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A new genus and a new species of alpheid shrimp (Decapoda, Caridea) from Japan

Ken-Ichi HAYASHI

en Zoosystema 20 (2) - Pages 229-238

Published on 13 July 1998

This article is a part of the thematic issue Papers in honour of Alain Crosnier

A new genus of the family Alpheidae is established, based on a new species from Japanese waters. Cavipelta yamashitai n.g., n.sp. is characterized by having a sinus on the lower margin of the carapace in both sexes and a flap-like processes on the exopod of the uropod in large males. It also bears a robust and thickened antennal flagellum and a mesially curved chela of the first pereopod in large males. C. yamashitai was usually collected from burrowes of thalassinids. The systematic position of the new genus is discussed and the biology of the new species is briefly presented.


Keywords:

Crustacea, Decapoda, Alpheidae, Cavipelta, new genus, new species, Pacific Ocean.

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