Pilumnus koepckei
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| Türkay , 1967 |
Pilumnus koepckei is a crab from the family of Pilumnidae .
The holotype was collected by Hans-Wilhelm Koepcke in Cancas , Peru.
description
In Pilumnus koepckei the carapace is smooth and strongly arched from back to front. The front part has loose and stiff bristles. Its front edge has three pointed teeth, which are provided with stiff individual bristles at the base. The carapace of the male holotype is 12 mm wide and 9 mm long with a body height of 7 mm. The palms of the big scissors are only roughly granulated, hardly thorny, with bristles in between. The first gonopod is slender and has a gooseneck- like appearance and has bristles on one side in its curvature.
distribution and habitat
Pilumnus koepckei is included in the Peruvian crustacean catalog, so far there have been no new finds from there. The species has also been reported from Ecuador and Mexico. It lives in the shallow water of marine sandy beaches, but also up to a depth of 4 fathoms (= approx. 7.3 m).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Michael Türkay : New Brachyurs from the west coast of South America . In: Senck. biol . tape 48 , 1967, p. 361-364 .
- ^ A b John S. Garth: New species of xanthid crabs from early Hancock expeditions . In: Allan Hancock Foundation Occasional Papers . 4 (new), 1986, p. 11 .
- ^ Moscoso, V: Catálogo de Crustáceos Decápodos y Estomatópodos del Perú . In: Boletín Instituto del mar del Peru, 27, Números 1-2, 207 pp.
