Metapontonia scorpio Ďuriš & Lin, 2016, n. sp. ...
Zenodo, 2016
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Metapontonia scorpio n. sp. (Figs 1–7) Type material. Taiwan, Pingtung County, Hojie, 21º 57’ 20.4" N, 120º 42’ 41.4" E, from coral Diploastrea heliopora, coll. C.-W. Lin:—2 spms: 1 female ovig. holotype PoCL 2.3 mm (NMMBCD 4047), and 1 female ovig. paratype PoCL 2.2 mm (RMNH. CRUS.D.57071), 6 Sep. 2014, depth 16 m, fcn 20140906.31 (u/w & lab. photo).—2 spms: 1 male allotype PoCL 1.5 mm (NMMBCD 4048) (lab. photo), and 1 female ovig. paratype PoCL 2.2 mm (OUMNH.ZC.2016-01-001) [GenBank: KX169193], 29 Aug. 2014, depth 19 m, fcn 20140829.09 (u/w & lab. photo).— 1 female ovig. paratype PoCL 2.0 mm (NTOUM 01892), 7 Sep. 2014, depth 16 m, fcn 20140907.05 (u/w & lab. photo). Etymology. From Latin scorpio (= scorpion) pointing on the unique among caridean shrimps ability of the new species to overturn the posterior pleonites in a manner resembling the typical body posture of scorpions (Fig. 1 C). Description of female holotype (Figs 1 A–D, 2A, 3–5, 6A–E). Carapace (Fig. 3 A,B) smooth. Rostrum very short ... : Published as part of Ďuriš, Zdeněk & Lin, Chia-Wei, 2016, The ' scorpion shrimp', a new species of the genus Metapontonia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Taiwan, with new generic record from Papua New Guinea, pp. 474-490 in Zootaxa 4138 (3) on pages 475-484, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4138.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/257549 ...