Subfamily Carupinae Paul'son, 1875

Catoptrus nitidus [Davie 2002: 454 (modified after de Man 1888: pl. 14 fig. 1)]

Museums

Regional Maps

• Carupinae Paul'son, O.M. 1875. Studies on Crustacea of the Red Sea with Notes regarding other Seas. Part I. Podophthalmata and Edriophthalmata (Cumacea). Jerusalem : The Israel Program for Scientific Translations 164 pp. 21 pls. [reissued and translated by F.D. Por, 1961] [63].
• Goniocaphyrinae Borradaile, L.A. 1900. On some Crustaceans from the South Pacific. Part IV. The crabs. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1900(3): 568-596 pls 40-42 [577].
• Catoptrinae Borradaile, L.A. 1902. Marine crustaceans II: Portunidae (Swimming Crabs). pp. 191-208 figs 35-38 in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes: Being the account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press Vol. I(Part II) pp. 119–222, pls. VI-XIII. [200].

Diagnosis

Carapace very wide, transversely oval, subelliptical or indistinctly subhexagonal; convex in both directions; supra-orbital fissures may be absent, infraorbital margin variously modified; front much narrower than posterior border; anterolateral border convex, toothed or entire. Basal antennal segment narrow, long, lying obliquely, not lobulate, antennal flagellum lying in orbital hiatus. Lobe on first maxilliped ('portunid lobe') usually present. Chelipeds longer than ambulatory legs, spines on cheliped segments reduced in number or absent. Dactyli of last pair of legs styliform or lanceolate. (After Apel & Spiridonov 1998).

General References

Apel, M. & Spiridonov, V.A. 1998. Taxonomy and zoogeography of the portunid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunidae) of the Arabian Gulf and adjacent waters. Fauna of Arabia 17: 159-331

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