Tubuca arcuata (De Haan, 1835)

Zhang, Ying-Chen & Shih, Hsi-Te, 2022, Fig. 3 in Historical Biogeography of the Group (Anura, Leptodactylidae): Identification of Ancestral Areas and Events that Modeled their Distribution., Zoological Studies 61 (71), pp. 1-29 : 18-20

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https://doi.org/ 10.6620/ZS.2022.61-71

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12827264

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scientific name

Tubuca arcuata (De Haan, 1835)
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Tubuca arcuata (De Haan, 1835) View in CoL ( Fig. 12 View Fig , Table 3)

Material examined: zoea I (from ñ 24.9 mm, NCHUZOOL 16785, Bajhang River estuary, Tainan, coll. Y.-C. Zhang et al., 9 May. 2020).

Size: cl. 0.34 ± 0.010 mm, rdl. 0.53 ± 0.019 mm, dsl. 0.08 ± 0.004 mm, rsl. 0.11 ± 0.006 mm.

Carapace ( Fig. 12A View Fig ): Lateral spines lacking, dorsal spine curved, relatively short, rostral spine straight, dorsal spine and rostral spine with pointed termination. Eyes round and sessile.

Antennule ( Fig. 12B View Fig ): Uniramous, endopod absent. Exopod smooth, unarticled, with 2 aesthetascs and 2 simple setae terminally.

Antenna ( Fig. 12C View Fig ): Protopod basal region smooth, distal end acuminate, bearing 2 rows of spines. Exopod short, with 1 terminal simple seta, setae not reaching tip of protopod. Endopod absent.

Maxillule ( Fig. 12D View Fig ): Epipod seta absent; coxal endite with 4 plumodenticulate setae and 1 plumose seta; basial endite with 4 plumodenticulate setae and 1 plumose seta; endopod 2-articled, proximal article without setae, 4 sparsely plumose in distal article; exopod seta absent.

Maxilla ( Fig. 12E View Fig ): Coxal endite bilobed with 3+3 plumose setae; basial endite bilobed with 5+4 plumose setae; endopod bilobed with 1+2 terminal sparsely plumose; scaphognathite with 4 densely plumose setae and a long acuminate posterior process with microtrichias.

First maxilliped ( Fig. 12F View Fig ): Basis with 2+2+3+2 sparsely plumose setae; endopod 5-articled with 2, 2, 1, 2, 5 plumose setae; exopod 2-articled with 4 terminal long plumose setae.

Second maxilliped ( Fig. 12G): Basis with 1+1+1+1 sparsely plumose setae; endopod 3-articled with 0, 0, 5 plumose setae; exopod 2-articled with 4 terminal long plumose setae.

Pleon ( Fig. 12H View Fig ): With 5 pleonites, second pleonite with a pair of relatively acute dorsolateral spines pointing anterodorsally; third pleonite with a pair of relatively obtuse dorsolateral spines pointing posterodorsally; fourth pleonite wider than other pleonites. Pleopods absent.

Telson ( Fig. 12H View Fig ): Telson bifurcated, inner margin with 6 (3+3) serrate spines.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Ocypodidae

Genus

Tubuca

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