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

Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

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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 ) ; 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.

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).