Homolochunia kullar Griffin & Brown, 1976

Forges, Bertrand Richer De & Ng, Peter K. L., 2008, New western Pacific records of Homolidae De Haan, 1839, with descriptions of new species of Homolochunia Doflein, 1904, and Latreillopsis Henderson, 1888 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 1967, pp. 1-35 : 7-8

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scientific name	Homolochunia kullar Griffin & Brown, 1976
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Homolochunia kullar Griffin & Brown, 1976 View in CoL

( Figs. 4B, 5C, 6B)

Homolochunia kullar Griffin & Brown, 1976: 249 View in CoL , figs. 1–3. — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 432, figs. 49A–B, 50 a–b, 51. — Ng et al. 2008: 40.

Material examined. New Caledonia: CONCALIS cruise, stn. CP 3013, 18°48.50’S 163°11.36’E, 669–683 m, 8 May 2008: 2 males (30.1 x 21.5 mm, 29.8 x 20.8 mm) ( ZRC 2008.0980 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Griffin & Brown (1976) first described the species from Australia. This species has a very characteristic pseudo-chela on the P5, which closely resembles a real chela ( Fig. 6B) (see also Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 527). Known only from the Coral and Tasman seas, from 500 to 825 m.

References

Griffin, D. J. G. & Brown, D. E. (1976). Deepwater Decapod Crustacea from Eastern Australia: Brachyuran Crabs. Records of the Australian Museum, 30 (11), 248 - 271 figs. 1 - 10.

Guinot, D. & Richer de Forges, B. (1995) Crustacea Decapoda Brachyura: Revision de la famille des Homolidae de Haan, 1839. In: A. Crosnier (ed.), Resultats des campagnes MUSORSTOM, Volume 13. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 163, 283 - 517.

Ng, P. K. L., Guinot, D. & Davie, P. J. F. (2008) Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 17, 1 - 286.