Rochinia strangeri Serène and Lohavanijaya, 1973

Forges, Bertrand Richer de & Poore, Gary C. B., 2008, Deep-sea majoid crabs of the genera Oxypleurodon and Rochinia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Epialtidae) mostly from the continental margin of Western Australia, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 65, pp. 63-70 : 69

Rochinia strangeri Serène and Lohavanijaya, 1973

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Rochinia strangeri Serène and Lohavanijaya, 1973: 57 , figs

123–128, pl. 11B, C.— Griffin and Tranter, 1986a: 175 (key).— Ng and

Richer de Forges, 2007: 62.— Poore et al., 2008: 56. Rochinia aff. s trangeri.— Serène and Vadon, 1981: 128, pl. 4D.

Material examined. Australia. WA. Abrolhos (29°03.39'S, 29°04.41'S, 113°38.10'E – 113°37.48'E), 1000–1037 m, 02 Dec 2005 (stn SS10/2005 084), NMV J55427 (ovigerous female 11.0 x 6.8 mm) .

Remarks. This species was described by Serène and Lohavanijaya (1973) from only two specimens from the South China Sea. The closest species is R. riversandersoni ( Alcock, 1895) from India. Serène and Vadon (1981), in a preliminary list of Brachyura from the MUSORSTOM collection in the Philippines, mentioned a specimen as Rochinia aff. strangeri . The photograph of this specimen looks very similar to the specimen from south-western Australia (29°S).

Figures

Figure 2. Lateral and dorsal views, scale = 5 mm. a, Rochinia fultoni (female, NMV J4730). b, Rochinia pulchra (female, NMV J55947). c, Rochinia sibogae (male, NMV J58142). d, Rochinia strangeri (female, NMV J55427).