title: A new species of Naxia Latreille, 1825 (Brachyura: Majidae) from deep water off Brazil.
abstract: A new species of spider crab, Naxia atlantica n. sp., is described and illustrated from deep waters off São Paulo (southeastern Brazil). The new species can be separated from its congeners by a suite of characters including shapes of the propodi of the walking legs, rostrum and basal antennal article. This is the first record of the genus outside southern Australia and New Zealand.
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Nazareth 481, Ipiranga 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.; Email: mdst@usp.br.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tavares
authors.affiliation: Museum Victoria, GPO Box 666, Melbourne, Vic. 3001 Australia.; Email: gpoore@museum.vic.gov.au.
authors.forename: Gary C B
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Poore
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D003386:Brachyura / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size