Albunea guerinii: Stebbing, 1917: 26

BOYKO, CHRISTOPHER 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 2002 (272), pp. 1-396 : 393

Albunea guerinii: Stebbing, 1917: 26 (not Albu­ nea guerinii Lucas, 1853 = A. carabus (Lin­

naeus, 1758)).

Albunea symnista [sic]: Barnard, 1950: 405–406.

– Kensley, 1981: 35 (list) (not A. symmysta

(Linnaeus, 1758)).

REMARKS: Although it is certain that this specimen from Durban is not A. carabus , there is no way to accurately ascertain its identity, especially as I have seen no South African, or even Mozambique, material. It may be A. holthuisi , which is known from as close as Madagascar. Barnard (1950) saw no new material and only repeated Stebbing’s (1917) record while correctly suggesting that it was not likely to be identical with the Mediterranean species A. guerinii (a synonym of A. carabus ). There are two lots of albuneid zoea stage? V larvae in the BMNH from off South Africa (BMNH 1951.2.17.2352, BMNH 1951.2.17.2357) which are probably the larvae of the species cited by Barnard (1950).

Albunealarve Claus, 1876: 59.

‘‘ Albunea ?’’ Claus, 1876: pl. 9, figs. 1–10.

REMARKS: The most likely identity for these larvae from Zanzibar is either Albunea holthuisi or A. microps , both of which are known from that area. The larvae of neither species is known.