Visayax osteodictyon Mendoza & Ng, 2008

Mendoza, Jose Christopher E. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2010, The Euxanthine Crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) Of The Philippines, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (1), pp. 57-74 : 70

Visayax osteodictyon Mendoza & Ng, 2008

Visayax osteodictyon Mendoza & Ng, 2008b: 392 , Figs. 3 , 4 , 9B.

Material examined. – Holotype male, 6.3 × 4.3 mm (NMCR- 27508), Stn. S 22, hard ground covered with sand, 15–22 m, 9°29.4'N 123°56.0'E, Pamilacan Is., coll. PANGLAO 2004 Marine Biodiversity Project, 21 Jun.2004; paratypes – 1 male, 2.3 × 1.7 mm ( ZRC 2008.0218 ), Stn. B 17, reef wall with small caves, 3–21 m, 9°37.5'N 123°46.9'E Bingag, Panglao Is., coll. PANGLAO 2004 Marine Biodiversity Project, 19 Jun.2004; 1 male, 3.3 × 2.2 mm, 1 female, 3.4 by 2.3 mm ( ZRC 2008.0219 ), Stn. B 39, reef wall with small caves, 17–25 m, 9°32.8'N 123°42.1'E, Pontod Lagoon 1, Panglao Is., coll. PANGLAO 2004 Marine Biodiversity Project, 2 Jul.2004.

Remarks. – This is the type species of Visayax , recently described by Mendoza & Ng (2008b). It is known only from the central Philippines.

Figures

Fig. 3. Hypocolpus abbotti (Rathbun, 1894), male, (41.6 by 28.7 mm) (Balicasag Is., MNHN-B31888): A, dorsal view; B, fronto-lateral view of subhepatic cavity; Hypocolpus haanii Rathbun, 1909, male (49.5 × 34.5 mm) (Balicasag Is., NMCR-27339); C, dorsal view; D, fronto-lateral view of subhepatic cavity; Hypocolpus kurodai Takeda, 1980, male (21.0 × 13.5 mm) (Marinduque, NMCR-6609); E, dorsal view; F, fronto-lateral view of subhepatic cavity.

Fig. 4. Epistocavea mururoa Davie, 1993, male (33.2 × 23.5 mm) (L36, ZRC 2008.1371): A, dorsal view; B, frontal view; Miersiella haswelli (Miers, 1886), male (7.4 × 5.5 mm) (CP2343, Pamilacan Is., ZRC 2008.1400); C, dorsal view; D, ventral view; Paraxanthodes obtusidens (Sakai, 1965), female (30.1 × 20.3 mm) (Balicasag Is., NMCR-27357); E, dorsal view; F, frontal view; G, Medaeops granulosus (Haswell, 1882), female (12.5 × 9.0 mm) (Iloilo, NMCR-9705); H, Paraxanthodes cumatodes (MacGilchrist, 1905), male (5.7 × 4.1 mm) (T1, Panglao Is., ZRC 2008.1409).