Tunepugettia Ng, Komai & Sato, 2017

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 : 21

Genus Tunepugettia Ng, Komai & Sato, 2017

Tunepugettia Ng, Komai & Sato, 2017: 145 [type species: Pugettia sagamiensis Gordon, 1930 , original designation by Ng et al. (2007)].

Remarks. Ng et al. (2017) clarified the identity of Goniopugettia Sakai, 1986 , and described a new genus, Tunepugettia , for Pugettia sagamiensis Gordon, 1930 . This genus currently includes the type species Tunepugettia sagamiensis ( Gordon, 1930) ( Fig. 11 A–C), and tentatively, T. brevirostris ( Doflein, 1904) ( Ng et al. 2017) . The present study shows that T. brevirostris should be transferred to Crocydocinus n. gen. instead (see remarks for the latter for comparisons). With this transfer, and the description of a new species, Tunepugettia corbariae n. sp. from PNG, there are now two species in this genus.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A–C, Tunepugettia sagamiensis (Gordon, 1930), male (46.0 × 31.0 mm) (ZRC 2016.0183), Japan. A, overall dorsal view; B, overall ventral view; C, lateral view of carapace. D–F, T. corbariae n. sp., holotype, male (31.4 × 21.2 mm) (MNHN-IU-2014-9773), Papua New Guinea. D, overall dorsal view; E, overall ventral view; F, lateral view of carapace.