identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6.text	EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Metanephrops serendipitus Gašparič & Tshudy & Chan & Ćorić 2023	<div><p>Metanephrops serendipitus sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs 1–2, Tab. 1)</p><p>Etymology. The specific name refers to the serendipitous find of the holotype carapace, which was found five years later than the associated chelipeds from the same location. Used as a noun in apposition.</p><p>Diagnosis. Medium-sized  Metanephrops with robust body and long, slender, almost equal chelae. Carapace spinulose, with three teeth on supraorbital carinae and three pairs of robust, wide, spinulose carinae on branchiostegite; intermediate carina dividing into two separate ridges; antennal spine ornamented with rounded pits with raised posterior rim, themselves appearing spinulose. Abdominal tergites marked by transverse groove, especially on tergites 2 and 3, each also bearing concave “eyebrow” furrow and bilobate tergite-pleuron boundary; tergite cuticle coarsely pitted. Tailfan spinulose; telson sub-rectangular, with spines at postero-lateral angles and pair of submedian spines in anterior part. First pair of pereiopods long, slender, more than twice carapace length; fingers as long as palm; occlusal margin of pollex adorned with row of small, sharp teeth, every fifth tooth larger than remainder, with single large triangular tooth at proximal one-quarter.</p><p>Type material.  The holotype is RGA/ SMNH 2295 (cephalothorax and abdomen) (Fig. 1), together with RGA/ SMNH 2296 (tail fan) and RGA/ SMNH 1590 /1591 (chelipeds) (Fig. 1) .</p><p>Measurements of holotype. See Table 1.</p><p>Type locality.  Meljski hrib, Maribor (Slovenia)  .</p><p>Stratigraphical age. Early Miocene (Ottnangian/Karpatian; nannofossil biozone NN4 (Martini 1971)).</p><p>Remarks. A full description, figures and discussions of  Metanephrops serendipitus are given by Gašparič et al. (2021).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EC5B87E3FF9D227F029FFA3CD0EEFEA6	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	Gašparič, Rok;Tshudy, Dale;Chan, Tin-Yam;Ćorić, Stjepan	Gašparič, Rok, Tshudy, Dale, Chan, Tin-Yam, Ćorić, Stjepan (2023): Validation of Metanephrops serendipitus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Nephropidae), a deep-water lobster from lower Miocene of Meljski hrib (Maribor, Slovenia). Zootaxa 5323 (3): 440-442, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5323.3.9
