Neorhynchoplax introversa ( Kemp, 1917 )

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Neorhynchoplax introversa ( Kemp, 1917) # ( Figs. 9 , 35F )

Neorhynchoplax introversa — present record.

Taxonomy: Kemp (1917: as Rhynchoplax ), Ng et al. (1999b).

Type: Holotype ZSI 9730 /10 (original text).

Type locality: Tai Hu Lake, Jiangsu (as Kiangsu), China.

Distribution: Coasts of China: from estuaries of Pearl River to Yellow Sea.

Habitat: Intertidal to freshwater; under rocky fragments along intertidal mudflats, or among foliage on freshwater wetlands.

Remarks: This species is a new record for the fauna of Hong Kong.

Figures

Fig. 9. Neorhynchoplax introversa (Kemp, 1917) (male, 3.2 × 3.4 mm, Mai Po Marshes): A, carapace; B, frontal region and maxilliped 3, ventral view; C, cheliped carpus and chela; D, right P5; E, pleon; F, right G1, ventral view; G, tip of right G1, ventral view. Structures A to D denuded.

Fig. 35. Overall habitus. A, Calappa capellonis Laurie, 1906 (female, 62.2 × 47.4 mm, off Kau Sai Chau); B, Menippe rumphii (Fabricius, 1798) (male, 54.2 × 36.8 mm, off Wong Shek Pier); C–E, Eucrate tripunctata Campbell, 1969 (C, male, 34.2 × 27.2 mm, Starfish Bay; D, male, 39.8 × 32.0 mm, near Lai Chi Chong; E, male, 15.1 × 11.9 mm, Starfish Bay); F, Neorhynchoplax introversa (Kemp, 1917) (male, 3.2 × 3.4 mm, Mai Po Marshes). Specimen shown in A after one week of refrigeration; F partially denuded, preserved coloration.