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Rochinia confusa, a junior synonym of R. umbonata (Crustacea: Brachyura: Epialtidae) as revealed by ontogenetic changes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2015

Marcos Tavares ,
William Santana  and
Renata Pettan
Marcos Tavares
Affiliation:
Museum of Zoology, University of São Paulo, Ave. Nazareth 481, Ipiranga 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
William Santana*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Sistemática Zoológica, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Universidade Sagrado Coração – USC, Rua Irmã Arminda, 10-50, Jd. Brasil, 17011-160, Bauru, SP, Brazil
Renata Pettan
Affiliation:
Grupo de Pesquisa em Biologia de Crustáceos - CRUSTA, UNESP - Campus Experimental do Litoral Paulista, Praça Infante Dom Henrique, s/n - Parque Bitaru – São Vicente, SP, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:W. Santana, Laboratório de Sistemática Zoológica, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Universidade Sagrado Coração – USC, Rua Irmã Arminda, 10-50, Jd. Brasil, 17011-160, Bauru, SP, Brazil email: william_santana@yahoo.com.br
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Abstract

The carapace and chelipeds ornamentation of the deep-water spider crab Rochinia umbonata (Stimpson, 1871), from the Western Atlantic undergo very dramatic ontogenetic changes. Since the also deep-water spider crab Rochinia confusa Tavares, 1991 is differentiated from R. umbonata mostly on the basis of these characters, R. confusa is regarded herein as an ontogenetic stage and, therefore, a junior subjective synonym of R. umbonata.

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Ontogenysynonymspider crabsMajoideadeep-waterBrazil
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 96 , Issue 5 , August 2016 , pp. 1065 - 1071
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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