Laubierinia carinata (Griffin & Tranter, 1986)

Lee, Bee Yan, Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Ng, Peter K. L., 2019, Deep-sea spider crabs of the family Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838, from Papua New Guinea, with a redefinition of Tunepugettia Ng, Komai & Sato, 2017, and descriptions of two new genera (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea), Zootaxa 4619 (1), pp. 1-44 : 5

Laubierinia carinata (Griffin & Tranter, 1986)

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Rochinia carinata Griffin & Tranter, 1986: 175 (key), 178, figs. 56, 64e, f, pl. 12 (type locality Kai Islands, Indonesia).

Rochinia carinata— Ng & Richer de Forges 2007: 62 (table).— Ng et al. 2008: 105 (list).— Richer de Forges & Poore 2008: 66, fig. 1d.

Laubierinia carinata— Richer de Forges & Ng 2009a: 15 , 16, figs. 6E, F, 9A–F, 11D [new combination].

Material examined. Papua New Guinea: 1 male (24.7 × 16.0 mm) (MNHN-IU-2014-8128) [photographed], stn CP4445, New Ireland, 02°15’S 150°17’E, 342–380 m, coll. KAVIENG 2014, 1 September 2014 .— 1 ovigerous female (17.4 × 11.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2014-8129) [photographed], stn CP4445, New Ireland, 02°15’S 150°17’E, 342–380 m, coll. KAVIENG 2014, 1 September 2014 .

Remarks. The specimens of Laubierinia carinata collected in the Bismarck Sea are larger than in earlier reported series (cf. Richer de Forges & Poore 2008; Richer de Forges & Ng 2009a) but otherwise agree well with published material from the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The known distribution of L. carinata includes Indonesia, northwestern Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Island, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia.

The live coloration of the Papua New Guinea specimens is an orange carapace with white gastric, cardiac and branchial plates, orange and white hepatic plates, and orange for the other large granules on the carapace ( Fig. 1B ).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Color in life. A, Griffinia takedai Richer de Forges & Ng, 2012, male (13.6 × 10.2 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-3021), Papua New Guinea; B, Laubierinia carinata (Griffin & Tranter, 1986), male (24.7 × 16.0 mm) (MNHN-IU-2014-8128), Papua New Guinea; C, Oxypleurodon alisae n. sp., holotype, male (14.0 × 9.3 mm) (MNHN-IU-2015-227), Papua New Guinea; D, O. papuense n. sp., holotype, male (18.3 × 12.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2015-228), Papua New Guinea; E, O. sp. 1, juvenile male (6.0 × 4.2 mm) (ZRC 2018.1478, ex. MNHN-IU-2017-11835), Papua New Guinea; F, Stegopleurodon planirostrum Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009, male (14.0 × 9.2 mm) (MNHN-IU-2015-64), Papua New Guinea.