Artículos de revistas
Rochinia confusa, a junior synonym of R. umbonata (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae) as revealed by ontogenetic changes
Fecha
2016-08-01Registro en:
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v. 96, n. 5, p. 1065-1071, 2016.
1469-7769
0025-3154
10.1017/S0025315415001587
2-s2.0-84943747405
2-s2.0-84943747405.pdf
Autor
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Universidade Sagrado Coração - USC
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
The carapace and chelipeds ornamentation of the deep-water spider crab Rochinia umbonata (Stimpson, 1871), from the Western Atlantic undergo very dramatic ontogenetic changes. Since the also deep-water spider crab Rochinia confusa Tavares, 1991 is differentiated from R. umbonata mostly on the basis of these characters, R. confusa is regarded herein as an ontogenetic stage and, therefore, a junior subjective synonym of R. umbonata.