Reappraisal of the status of two recently described western Atlantic species of sand crabs (Anomura: Albuneidae)
oleh: Christopher B. Boyko
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| Diterbitkan: | Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia 2023-09-01 |
Deskripsi
Abstract Evidence is provided to support the synonymy of two species of sand crabs (Anomura: Albuneidae). Zygopa lalanai Ortiz, 2015 is a synonym of Zygopa michaelis Holthuis, 1961 and Lepidopa boykoi Ortiz, Tello-Musi and Morales-Moreno, 2018 is a synonym of Lepidopa benedicti Schmitt, 1935. Each of the recently described species was based on a single specimen collected well within the range of their respective senior synonyms.