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A revision of the genus Matuta Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Calappidae)
Provedor de dados: 16
Autores: Galil, B.S.; Clark, P.F.
Introduction Amid the gaudily-coloured parade of tropical crabs few are more splendidly patterned than the matutine genera. But the patterns decorating these species brought about taxonomic disarray and from the very beginning they baffled their researchers. Already in 1817 Leach remarked: "the characters which distinguish the species are very obscure". MacLeay (1838) wrote in exasperation: "there are many species confounded together under the name Matuta victor, I do not consider the above names of the family and genus to possess any authority". Stebbing (1905) concurred: "From the interminable discussion of minute differences, as to the importance of which distinguished authors neither agree one with another nor always with themselves, it seems safe to...
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor
Palavras-chave: Crustacea; Decapoda; Brachyura; Calappidae; Matuta; Taxonomy; New species; New genus. Matuta Weber; 1795 is revised; Three new genera and two new species are established; Detailed synon- ymies are listed; All taxa are described and illustrated and a key is provided.; 42.74.
Ano: 1994
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317786