Ng Peter K L, Devi Suvarna, Kumar Appukuttannair Biju
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 2 Conservatory Drive, 117377 Singapore.
Zootaxa. 2017 May 26;4272(1):131-141. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.1.7.
A new species of rhizopine crab of the genus Typhlocarcinus Stimpson, 1858 (family Pilumnidae), is described from southwestern India. Typhlocarcinus kerala sp. nov. is characterised by its granular carapace with the dorsal regions well demarcated and the gastro-cardiac grooves deep, the anterolateral margin entire and prominently granulated, the posterolateral margin lacks a low granulated lobe, proportions of the ambulatory legs and shape of the female telson.
描述了一种来自印度西南部的新种根足蟹,属于1858年的Typhlocarcinus Stimpson属(毛刺蟹科)。新种喀拉拉邦Typhlocarcinus kerala sp. nov. 的特征在于其颗粒状的头胸甲,背区界限分明,胃心沟深,前侧缘完整且有明显颗粒,后侧缘没有低颗粒叶,步足比例以及雌性尾节的形状。