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Karstarma ardea
Wowor & Ng, 2009
Gua Kalepale, Waigeo, Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia,
photo: C. Rahmadi (specimens not collected) |
Abstract
Two new species of karst sesarmid crabs of the genus Karstarma Davie & Ng, 2007, are described from western Papua, Indonesia. Karstarma ardea n. sp. differs from the allied K. ultrapes (Ng, Guinot & Iliffe, 1994) from the Solomon Islands by its proportionately shorter ambulatory legs and the shape of its vulva. Karstarma waigeo n. sp. is closest to K. balicum (Ng, 2002) from Bali, Indonesia, but differs in its proportionately longer ambulatory legs and in the morphology of the male first gonopod.
Key words: Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Sesarmidae, Karstarma, new species, Indonesia
Karstarma ardea n. sp.
Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin genus name for herons (Ardea), alluding to itsvery long legs. The name is used as a noun in apposition.
Karstarma waigeo n. sp.
Etymology. The species name is derived from the type locality, Waigeo. The name is used as a noun inapposition.
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| Karstarma waigeo n. sp., Gua Kalepale, Waigeo, Raja Ampat Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia, by C. Rahmadi (specimens not collected) |
Daisy Wowor and Peter K. L. Ng. 2009. Two New Species of Sesarmid Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) Associated with Limestone Formations in West Papua, Indonesia. Zootaxa. 2025: 21–31.
