Cherusius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902)

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 : 394-395

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Cherusius triunguiculatus (Borradaile, 1902) View in CoL

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Pseudozius triunguiculatus Borradaile, 1902: 243 , fig. 44.—Rathbun 1906: 861.—Balss 1938: 64.

Cherusius triunguiculatus View in CoL .— Boyko 2017: 488 View Cited Treatment , fig. 1A (the Easter Islands).

Jonesius triunguiculatus View in CoL . — Galil & Takeda 1986: 165, figs. 1–4.— Castro 1999a: 32 ( Indonesia).— Castro et al. 2004: 20, pl. 1B ( New Caledonia).— Liu et al. 2008: 791 (list) (Xisha Islands).— Castro 2011: 78 View Cited Treatment (Hawaiian Islands).

Maldivia triunguiculata Guinot, 1964: 102 View in CoL , pl. 4, figs. 1–3, pl. 12, fig. 2; 1967, 271.— Serène 1984: 297, fig. 206–207.

Jonesius minuta Sankarankutty, 1962: 141 View in CoL , figs. 42–45.

Maldivia gardineri Rathbun, 1911: 233 View in CoL , pl. 19, figs. 5, 6.

Maldivia galapagensis Garth, 1939: 22 View in CoL , pl. 8, figs. 1–6.

Material examined. Xisha Islands: The Seven Connected Islets, 112°16.2’E 16°58.0’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 19 May 2022, 1 male (3.18 × 2.75 mm), 1 pre-adult (1.74 × 1.57 mm), XS-QL-2022-1013, in Faviidae ; 1 male (2.94 × 2.57 mm), XS-QL-2022-1066, in Leptastrea sp. ( Faviidae ).

Geographical distribution. Across Indo-West Pacific and Tropical Eastern Pacific regions ( Castro 2011).

Remarks. The preoccupied Jonesius Sankarankutty, 1962 , was replaced by Cherusius ( Low & Ng 2012) . Cherusius triunguiculatus is rarely reported ( Castro 2015), this is the first live colouration of this species from Chinese waters. A male specimen collected from a Leptastrea sp. ( Faviidae ) colony has a dark brown patch on the lower middle part of the mobile finger of the chelipeds ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 , XS-QL-2022-1066). The other two specimens without the dark brown patch were collected from a Faviidae .

References

Boyko, C. B., Mendoza, J. C. E. & Castro, P. (2017) New records of coral-associated crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Carpilioidea, Trapezoidea) from Easter Island. Zootaxa, 4216 (5), 487 - 494. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4216.5.5

Castro, P. (1999 a) The Trapeziidae (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) of Indonesia. The Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 7. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leiden, 73 (3), 27 - 61.

Castro, P., Ng, P. K. L. & Ahyong, S. T. (2004) Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family. Zootaxa, 643 (1), 1 - 70. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 643.1.1

Castro, P. (2011) Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa, 2947 (1), 1 - 154. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2947.1.1

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. Vol. 9 C-I. Brill, Leiden and Boston, pp. 543 - 581. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 9789004190832 _ 012

Galil, B. & Takeda, M. (1986) Resurrection of the genus Jonesius and the establishment of a new genus: commensal crabs associated with corals from the Indo-Pacific Ocean. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, 1986, 163 - 171.

Liu, J. Y. (Ruiyu) (Ed.) (2008) Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press, Beijing, pp. 791 - 792.

Low, M. E. Y. & Ng, P. K. L. (2012) The decapod crustaceans described by C. Sankarankutty, and a replacement name for Jonesius Sankarankutty, 1962 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Domeciidae), preoccupied by Jonesius Yamaguti, 1959 (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea: Hymenolepididae). Zootaxa, 3363 (1), 59 - 62. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3363.1.5

Serene, R. (1984) Crustaces Decapodes Brachyoures de l'Ocean Indien Occidental et de la Mer Rouge, Xanthoidea: Xanthidae et Trapeziidae. Avec un addendum par A. Crosnier: Carpiliidae et Menippidae. Faune Tropicale, 24, 1 - 349.

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Cherusius triunguiculatus Borradaile, 1902, male (2.94 × 2.57 mm) (XS-QL-2022-1066), Xisha Islands, Seven Connected Islets; B, Domecia glabra Alcock, 1899, female (4.93 × 4.18 mm) (NS-YS-2022-1056), Nansha Islands, Fiery Cross Reef; C, Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842, male (4.62 × 4.01 mm) (XS-QL-2022-1064), Xisha Islands, Seven Connected Islets; D, Domecia hispida, megalopa (1.69 × 2.30 mm) (NS-YS-2022-1258), Nansha Islands, Fiery Cross Reef; E, Palmyria palmyrensis Rathbun in Edmondson, 1923, ovigerous female (4.11 × 3.21 mm) (XS-QL-2022-1065), Xisha Islands, Seven Connected Islets.