A new genus and species of deep-water xanthid crab (Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthidae) from the Philippines

Abstract

A new genus and species of deep-water xanthid crab is described from the Philippines. Takedax gabrielae gen. et sp. nov. resembles Medaeops Guinot, 1967, in the cristate anterior margins of the ambulatory meri. It is also similar to Monodaeus Guinot, 1967, in the long cheliped fingers, the shape of the ambulatory legs, and the form of the merus of the third maxilliped. Takedax gen. nov. is separated from both known genera by a suite of characters related to the carapace, epistome, pereiopods, male thoracic sternum, and male abdomen.