Scleropactes tatei, VAN NAME, 1936
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https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00286.x |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03858799-4264-FFB2-9802-7ABDADA2FB32 |
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Felipe |
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SCLEROPACTES TATEI VAN NAME, 1936 View in CoL
Scleropactes tatei Van Name, 1936 – Leistikow & Wägele (1999*); Schmalfuss (2003*).
Not: syn. of Scleropactes concinnus – Vandel (1968).
Material examined
Type specimen: one (immature?) ♀, paratype ( Ecuador, Naupon, Takinon Mountain , leg. G. H. Tate, December 1922, AMNH 6530 About AMNH ) .
Description
Cephalothorax with well-developed lateral lobes. Posterior margin of coxal plate 1 slightly concave. Colour not preserved, surface structure (tricorns, etc.) not in sufficiently good condition for a description. From Van Name’s drawing and description, it seems that the surface is slightly granulate. Uropod endopodites very large.
Remarks
On the basis of a poorly preserved immature female only, no useful comparison with other species of Scleropactes can be made. This species is certainly not a synonym of Scleropactes concinnus , as Vandel (1968) suggested. It seems to have close relationships to Scleropactes pilosus . It is distinguished from Scleropactes pilosus by the much weaker curved posterior margin of the first coxal plate, and probably by the nonenlarged tricorn setae. Both have in common the comparatively large uropod endopodites.
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