Deltopelta obliqua Rathbun 1898, n. comb.

Abstract

<i>Deltopelta obliqua</i> (Rathbun, 1898) n. comb. <p>(Figs. 5 E‒G; 22H; 29I; 37G; 50H; 57E; 85D; 89J)</p> <p> <i>Chasmocarcinus obliquus</i> Rathbun, 1898a: 286, pl. 7, figs. 6 [type localilty: Bahamas]; 1918: 55 [in key], fig. 27, pl. 14, figs. 1, 2.— Serène 1964a: 258 [in list].— Blow & Bailey 1992: 176 [in list].—Coelho & Coelho 1998: 813 [in list].—Ng et al. 2008: 76 [in list].—Felder <i>et al</i>. 2009: 1081 [in list].</p> <p> <i>Hephthopelta superba</i> Boone, 1927: 16, fig. 5 [Belize].</p> <p> <i>Chasmocarcinus superbus</i> —Ng <i>et al.</i> 2008: 76 [in list].</p> <p> <b>Type material</b>. Holotype male (5.2 × 5.1 mm) (USNM 20509), Bahamas, SE Andros I., “in Tongue of Ocean ”, <i>Albatross</i>, stn 2651, 177 m, 13.04.1886.</p> <p> <b>Other material examined</b>. <i>U.S. Virgin Is.</i> 1 male (cl 3.5 mm) (USNM 67781).</p> <p> <i>Belize</i>. 1 female (holotype of <i>Hephthopelta superba</i> Boone, 1927) (10.7 × 13.0 mm) (PMNH), Glover Reef, off southern Belize, 885 m, <i>Pawnee l</i>, 20.04.1925.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. As for genus.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. The examination of the female holotype of <i>Hephthopelta superba</i> Boone, 1927, clearly showed that Boone’s species is a junior subjective synonym of <i>D. obliqua</i>. Boone’s detailed description and illustration (Boone 1927: 16, fig. 5) provide additional evidence of the synonymy.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. West Indies: Bahamas and Virgin Is. Depth: 177‒ 855 m.</p>Published as part of <i>Ng, Peter K. L. & Castro, Peter, 2016, Revision of the family Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Goneplacoidea), pp. 1-182 in Zootaxa 4209 (1)</i> on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4209.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/272646">http://zenodo.org/record/272646</a&gt