Subfamily Chlorodiellinae Ng & Holthuis, 2007

Pilodius miersi [from Miers 1884]

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Regional Maps

• Chlorodiellinae Ng, P.K.L. & Holthuis, L.B. 2007. Case 3394. Etisus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 and Chlorodiella Rathbun, 1897 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura): proposed conservation of the generic names by suppression of the generic name Clorodius A. G. Desmarest, 1823. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 64(1): 19–24.

  Type genus:

   Chlorodiella Rathbun, 1907.

Introduction

The name Clorodius Desmarest, 1823, has been suppressed by ICZN (2008) in Opinion 2204, and as such, Chlorodius H. Milne Edwards, 1834, Chlorodius Agassiz, 1846, and Fucicola Gistel, 1848, all replacement names for Desmarest’s name, are also not available. The genus Chlorodius H. Milne Edwards, 1834, and subfamily Chlorodinae Dana, 1851, have long been associated with the Xanthidae sensu stricto, but the original descriptions make the matter complex. Opinion 2204 and the Ng & Holthuis (2007) paper resolves the nomenclatural problems by establishing a new name for the subfamily, Chlorodiellinae.

Diagnosis

Carapace with dorsal surface granular or smooth; regions well to poorly delineated. Anterolateral margin typically with four teeth behind exorbital angle (sometimes only two or three), varying in shape from rounded lobules to strong spines; clearly differentiated from posterolateral margin. Front weakly projecting, typically with two large submedian lobes and two small lateral lobules, but may be nearly straight; breadth more than one-third maximum carapace width. Antennules fold transversely. Basal antennal article without (or with a feeble) outer anterolateral lobule; antennal flagellum excluded from orbit. Chelipeds with extremities of fingers rounded and spoon-shaped. Walking legs with dactylo-propodal articulation formed by rounded prolongation of propodal lateral margin sliding against and beneath projecting button situated proximally on lateral margin of dactylus.

General References

ICZN 2008. OPINION 2204 (Case 3394) Etisus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 and Chlorodiella Rathbun, 1897 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(3): 225-226

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