Tetralia aurantistellata Trautwein, 2007

Sun, Yu-Li, Jiang, Wei & Sha, Zhong-Li, 2024, Shallow-water Trapezioidea (Decapoda: Brachyura) from the South China Sea, including two new records, and notes on Tetralia glaberrima Herbst, 1790, Zootaxa 5476 (1), pp. 393-423 : 397-398

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Tetralia aurantistellata Trautwein, 2007 View in CoL

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Tetralia aurantistellata Trautwein, 2007: 3 View in CoL View Cited Treatment , pl. 2 figs. A–F, pl. 6 fig. A, pl. 7 fig. A; pl. 8 fig. A.— Castro 2009: 277, fig. 2E ( Vanuatu).— Limviriyakul 2016: 4, fig. 4h ( Taiwan Island).

Tetralia sp. — Lai et al. 2009: 407, fig. 2B.

Not Tetralia aurantistellata View in CoL . — Ng et al. 2008: 185, fig. 139 [= Te. glaberrima Herbst, 1790 View in CoL ].

? Tetralia aurantistellata View in CoL .— Maenosono 2017: 33, fig. 6A, B (the Ryukyus).

Material examined.Nansha Islands: Mischief Reef, 115°33.6’E 9°53.0’N, 10 m, coll.Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 8 May 2022, 1 male, (5.86 × 5.13 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1568, in Acropora jacquelineae ( Acroporidae ).

Geographical distribution. Tetralia aurantistellata was previously known from the Philippines, Loyalty Islands, and Fiji ( Trautwein 2007).

Remarks. Tetralia aurantistellata is rarely collected. The record from Japan ( Maenosono 2017) probably represents a new species, because the photograph of this record showed almost transparent white pereiopods with a brownish-red pattern on the upper surface, rather than brown pereiopods, that are of the same color as the chelipeds, and the surface of both the pereiopods and abdomen were covered with uniform orange spots.

References

Castro, P. (2009) Trapeziidae and Tetraliidae (Crustacea, Brachyura) of the Philippines (PANGLAO 2004 expedition), New Guinea, and Vanuatu (SANTO 2006 expedition). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 20, 271 - 281.

Lai, J. C., Ahyong, S. T., Jeng, M. S., & Ng, P. K. (2009) Are coral-dwelling crabs monophyletic? A phylogeny of the Trapezioidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Invertebrate Systematics, 23 (4), 402 - 408. https: // doi. org / 10.1071 / IS 09012

Limviriyakul, P., Tseng, L. - C., Hwang, J. - S. & Shih, T. - W. (2016) Anomuran and brachyuran symbiotic crabs in coastal areas between the southern Ryukyu arc and the Coral Triangle. Zoological Studies, 55, 1 - 14.

Maenosono, T. (2017) Report on nine tetraliid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Trapezioidea) collected from the Ryukyu Archipelago, including two new records from Japan. Fauna Ryukyuana, 36, 31 - 53. [in Japanese]

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, 17, 1 - 286.

Trautwein, S. A. (2007) Four new species of coral crabs belonging to the genus Tetralia Dana, 1851 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Tetraliidae). Zootaxa, 1450 (1), 1 - 20. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1450.1.1

Figures

FIGURE 2. A, Tetralia aurantistellata Trautwein, 2007, male (5.86 × 5.13 mm) (NS-MJJ-2022-1568), Nansha Islands, Mischief Reef; B, Tetralia brengelae Trautwein, 2007, ovigerous female (6.15 × 5.49 mm) (XS-QL-2022-1087), Xisha Islands, Seven Connected Islets; C, Tetralia cinctipes Paulson, 1875, ovigerous female (5.18 × 4.48 mm) (NS-MJ-2022-1870), Nansha Islands, Mischief Reef; D, Tetralia cinctipes, juveniles (1.80 × 1.45 mm; 2.51 × 1.94 mm) (NS-MJ-2022-1870), Nansha Islands, Mischief Reef.