First record and a new species of Euphrosynoplax (Crustacea: Pseudorhombilidae) from the southwestern Atlantic

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https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.66

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Taxonomy, Biodiversity, Brazil., Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Deep-water

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A new species of deep-water brachyuran crab, Euphrosynoplax dincao, from southeastern Brazil is described and illustrated. The genus Euphrosynoplax currently consists of two species, E. clausa Guinot, 1969, and E. campechiensis Vázquez-Bader & Gracia, 1991, both only known from the Gulf of Mexico. The new species can be easily separated from its northern counterparts by a suite of carapace and appendage characters. Euphrosynoplax campechiensis is recorded for the first time from the Caribbenan Sea (Guadeloupe and between Saint Kitts and Nevis).

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2021-07-30

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Tavares, M. D. S., & Santana, W. R. A. (2021). First record and a new species of Euphrosynoplax (Crustacea: Pseudorhombilidae) from the southwestern Atlantic. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 61, e20216166. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.66

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