Paracyclois milneedwardsi Miers, 1886

Galil, Bella S., 2013, On a collection of calappid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Fiji, with a description of a new species of Mursia, Zootaxa 3734 (4), pp. 485-491 : 490

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scientific name	Paracyclois milneedwardsi Miers, 1886
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Paracyclois milneedwardsi Miers, 1886: 289 , pl. 24, fig. 1. — Galil 2007: 556. — Galil & Ng 2009: 53; 2010: 143.

Material examined. MUSORSTOM 10. Bligh Water, stn CP1318, 17° 15.6 ’S 178 °03.4’E, 330–335 m, 6.08 .1998, 1 ♂ (21.1 mm), MNHN-IU- 2013-6969; stn CP1325, 17° 16.4 ’S 177 ° 49.8 ’E, 282–322 m, 7.08 .1998, 1 ♂ (29.0 mm), MNHN-IU- 2013-6979; stn CP1328, 17° 16.8 ’S 177 ° 50.4 ’E, 248–277 m, 7.08 .1998, 1 ♂ (51.2 mm), MNHN- IU- 2013-6982. Southeast of Viti Levu, stn CP1348, 17° 30.3 ’S 178 ° 39.6 ’E, 353–390 m, 11.08 .1998, 1 ♀ (37.7 mm), 4 pre-adults (18.3-23.7 mm), MNHN-IU- 2013-6981; stn CP1360, 17° 59.6 ’S 178 ° 48.2 ’E, 402–444 m, 13.08 .1998, 1 ♀ (24.6 mm), MNHN-IU- 2013-6958. South of Viti Levu, stn CP1368, 18° 10.9 ’S 178 ° 23.5 ’E, 380– 469 m, 15.08 .1998, 1 ♂ (21.4 mm), MNHN-IU- 2013-6959; stn CP1389, 18° 18.6 ’S 178 °04.7’E, 241–417 m, 19.08 .1998, 1 ♀ (48.1 mm), MNHN-IU- 2013-6986. — BORDAU 1. stn CP1467, 18° 12 ’S 178 ° 36 ’W, 417–427 m, 6.03 .1999, 1 ♂ (40.0 mm), MNHN-IU- 2013-6987.

Distribution. Originally described from the Admiralty Is ( Bismarck Archipelago), it has been subsequently recorded from Japan, Taiwan, Philippines, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (Galil 2007; Galil & Ng 2009, 2010). New record for Fiji.