Liocarcinus zariquieyi

Liocarcinus zariquieyi is a species of crab that lives in the Mediterranean Sea. It is very similar to Liocarcinus pusillus, and was for a long time confused with that species.

Liocarcinus zariquieyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Portunidae
Genus:
Liocarcinus
Species:
L. zariquieyi
Binomial name
Liocarcinus zariquieyi
(Gordon, 1968)
Synonyms
  • Macropipus zariquieyi Gordon, 1968

Taxonomic history

The species now known as Liocarcinus zariquieyi was first recognised by Bruno Parisi in 1915.[1] He realised that the species then known as "Portunus pusillus" comprised two separate taxa. The species was recognised during the revision of two species originally described in the genus Portunus by Parisi, "Portunus pusillus" and "Portunus parvulus". Parisi mistakenly asserted, however, that of his two species, "P. parvulus" was the new one. In fact, his "P. pusillus" was the new species.[1] This was recognised by the Dutch carcinologist Lipke Holthuis in 1958, but he was aware that Gordon was preparing a revision, and continued to use Parisi's names.[1] In 1968, Gordon published a paper in the journal Crustaceana, separating "Macropipus zariquieyi" from the species that by then had become "Macropipus pusillus" (now Liocarcinus pusillus). She selected as the holotype a specimen from Sorrento, collected at a depth of 60 metres (200 ft).[1] The specific epithet zariquieyi commemorates Ricardo Zariquiey Alvarez, who had recognised the two species in Spanish waters, and provided material to Gordon that allowed her to describe the new species.[1]

Distribution

Liocarcinus zariquieyi is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Canary Islands. A single specimen, in the collections of Alfred Merle Norman, purports to be from the east coast of Great Britain.[2] It lives at depths of 10–60 metres (33–197 ft) on coarse sandy or gravelly substrates.[2]

Description

Froglia and Manning reported a range of carapace lengths among males of 7.4–12.7 millimetres (0.29–0.50 in); females up to 13.4 mm (0.53 in) have been reported.[2] It differs from other species in the "pusillus group" (Liocarcinus maculatus and Liocarcinus pusillus) in having a smooth carapace. Also, the teeth on the antero-lateral margin of the carapace are all rounded at the tip, and the fourth is larger than the fifth, and the carpus (4th segment) is shorter than the propodus (6th segment) on the third and fourth pereiopods in L. zariquieyi but not L. pusillus of L. maculatus.[2]

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References
  1. Isabella Gordon (1968). "Correction to Parisi's "Portunus pusillus" and "Portunus parvulus n. sp." from the Mediterranean (Decapoda, Brachyura)". Crustaceana. 14 (3): 319–320. doi:10.1163/156854068x00935. JSTOR 20102962.
  2. Carlo Froglia & Raymond B. Manning (1982). "Notes on Liocarcinus pusillus (Leach) and related species" (PDF). Quaderni del Laboratoria di Tecnologia della Pesca. 3 (2–5): 257–266.
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