Inlethelphusa Yeo & Ng, 2007

Ng, Peter K. L., Mar, Win & Yeo, Darren C. J., 2020, On the taxonomy of the endemic Inle Lake crab, Inlethelphusa acanthica (Kemp, 1918) (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae) of Myanmar, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 68, pp. 453-463 : 454

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2020-0063

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6BD5D20D-9E2F-4023-9E10-2BF88BB6259C

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4576710

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9F446-064B-FF85-C921-F9C2FA0F32BC

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scientific name

Inlethelphusa Yeo & Ng, 2007
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Inlethelphusa Yeo & Ng, 2007 View in CoL

Type species. Potamon (Potamon) acanthicum Kemp, 1918 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Diagnosis. Carapace broader than long, relatively low; dorsal surface gently convex; epigastric cristae low, distinct, not sharp, anterior to postorbital cristae, distinctly separated from postorbital cristae by groove; postorbital cristae low, blunt, not confluent with epibranchial teeth; external orbital angle well developed, separate from rest of anterolateral margin by deep cleft; epibranchial tooth well developed, spiniform; anterolateral margins prominently serrated, with anterior serrations larger; antennular fossae subrectangular, broad; epistome posterior margin with low but distinct median tooth; endostomial ridge absent. Third maxilliped with long exopod, with long flagellum. Ambulatory legs short; merus without subdistal spine on dorsal margin. Suture between male thoracic sternites 2 and 3 distinct; thoracic sternite 8 completely separated by a longitudinal medial line; sternopleonal cavity almost reaching imaginary line joining anterior edges of cheliped bases; male pleon triangular. G1 subterminal segment with distal third bent outward, appears neck-like, being distinctly tapered or constricted; G1 terminal segment slender, elongate, tubular to tapering, tip truncate or sharp, upcurved, dorsal flap absent. G2 longer than G1, distal segment distinctly less than half length of basal segment.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Potamidae

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