Discoplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1867

Davie, Peter K. L. Ng Peter J. F., 2012, The Blue Crab Of Christmas Island, Discoplax Celeste, New Species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 60 (1), pp. 89-100 : 90

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scientific name	Discoplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
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Discoplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 View in CoL

Discoplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1867: 284 View in CoL ; Balss, 1957: 1671; Guinot, 1979: 152; Türkay, 1987: 145; Guinot, 1994: 168; Ng & Guinot, 2001: 312; Davie, 2002: 185; Ng et al., 2008: 214.

Type species. — Discoplax longipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 View in CoL , by monotypy. Gender feminine.

Remarks. — Ng & Guinot (2001) separated Discoplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 , from Cardisoma Latreille, 1828 , and extensive remarks on the status of each genus are provided in that paper. Discoplax , as currently defined, contains five species, all from the Indo-West Pacific: D. rotunda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) , D. hirtipes ( Dana, 1851) , D. longipes A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 , D. gracilipes Ng & Guinot, 2001 , and D. celeste , new species (described here).

References

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Dana, J. D., 1851. Conspectus Crustaceorum quae in Orbis Terrarum circumnavigatione, Carolo Wilkes e Classe Reipublicae Foederatae Duce. Crustacea Grapsoidea, (Cyclometopa, Edwardsii). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, V (X): 247 - 254.

Davie, P. J. F., 2002. Crustacea: Malacostraca. Eucarida (Part 2). Decapoda - Anomura, Brachyura. Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 19.3 B: 1 - 641. CSIRO Publications.

Guinot, D., 1979. Donnees nouvelles sur la morphologie, la phylogenese et al taxonomie des Crustaces Decapodes Brachyoures. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, (A) Zoologie, 112: 1 - 354, pls. 1 - 27.

Guinot, D., 1994. Decapoda Brachyura. In: Juberthie, C. & V. Decou (eds.), Encyclopaedia Biospeologica. Tome 1. Societe de Biospeologie, Moulis (CNRS) and Bucarest (Academie Roumaine). Pp. 165 - 179, pl. 3.

Milne-Edwards, A., 1867. Description de quelques especes nouvelles de Crustaces Brachyoures. Annales de la Societe Entomogique de France, (4) 7: 263 - 288.

Ng, P. K. L., D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie, 2008. Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 17: 1 - 286.

Turkay, M., 1987. Landkrabben. Natur und Musum, Frankfurt am Main, 117 (5): 143 - 150.