TY - JOUR
T1 - The resurrection of Charybdis (Gonioinfradens) giardi (Nobili, 1905), newly recorded from the SE Mediterranean Sea
AU - GALIL, BELLA S.
AU - DOUEK, JACOB
AU - GEVILI, ROY
AU - GOREN, MENACHEM
AU - YUDKOVSKY, YANA
AU - PAZ, GUY
AU - RINEKVICH, BARUCH
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - A single adult specimen of Gonioinfradens giardi, a portunid crab known from the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Gulf, was recently collected off the southern Israeli coast, in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Morphological characters, as well as molecular analyses based on the mitochondrial barcoding gene cytochrome oxidase sub unit I (COI), support its distinction from the widely distributed G. paucidentata. Therefore, G. giardi is reinstated as a valid species, and withdrawn from its synonymy with G. paucidentata. Previous Mediterranean records of the latter species are misidentifications and should be referred to G. giardi. The species is described, illustrated, and differentiated from its cogener.
AB - A single adult specimen of Gonioinfradens giardi, a portunid crab known from the Red Sea, Gulf of Oman and Arabian Gulf, was recently collected off the southern Israeli coast, in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea. Morphological characters, as well as molecular analyses based on the mitochondrial barcoding gene cytochrome oxidase sub unit I (COI), support its distinction from the widely distributed G. paucidentata. Therefore, G. giardi is reinstated as a valid species, and withdrawn from its synonymy with G. paucidentata. Previous Mediterranean records of the latter species are misidentifications and should be referred to G. giardi. The species is described, illustrated, and differentiated from its cogener.
U2 - 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.9
DO - 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.9
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VL - 4370
SP - 580
EP - 590
JO - Zootaxa
JF - Zootaxa
SN - 1175-5326
IS - 5
ER -