ACHAEUS POWELLI, A NEW SPIDER CRAB FROM NIGERIA (CRUSTACEA, DECAPODA, MAJIDAE)

ABSTRACT Achaeuspowelli is the seventh species of its genus to be recorded from West Africa. It is the first species to be taken within the Niger delta system. Among the more than 60 species of decapod crustaceans collected in the Niger delta by C. B. Powell (personal communication) of the Universit...

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Published in:Journal of crustacean biology 1982-01, Vol.2 (3), p.459-463
Main Author: Manning, Raymond B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological taxonomies
Brackish
Crabs
Crustaceans
Holotypes
Legs
Male animals
New species
River deltas
Riverbanks
Walking
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Summary:ABSTRACT Achaeuspowelli is the seventh species of its genus to be recorded from West Africa. It is the first species to be taken within the Niger delta system. Among the more than 60 species of decapod crustaceans collected in the Niger delta by C. B. Powell (personal communication) of the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, is a series of a small Achaeus which represents an undescribed species. It is of interest inasmuch as it is the first species of the genus to be found in other than subtidal marine habitats off West Africa. The holotype of this new species has been deposited in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, The Netherlands; paratypes are in that institution and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington (USNM).
ISSN:0278-0372
1937-240X
DOI:10.1163/1937240X82X00563