A new family for Sotoplax robertsi Guinot, 1984, with a diagnosis and key to the Goneplacoidea Macleay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)

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Title:	A new family for Sotoplax robertsi Guinot, 1984, with a diagnosis and key to the Goneplacoidea Macleay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
Authors:	Castro, P. Guinot, D. Ng, P.K.L.
Keywords:	Acidopsidae Brachyura Chasmocarcinidae Conleyidae Crustacea Decapoda Euryplacidae Goneplacidae Goneplacoidea Litocheiridae Mathildellidae New family Progeryonidae Scalopidiidae Sotoplacidae Sotoplax Vultocinidae
Issue Date:	10-Feb-2010
Citation:	Castro, P.,Guinot, D.,Ng, P.K.L. (2010-02-10). A new family for Sotoplax robertsi Guinot, 1984, with a diagnosis and key to the Goneplacoidea Macleay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Zootaxa (2356) : 36-56. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract:	Sotoplacidae nov. fam. is described for Sotoplax robertsi Guinot, 1984, a goneplacoid crab from the western Atlantic that had been provisionally placed in the family Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871. Sotoplax is characterised by a suite of characters, particularly related to the thoracic sternum, male abdomen, and to the protection of the penis, which places it as a taxon independent from the Euryplacidae and the other 10 families currently grouped in the superfamily Goneplacoidea MacLeay, 1838. A diagnosis of the Goneplacoidea, a detailed table of characters diagnostic to the 11 goneplacoid families, and a key to these families are also given. Copyright © 2010 Magnolia Press.
Source Title:	Zootaxa
URI:	http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/99858
ISSN:	11755326
Appears in Collections:	Staff Publications

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