Discoplax celeste

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Grapsoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Thoracotremata
Superfamilia: Grapsoidea

Familia: Gecarcinidae
Genus: Discoplax
Species: Discoplax celeste

Name

Discoplax celeste Ng & Davie, 2012 Figs. 1–4, 6C, 6D, 7F–J

Holotype: QMW 29123, male (106.0 × 83.6 mm).

Type locality: Waterfall Bay, near Christmas I. Resort, Christmas Island, coll. 30 Jan.2010.

Synonyms

  • Cardisoma hirtipes Balss, 1934: 226; Gibson-Hill, 1947: 48; Tweedie, 1947: 35; Türkay, 1974: 229 (part); George, 1978: 6; Hicks et al., 1984: 54; Morgan, 2000: 123 (not Cardisoma hirtipes Dana, 1851).
  • Discoplax hirtipes Ng & Guinot, 2001: 334, 335 (part); Davie, 2002: 185 (not Cardisoma hirtipes Dana, 1851).

References

  • Peter K. L. Ng & Peter J. F. Davie. 2012: The blue crab of Christmas Island, Discoplax celeste, new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 60(1): 89–100. PDF.
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