Umalia modesta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Raninoida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Mandibulata
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Raninoida

Superfamilia: Raninoidea
Familia: Raninidae
Subfamilia: Notopodinae
Genus: Umalia
Species: Umalia modesta

Name

Umalia modesta Ng, 2025:54

Holotype: ZRC 2024.0500

Type locality: female (11.0×14.0 mm), station CP4135, continental slope, sandy coral substrate, many solitary corals, 1 9 °58.42 ′N 114 °32.93 ′E–19 °58.94 ′N 114°37.70′E, 211–218 m, ca. 200 km westsouthwest of Tungsha Islands, South China Sea, coll. T.-Y. Chan, RV “Ocean Researcher 1”, ZHONGSHA 2015 Cruise, 23 July 2015.

References

  • Ng, P.K.L. 2025. On a new species of frog crab, Umalia modesta n. sp. (Brachyura: Raninidae) from the South China Sea, with a key to species in the genus. Crustacean Research 54(0): 53-61. pdf Open access Reference page. 
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