Paromolopsis boasi Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891

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 : 32

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scientific name	Paromolopsis boasi Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
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Paromolopsis boasi Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891 View in CoL

Paromolopsis boasi Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891: 268 View in CoL , fig. 5. — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 355 [complete synonymy], fig. 18f–h, 19A–B. — Ng et al. 2001: 54, Fig. 1b. — Ng et al., 2008: 41.

Material examined. Solomon Islands: SALOMONBOA, CP 2837, 10°24.03’S 161°20.76’E, 381–422 m, 22 September 2007: 1 male (32.5 x 28.8 mm) ( MNHN-B31307 ) GoogleMaps . New Caledonia: CONCALIS, CP 3029, 20°17.25’S 163°49.67’E, 625–900 m, 10 May 2008: 3 males (29.3 x 25.1 mm, 27.2 x 23.7 mm, 24.5 x 21.5 mm), 1 ovigerous female (38.3 x 34.9 mm), 1 female (30.0 x 27.1 mm) ( ZRC 2008.1002 View Materials ) GoogleMaps . Vanuatu: Espiritu Santo I., SANTO 2006, Stn. AT 19, 15°33.9’S 167°00.5’E, 503–600 m, 21 September 2006: 1 ovigerous female (31.8 x 28.3 mm, photographed) ( MNHN-B31308 ) GoogleMaps .— Stn. AT 72, 15°44.1’S 167°03.3’E, 618–722 m, 7 October 2006: 1 male (22.0 x 19.3 mm) ( ZRC 2008.1003 View Materials ) GoogleMaps .— Stn. AT 73, 15°40.8’S 167°00.5’E, 514–636 m, 6 October 2006: 1 ovigerous female (31.7 x 28.1 mm) ( MNHN-B31309 ) GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Guinot & Richer de Forges (1995) commented on the great morphological diversity among specimens of P. boasi recorded from many parts of the tropical Indo-West Pacific. The specimens examined from the Solomon Islands and northern New Caledonia are within the range of this variability with regards to the white colour and the density of setae.

References

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., Wang, C. - H., Ho, P. - H. & Shih, H. - T. (2001) An annotated checklist of brachyuran crabs from Taiwan (Crustacea: Decapoda). National Taiwan Museum Special Publication Series, Taipei, 11, 1 - 86, 8 colour plates.

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.

Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891) Natural History Notes from H. M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer Investigator , Commander R. F. Hoskyn, R. N., commanding. - No. 21. On the Results of the last Season's Deep-sea Dredging. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6) 7 (39), 258 - 272.