Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

Boyko, Christopher B., Mendoza, Jose C. E. & Castro, Peter, 2017, New records of coral-associated crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Carpilioidea, Trapezoidea) from Easter Island, Zootaxa 4216 (5), pp. 487-494 : 488-489

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scientific name	Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842
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Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 View in CoL

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Material examined. 1 female (5.9 mm × 4.6 mm), north of Ahu Tepeu, Easter Island, 108 feet (= 32.9 m) depth, coll. H. Tonnemacher, 26 August 1999 ( ZRC 2016.0122 View Materials ) ; 2 females (5.3 mm ×4.0 mm, 5.6 mm × 4.6 mm), 1 ovigerous female (6.7 mm ×5.0 mm), Easter Island, coll. L. H. DiSalvo ( LACM MBC 17834) .

Geographical distribution. Indo-West Pacific and Tropical Eastern Pacific regions ( Castro 2011). Remarks. This is the first record of the species, an obligate symbiont of scleractinian corals ( Castro 2015), from Easter Island.

References

Castro, P. (2011) Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa, 2947, 1 - 154.

Castro, P. (2015) Symbiotic Brachyura, In: Castro, P., Davie, P., Guinot, D., Schram, F. R. & von Vaupel Klein, J. C. (Eds.), Decapoda: Brachyura, Treatise on Zoology - Anatomy, Taxonomy, Biology. Fol. 9 C-I. Brill, Leiden and Boston, pp. 543 - 581.

Eydoux, F. & Souleyet, L. F. A. (1842) Crustaces. In: Eydoux, F. & Souleyet, L. F. A. (Eds.), Foyage autour du monde execute pendant les annees 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette la Bonite, commandee par M. Faillant, Capitaine de Faisseau, publie par odre du Roi, sous les auspices du department de la marine, Zoologie. Firmin Didot Freres, Paris, pp. 219 - 272.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Live coloration of trapezioid crabs from Easter Island. A, Cherusius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902), male (4.7 mm × 3.7 mm) (ZRC 2016.0121). B, Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842, female (5.9 mm × 4.6 mm) (ZRC 2016.0122). C, Trapezia punctimanus Odinetz, 1983, male (12.2 mm × 10.6 mm) (ZRC 2016.0123). D, T. punctimanus, male (6.5 mm × 5.6 mm) (ZRC 2016.0124). E, Trapezia septata Dana, 1852? male (9.5 mm × 8.0 mm) (ZRC 2016.0125).