identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03B9287C821AFF81FF262C8E59654B4C.text	03B9287C821AFF81FF262C8E59654B4C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Prebranchioplax Vega & Ahyong 2021	<div><p>Prebranchioplax gen. nov.</p> <p>Prebranchioplax Vega &amp; Ahyong in Vega et al. 2018: 65 [unavailable].</p> <p>Type species. Prebranchioplax cretacica sp. nov. Gender: feminine.</p> <p>Diagnosis. As for the type species.</p> <p>Etymology. On being a possible precursor to the genus Branchioplax Rathbun, 1916.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9287C821AFF81FF262C8E59654B4C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vega, Francisco;Ahyong, Shane T.	Vega, Francisco, Ahyong, Shane T. (2021): Validation of Prebranchioplax cretacica Vega & Ahyong, a fossil mathildellid crab from the Upper Cretaceous of northeast Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Goneplacoidea). Zootaxa 5004 (3): 498-500, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.8
03B9287C821AFF83FF262F9C5C1F4FD2.text	03B9287C821AFF83FF262F9C5C1F4FD2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Prebranchioplax cretacica Vega & Ahyong 2021	<div><p>Prebranchioplax cretacica sp. nov.</p> <p>(Fig. 1)</p> <p>Mathildellidae.— Vega et al. 2016: 310, fig. 5D–L.— Vega 2017: 215, fig. 18.8–10.</p> <p>Prebranchioplax cretacica Vega &amp; Ahyong in Vega et al. 2018: 66–70, figs. 3.1–13, 4.1–16, 5.1 [unavailable].</p> <p>Type material. HOLOTYPE: CPC-2075, carapace and partial remains of sternum and abdomen, carapace length 19.8 mm, carapace width 20.3 mm, Cerro del Pueblo Entronque. PARATYPES: CPC-2076–CPC-2092, CPC-2100, 18 carapaces, two with remains of sternum and abdomen (Table 1).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Carapace subhexagonal, slightly wider than long, front produced, broad, subrectangular with shallow median notch; triangular orbital spines; orbits relatively small, two upper orbital fissures, one suborbital fissure; eyes short, stalked; anterolateral margins convex, bearing four anteriorly projected spines, becoming weaker towards median portion of carapace; posterolateral margin weakly convex, converging posteriorly; posterior margin rimmed with fine tubercles, its width about half maximum carapace width; dorsal cuticle finely granulose, concentric calcification centers; regions distinct, epigastric process strongly marked, mesogastric region wide, ovate; cardiac region rhomboidal, with two small tubercles; intestinal region indistinct; hepatic region indistinct; mesobranchial region subrectangular, inclined towards base of metagastric region where muscle scars evident; metabranchial region transverse, slightly swollen; cervical groove relatively deep, arising from lateral margin between anterolateral spines 2 and 3. Thoracic sternum subpentagonal, sternite 3 triangular inverted, sternite 4 subtrapezoidal; sternite 5 and 6 subrectangular, sternite 7 and 8 subtriangular, episternal processes triangular inverted, sharp. Abdomen triangular, somites free, somites 3–5 short, subrectangular, somite 3 wider than other preserved somites; somite 6 subtrapezoidal, twice length of preceding sternite, telson triangular. Coxa of chelipeds short, concave; no other parts of chelipeds or walking legs preserved.</p> <p>Etymology. Alluding to the Late Cretaceous age of the new species.</p> <p>Remarks. A full description and figures of Prebranchioplax cretacica and stratigraphic account are given by Vega et al. (2018).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B9287C821AFF83FF262F9C5C1F4FD2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Vega, Francisco;Ahyong, Shane T.	Vega, Francisco, Ahyong, Shane T. (2021): Validation of Prebranchioplax cretacica Vega & Ahyong, a fossil mathildellid crab from the Upper Cretaceous of northeast Mexico (Crustacea: Decapoda: Goneplacoidea). Zootaxa 5004 (3): 498-500, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5004.3.8
