Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803)

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 : 19

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.50826/bnmnszool.49.1_7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13826498
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scientific name	Thalamita admete (Herbst, 1803)
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Material examined. Off Kuwannon , Koror Is., Palau Is., dredged, with coralline algae; 1♂ (cb 15.8×cl 10.0 mm), 1 ♀ (11.6× 7.6 mm), NSMT-Cr 30969; June 17, 1980; K. Baba leg.

Remarks. This species is the commonest among the Thalamita species having two lobedfront, being characterized by the basal antennal segment armed with a crest fringed with sharp granules as figured by Wee and Ng (1995). Many synonyms of this species including Thalamita dispar Rathbun, 1914 , were discussed in detail by Stephenson and Rees (1967).

Distribution. Many records of occurrence in the whole Indo-West Pacific, from tidal flats to shallow waters.

References

Rathbun, M. J. 1914. Stalk-eyed crustaceans collected at the Monte Bello Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 653 - 664, pls. 1 - 2.

Stephenson, W. and M. Rees 1967. Some portunid crabs from the Pacific and Indian Oceans in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 120: 1 - 114, pls. 1 - 9.

Wee, D. P. C. and P. K. L. Ng 1995. Swimming crabs of the genera Charybdis de Haan, 1833, and Thalamita Latreille, 1829 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Por- tunidae) from Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 1: 1 - 128.