TY  - JOUR
A1  - García Raso, José  Enrique
A1  - D’Udekem d’Acoz, Cédric
A1  - Moukrim, Abdellatif
A1  - Schubart, Christoph D.
A1  - Cuesta, Jose A.
T1  - A new cryptic species of Polybiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunoidea) from the East Atlantic, with considerations on the genus Polybius
T2  - European journal of taxonomy
N2  - The use of integrative taxonomy has confirmed the existence of a new distinct crab species, cryptic, within the group of the former genus Liocarcinus, now Polybius, closely related to P. holsatus, P. vernalis and P. marmoreus. Previous reports have considered it to be the Atlantic form of P. vernalis, or as a species “affinis” or “comparable to” P. holsatus. Diagnostic morphological characters are presented for identification and the morphological variability in these species, mainly within P. vernalis (the most related) is analysed. Furthermore, based on molecular and other previous data, a new combination (genus change) is proposed. This new species, Polybius dioscurus sp. nov., lives on infralittoral sandy bottoms, coexisting with the other species mentioned, in the temperate and subtropical zone of the North Atlantic Ocean, including the Alboran Sea (westernmost Mediterranean).
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 930:277–313 
KW  - new species
KW  - integrative taxonomy
KW  - morphological variability
Y1  - 2024
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/73743
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-737439
SN  - 2118-9773
VL  - 2024
IS  - 930
SP  - 277
EP  - 313
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -