Diagnosis of a new species of neolithodes (Crustacea: Anomura: Lithodidae) from New Zealand (note) |
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| Authors: | Elliot W Dawson J C Yaldwyn |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research , New Zealand Oceanographic Institute , Wellington;2. Dominion Museum , Wellington |
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| Abstract: | A new stone crab, Neolithodes brodiei sp.nov., known from an ovigerous female taken in 455 fm (832 m) on the Campbell Plateau, is characterised and distinguished from the five species previously recognised. It is morphologically close to the North Atlantic N. agassizii and the South African N. asperrimus. |
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| Keywords: | Benthos streams ecosystems ecology rivers concepts aquatic communities biota biomass |
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