Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799)

PETER CASTRO, PETER K. L. NG & SHANE T. AHYONG, 2004, Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family, Zootaxa 643, pp. 1-70 : 52-53

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Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst, 1799) View in CoL

Cancer rufopunctatus Herbst, 1799: 54 , pl. 47, fig. 6 (colour).

Grapsillus maculatus Macleay, 1838: 67 View in CoL .

Trapezia acutifrons A. Milne Edwards, 1867: 281 View in CoL .

Quadrella rufopunctata Chen, 1933: 111 View in CoL , fig. 55 (junior homonym of Cancer rufopunctatus Herbst, 1799 )

Remarks. The taxonomy of this species is now quite stable. Ng & Ahyong (2000) showed that the lectotype of Grapsillus maculatus Macleay, 1838 was still extant (in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney) and that it fits the concept of T. rufopunctata as currently understood (see Galil & Lewinsohn 1985: 209; Castro 1997a: 127).

The dried male and female syntypes of Trapezia acutifrons A. Milne Edwards, 1867 (MNHNB 2913) from the Hawaiian Islands are clearly identical to T. rufopunctata . From its description, but not the figure ( Chen 1933: 111, fig. 55), Quadrella rufopunctata (type locality Sri Lanka) (not Cancer rufopunctata Herbst, 1799 ) is almost certainly T. rufopunctata .

References

Castro, P. (1997 a) Trapeziid crabs (Brachyura: Xanthoidea: Trapeziidae) of New Caledonia, eastern Australia, and the Coral Sea. In: Richer de Forges, B. (Ed.), Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-Caledonie (Sedimentologie, Benthos). Etudes et Theses, 3, 59 - 107.

Chen, P. S. (1933) Zur Morphologie und Histologie der Respirations-organe von Grapsus grapsus L., nebst einer Liste Krabben der Sammlung Plate von Ceylon und Sudindien. Jenaische Zeitschrift fur Naturwissenschaft, 68, 31 - 116.

Galil, B. & Lewinsohn, C. (1985) On the taxonomic status of Trapezia rufopunctata (Herbst) and Trapezia flavopunctata Eydoux & Souleyet (Decapoda, Brachyura). Crustaceana, 48 (2), 209 - 217.

Macleay, W. S. (1838) On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea. brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A., Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by ' The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa: ' together with a summary of African Zoology, and an inquiry into the geographical ranges of species in that quarter of the globe. Invertebratae. Smith, Elder & Co., London, pp. 53 - 71, pls. 2, 3.

Milne Edwards, A. (1867) Descriptions de quelques especes nouvelles des Crustaces Brachyoures. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, ser. 4, 7 (4), 263 - 288.

Ng, P. K. L. & Ahyong, S. T. (2000) Brachyuran type specimens (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the Macleay collection, University of Sydney, Australia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (Singapore), 49 (1), 83 - 100.