Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842

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 : 395-397

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Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842 View in CoL

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Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet, 1842: 235 View in CoL , pl. 2 figs. 5–10.—Dana 1852: 251.—De Man 1888d: 326.— Serène 1984: 293, fig. 201; pl. 43A ( Kenya).— Castro et al. 2004: 19 View Cited Treatment , pl. 1A.— Liu et al. 2008: 791 (list) (Hainan Island, Xisha Islands).— Castro 2011: 78 View Cited Treatment (Hawaiian Islands).— Limviriyakul 2016: 4, fig. 4g ( Taiwan Island).— Boyko 2017: 488 View Cited Treatment , fig. 1B (Easter Island).— Poupin 2018: 36, fig. 12B ( Mayotte Island).— El-Sayed 2019: 45 (Gulf of Suez).

Material examined. Nansha Islands: Mischief Reef, 115°31.3’E 9°52.6’N, 8 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 7 May 2022, 1 male (4.20 × 3.73 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1344, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 female (4.08 × 3.72 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1345, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 female (2.85 × 2.56 mm),NS-MJJ-2022-1402, in dead coral reef; 115°33.8’E 9°52.9’N, 8 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 9 May 2022, 1 male (4.68 × 4.21 mm), NS-MJJ-2022-1582, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (4.62 × 4.15 mm), NS-MJ-2022-1720, in Montipora ( Acroporidae ); 115°34.4’E 9°53.5’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 10 May 2022, 1 female (5.43 × 4.63 mm), NS-MJ-2022-1744, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (4.59 × 3.93 mm), NS-MJ-2022-1747, in Pocilloporidae . Fiery Cross Reef, 112°58.6’E 9°38.7’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 12 May 2022, 1 male, 1 female (4.36 × 3.89 mm), NS-YS-2022-1027, in Pocilloporidae ; 113°0.8’E 9°39.9’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 14 May 2022, 1 female (4.17 × 3.42 mm), NS-YS-2022-1175, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (3.12 × 2.84 mm), NS-YS-2022-1215, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (2.49 × 2.18 mm), 1 female (3.30 × 3.03 mm), NS-YS-2022-1232, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 male (4.62 × 4.01 mm), 1 female (5.21 × 4.52 mm), 1 megalopa (1.69 × 2.30 mm), NS-YS-2022- 1258, in Pocilloporidae ; 1 female (4.87 × 4.67 mm), NS-YS-2022-1276, in Acroporidae .— Zhongsha Islands: 17 m, coll. Geng Qin, Wei Jiang, 16 May 2019, 1 male (6.64 × 5.53 mm), 1 female (8.03 × 6.13 mm), ZS105C08; 15 m, 24 June 2020, 1 pre-adult (4.15 × 3.71 mm), ZS231C09; 17 m, 9 June 2021, 1 male, 1 female (7.22 × 5.97 mm), ZS307C56. Helen Shoal, 113°51’E 19°11’N, 15 m, coll. Geng Qin, Wei Jiang, 4 July 2020, 1 male (9.53 × 7.38 mm), ZS242C02; 18-23 m, 5 June 2021, 1 male (3.44 × 2.73 mm), 1 female (4.29 × 3.42 mm), C12. Shenhu Shoal, 113°0.7’E 19°30.3’N, 20 m, coll. Geng Qin, Wei Jiang, 5 June 21, 1 pre-adult (4.08 × 3.36 mm), C3.— Xisha Islands: 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 (4.62 × 4.01 mm),XS-QL-2022-1064 Yongle Islands, 111°44.3’E 16°33.0’N, 10 m, coll. Shaobo Ma, Yuli Sun, Ziming Yuan, 22 May 2022, 1 pre-adult (3.79 × 3.14 mm), XS-YL-2002-10134.87 × 4.22 mm), XS-YL-2002-1041; 1 male (3.43 × 2.90 mm), XS-YL-2002-1049.

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

Remarks. Most of specimens of Domecia hispida studied here were collected from dead corals.

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., 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

El-Sayed, A. A. M., Abd El Khalek, A. M., Amer, M. A. & Sarhan, M. M. H. (2019) The guard coral crabs of families Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Superfamily Trapezoidea) from the Egyptian Red Sea coasts, and its associated gulfs, Aqaba and Suez, Egypt. Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology, 11 (3), 43 - 65. https: // doi. org / 10.21608 / eajbsz. 2019.60910

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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.