New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics abstracts

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A new cancrid crab from New Zealand

RODNEY M. FELDMANN

Department of Geology
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio 44242, U.S.A.

R. EWAN FORDYCE

Department of Geology
University of Otago
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin, New Zealand

Abstract  A new species of crab, Lobocarcinus pustulosus (Cancridae: Lobocarcininae), is described from a single near-complete specimen from the Caversham Sandstone (early Altonian Stage, late early Miocene) near Waikouaiti, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. The specimen represents the first report of the genus in the Pacific region and only the second genus of cancrid crab to have been recorded from New Zealand.

Keywords  Crustacea; Brachyura; Cancridae; Lobocarcinus; new species; Miocene; New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 1996, Vol. 39: 509-513

0028-8306/96/3904-0509 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1996

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