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Original Article • Nauplius 31 • 2023 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2358-2936e2023021   copy

Reappraisal of the status of two recently described western Atlantic species of sand crabs (Anomura: Albuneidae)

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Abstract

Evidence is provided to support the synonymy of two species of sand crabs (Anomura: Albuneidae). Zygopa lalanai Ortiz, 2015 is a synonym of Zygopa michaelis Holthuis, 1961 and Lepidopa boykoi Ortiz, Tello-Musi and Morales-Moreno, 2018 is a synonym of Lepidopa benedicti Schmitt, 1935. Each of the recently described species was based on a single specimen collected well within the range of their respective senior synonyms.

Keywords:
Caribbean; Cuba; Gulf of Mexico; Lepidopa; synonymy; Zygopa

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