Volume
109
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
53 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(1996)109:1<53:SADOTG>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The nine currently recognized species of Calocarides are reviewed, and two new species are described: C. capensis from the south-east Atlant ic Ocean off the Cape of Good Hope, and C. macphersoni from the Atlant ic Ocean off Namibia. Species of the genus are particularly characteri zed by the possession of dentate median, submedian, and lateral carina e of the carapace, weakly pigmented or unpigmented eyes, and robust, q uite heavily sclerotized, tuberculate and/or spinose first pereopods.