First record and a new species of Euphrosynoplax(Crustacea: Pseudorhombilidae) from the southwestern Atlantic

Tavares, MarcosSantana, William

A new species of deep-water brachyuran crab, Euphrosynoplax dincao, from southeastern Brazil is described and illustrated. The genus Euphrosynoplax currently consists of two species, E. clausa Guinot, 1969, and E. campechiensis Vázquez-Bader & Gracia, 1991, both only known from the Gulf of Mexico. The new species can be easily separated from its northern counterparts by a suite of carapace and appendage characters. Euphrosynoplax campechiensis is recorded for the first time from the Caribbenan Sea (Guadeloupe and between Saint Kitts and Nevis).(AU)

1. Gulf of Mexico
2. Caribbean Sea
3. Deep-water
4. Biodiversity
5. Taxonomy
6. Brazil