Paradynomene tuberculata Sakai, 1963

Mclay, Colin L. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2005, On a collection of Dromiidae and Dynomenidae from the Philippines, with description of a new species of Hirsutodynomene McLay, 1999 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 1029 (1), pp. 1-30 : 25-26

Paradynomene tuberculata Sakai, 1963

Paradynomene tuberculata Sakai, 1963: 231 , fig. 8.— Sakai 1965a: 13, pl. 6: fig. 1.— Sakai 1976: 31, pl. 7, fig. 1.—Serène 1968: 37 (list).—Miyake 1983: 196 (list).— Nagai 1989: 43.— McLay 1999: 543 (part), fig. 25d.— McLay & Ng 2004: 4 , figs. 2–4, 14A.

Material. 2 males, 18.2 x 18.5 mm, 18.1 x 18.1 mm, Balicasag Island, Panglao, Bohol, Visayas , in tangle nets, 200–300 m, coll. local shell fishermen, Dec 2000, ZRC 2001.361 ; 1 male, 22.5 x 23.4 mm, Balicasag Island, Panglao, Bohol, Visayas , in tangle nets, 200– 300 m, coll. local shell fishermen, 25–30 Jul 2003, ZRC ; 1 female, 18.8 x 19.4 mm, Balicasag Island, Panglao, Bohol, Visayas , Philippines, in tangle nets, 200–300 m, coll. local shell fishermen, Dec 2003 , NMCR.

Remarks. This species was discovered in Sagami Bay, Japan, by Sakai (1963) and another specimen was added by Sakai (1976). For many years these remained the only records of the species until McLay (1999) reported a further 19 specimens from several Indo­West Pacific localities. At that time all of these specimens were attributed to P. tuberculata Sakai, 1963 , but a revision by McLay & Ng (2004) recognized six species, two of which occur at Balicasag: P. quasimodo McLay & Ng, 2004 , and P. tuberculata . The depth range of P. tuberculata is 85 to 402 m and for P. quasimodo it is 205 to 377 m. Because the Balicasag specimens were caught in tangle nets, we do not have a precise depth for them.

Distribution. P tuberculata is known from Japan as well as the Philippine and Loyalty Islands.