Squillalbunea scutelloides ( Garstang, 1897 )

Boyko, Christopher B., 2010, New records and taxonomic data for 14 species of sand crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Albuneidae) from localities worldwide, Zootaxa 2555, pp. 49-61 : 52

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.196904
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5469473
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scientific name	Squillalbunea scutelloides ( Garstang, 1897 )
status	comb. nov.

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Squillalbunea scutelloides ( Garstang, 1897) View in CoL , new combination

Albunea scutelloides Garstang, 1897: 226 View in CoL –230, pl. 14, fig. 5.

Albunea mariellae Serène, 1973: 261 View in CoL –262, pl. 1 (new synonymy).

Squillalbunea mariellae . — Boyko, 2002: 215 –221, figs. 70, 71 (full synonymy). — Poupin, 2005: 21 (list), 63 (list). — Boyko, 2007: 182.

“Albuneid sp. 1”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179 (part, stn. 58).

“Albuneid sp. 2”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179 (part, stn. 24 [part]).

“Albuneid sp. 3”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179.

not “Albuneid sp. 1”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179 (part, stn. 42) (= Albunea occulta Boyko, 2002 ).

not “Albuneid sp. 2”. — Hewitt, 2004: 179 (part, stn. 24 [part], 25, 55, 87) (= Paralbunea dayriti (Serène & Umali, 1965)) .

Material examined. None.

Distribution. Indonesia, Western Australia and Queensland, Australia, Marquises Islands, in up to 82.3 m depth ( Boyko 2002).

Remarks. The paper by Garstang (1897) was overlooked by all subsequent researchers, despite having the genus name Albunea stated in the title of the paper. Study of his description and sole illustration (of the anterior portion of the carapace, including ocular peduncles) leaves no doubt that the single specimen he examined is conspecific with Albunea mariellae Serène, 1973 . This means that Albunea scutelloides is the valid name for the taxon that is the type species of the monotypic genus Squillalbunea Boyko, 2002 . The correct name for this species is therefore Squillalbunea scutelloides ( Garstang, 1897) . The holotype of A. scutelloides was originally in the Oxford Museum but Garstang (1897) stated that it “will be” deposited in the British Museum. Unfortunately, it appears that neither of these institutions currently holds the specimen ( De Grave, Lowe, pers. commun.) and it must be considered lost. This species is distinctive enough that no neotype is required.

References

Boyko, C. B. (2002) A worldwide revision of the Recent and fossil sand crabs of the Albuneidae Stimpson and Blepharipodidae, new family (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Hippoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 272, 1 - 396.

Boyko, C. B. (2007) The Albuneidae (Crustacea: Anomura) of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement, 73, 181 - 184.

Garstang, W. (1897) On some modifications of structure subservient to respiration in decapod Crustacea which burrow in sand; with some remarks on the utility of specific characters in the genus Calappa, and the descriptions of a new species of Albunea. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, series 2, 40 (158), 211 - 232, pls. 12 - 14.

Hewitt, M. A. (2004) Crustacea (excluding Cirripedia) of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement, 66, 169 - 187.

Poupin, J. (2005) Systematique et ecologie des Crustaces Decapodes et Stomatopodes de Polynesie Francaise. l'Institut de Recherche de l'Ecole Navale. Degree: Habilitation. Universite de Perpignan, 125 pp.

Serene, R. & Umali, A. F. (1965) A review of Philippine Albuneidae, with descriptions of two new species. Philippine Journal of Science, 94 (1), 87 - 116, pls. 1 - 6.

Serene, R. (1973) A new species of Decapoda Hippidea: Albunea mariellae nov. sp. from the Banda Sea. Crustaceana, 24 (3), 261 - 264, 2 pls.