Myra curtimana Galil, 2001

Galil, Bella S. & Ng, Peter K. L., 2015, Leucosiid crabs from Papua New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 4027 (4), pp. 451-486 : 459

Myra curtimana Galil, 2001

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Material examined. 1 immature specimen (6.6 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-462), stn PD10, west Kranket I., 05°11.7'S 145°48.8'E, 16–28 m, 9– 10.11.2012; 1 immature female (6.7 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-620), stn PD22, S Sek I., 05°06.3'S 145°49.2'E, 12–20 m, 14– 15.11.2012; 1 immature specimen (9.3 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013-17891), stn PS25, Barag I., outer slope, 05°01,2'S 145°48,0'E, 24.11.2012; 1 immature female (9.4 mm) (MNHN-IU-2013- 1226), stn PD74, Yomba I. Beach, 05°14.7'S 145°47.4'E, 1–3 m, 7.12.2012.

Colour in life. Carapace bone-coloured, mottled with irregular brown patches and spots, front mauve, pale crescent on intestinal region, median posterior spine white. Cheliped merus bone-coloured with broad brown bands medially and distally, 2 dark dots between bands; dark bands proximally and distally on palms; fingers mottled brown. Ambulatory legs with brown bands distally on meri, proximally on carpi, propodi ( Fig. 3 F).

Geographical distribution. Philippines, Indonesia, Australia (Western Australia), Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, 1–120 m ( Galil 2001b; Galil & Ng 2010). New record for Papua New Guinea.

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FIGURE 3. Colours in life. A, Arcania heptacantha, male (9.1 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 458), stn PD 14; B, Heterolithadia fallax, female (13.1 mm) (ZRC 2014.0168), stn PD 66; C, Heterolithadia fallax, male (8.7 mm) (ZRC 2014.0172), stn PS 22; D, Heterolithadia fallax, female (9.5 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1195), stn PD 66; E, Hiplyra longimana, ovigerous female (14.0 mm) (ZRC 2014.0173); F, Myra curtimana, immature female (9.4 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 1226), stn PD 74; G, Myra digitata, male (19.6 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 2010), stn PP 06; H, Myra eudactyla, immature specimen (7.1 mm) (MNHN-IU- 2013 - 609), stn PR 47.