Achaeus curvirostris (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873)

Shaga, I Bevin, Priya, K, Ramar, Selvakumar, Srinidhi, S, Mohan, G Chandra, Ranganathan, Sukanya, Moulvi, S M M & Mani, Bhuvaneswari, 2023, A Small Collection of Subtidal Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Palau Islands Collected by Dredging, Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science. Series A, Zoology 49 (1), pp. 7-42 : 9

Achaeus curvirostris (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873)

Material examined. Inside of Gesodokkuru Reef , off Arumonogui, Babelthuap I., Palau Is., dredged, ca. 20 m in depth; 1 ovig.8 (cb 6.5×cl 9.1 mm), NSMT-Cr 30955; July 13, 1980; K. Baba leg.

Remarks. Stenorhynchus fissifrons Haswell, 1879 , Achaeus tenuicollis Miers, 1886 , and A. elongatus Sakai, 1938 , were synonymized with A. curvirostris by Griffin and Tranter (1986). This long-neck species is characteristic in having the carapace with the tuberculate mesogastric and cardiac regions, the preorbital and supraorbital spines, and the sickle-shaped dactyli of the last two ambulatory legs.

Distribution. Widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific from Japan to Australia and New Zealand, and further to the western Indian Ocean, with bathymetric records from 3 to 165 m. New to the Palau Islands.