Platypilumnus soelae Garth, 1987

Fig. 2A

Platypilumnus soelae Garth, 1987: 35, figs 1, 2A-E.

Material examined. AUSTRALIA, North West Shelf, station 64, FRV Soela, CSIRO cruise 0184, 14°49.4'S 121°32.3'E, 178 m, 12 February 1984: 1 male PARATYPE 32x 40.2 mm (NTM, CR 002024). INDONESIA, Karubar cruise, station CP 59, 8°20.01'S 132°09.32'E, 405- 399 m, 31 October 1991: 1 female 27.3x 31.2 mm (PROLIPI) .

Remarks. This species found recently on the continental shelf of Northwestern Australia, was known from only three male specimens. I attribute to it here a female specimen from the Timor Sea, Indonesia. This female specimen shows the following characteristics: chelipeds, the right is bigger than the other (heterochely) with the external face of the propodus smooth; the propodus of the small cheliped is completely spinulous. Female abdomen seven segmented.