Ptychophallus costaricensis, a new freshwater crab from Costa Rica

 

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Autore: Villalobos, Carlos R.
Natura: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Data di pubblicazione:1973
Descrizione:A new freshwater crab of the genus Ptychophallus is described from Costa Rica, based on the morphology of the gonopod. The species lives under rocks in small streams at an altitude of approximately 1,300 m and at a median water temperature of 16 C. twelve specimens were collected at Quebrada Los Tubos and thirty-two at Río Naranjo, Santa María de Dota, both sites in the Province of San José, Distribution is apparently restricted to the southwest of Costa Rica.
Stato:Portal de Revistas UCR
Istituzione:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lingua:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/27274
Accesso online:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/27274