Sadayoshia edwardsii ( Miers, 1884 )

Dong, Chao & Li, Xinzheng, 2010, First records of six galatheid species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from Chinese waters, Zootaxa 2343, pp. 31-44 : 40-41

Sadayoshia edwardsii ( Miers, 1884)

( Figs. 11 )

Munida edwardsii Miers, 1884: 560 , pl. 51, figs A, a.

Munida Edwardsii. — De Man, 1888: 453.

Sadayoshia miyakei Baba, 1969 a: 19 , figs 5, 6. — Baba, 1988: 185. — Kamezaki et al., 1988: 100, with fig. — Peyrot- Clausade, 1989: 112. — Poupin, 1996: 20. — Komai, 2000: 360 (list).

Sadayoshia edwardsii . — Baba, 1990: 970. — Baba, 2005: 203, 307 (list). — Fujita and Shokita, 2005: 866, figs 1–10 (larvae). — Baba et al., 2008: 180.

Sadayoshia aff. edwardsii . — Poupin, 1996: 24, 25 (fig. g).

Material examined. South China Sea. 1 female, Cl 3.60 mm; 1 female, Cl 3.64 mm; 1 male, Cl 4.13 mm; 1 male, Cl 4.45 mm, MBM 150177, fine sand, CNChi 2, Nansha Islands, 38 m, AT, 19 May 1990.

Distribution. South China Sea; Ile des Neufs [Noeufs Island], Amirante Islands; Ambon; off Mage-jima W of Tanegashima, S. Kyushu; Ryukyu Islands; Kei Islands; Banda Sea; Sibuyan Sea, off N Luzon; Tuamotu Archipelago; French Polynesia; Madagascar and Aldabra; Mauritius.

Remarks. The four specimens agree with the description and illustrations of Baba (1969). This species is similar to S. acroporae Baba, 1972 . Two obvious differences between these two species are: S. edwardsii has no spine on second abdominal segment whereas S. acroporae has two; and the basal article of antennule of the former has five spines whereas the latter has four.

Figures

FIGURE 11. Sadayoshia edwardsii (Miers, 1884), MBM 150177, male. A, body, dorsal view; B, left cephalic region, showing antennular and antennal peduncles, ventral view; C, uropods and telson, dorsal view; D, sternal plastron; E, endopod of right third maxilliped, distal segments omitted, lateral view; F, left cheliped, dorsal view; G, left fourth pereiopod, lateral view. Scales = 1 mm.