Dagnaudus petterdi (Grant, 1905)

Ahyong, Shane T., 2008, Deepwater crabs from seamounts and chemosynthetic habitats off eastern New Zealand (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), Zootaxa 1708 (1), pp. 1-72 : 5-7

Dagnaudus petterdi (Grant, 1905)

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Latreillopsis petterdi Grant, 1905: 317 , pl. 10, figs. 2, 2a, 2b [type locality: 28 miles E of Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia]. — Rathbun 1923: 140–143, pl. 36. — Dell 1955: 147–148, fig. 1; 1963a: 244–245; 1963b: 21; 1968c: 234, 238. — Bennett 1964: 9, 27, fig. 109. — Dell 1968a: 23. — Takeda & Miyake 1969: 157, 159–161, fig. 1, pl. 1. — Takeda in Amaoka et al. 1990: 363. — Davie & Short 1996: 163, fig. 1B.

Paromola petterdi . — McLay 1988: 78–80, fig. 13.

Dagnaudus petterdi . — Guinot & Richer de Forges 1995: 418–420, figs 44A–B, 45a–e. — Davie 2002: 234–235. — Poore 2004: 312, fig. 90a, pl. 18c. — Naylor et al. 2005: 36. — Ahyong et al. 2007: 148.

Material examined. Rangatira Knoll: NMNZ Cr5640, 3 males (pcl 58.7–77.5 mm), 7 ovigerous females (47.7–54.8 mm), 37°16.5’S, 176°52.6’E, 238 m, gill net, FV Francis, O. Pool .

Mahina Knoll: NIWA 6742 , 1 female (cl 75.1 mm), 37°19.76–19.64’S, 177°04.38–04.63’E, 350–380 m, TAN0413/128, 14 Nov 2004 .

Tuatoru Seamount: NIWA 6741 , 1 female (pcl 23.2 mm), 37°27.63–27.91’S, 177°12.52–12.18’E, 464– 473 m, TAN0413/72, 12 Nov 2004 ; NIWA 18050 , 2 females (pcl 9.5–9.7 mm), 37°28.25–28.41’S, 177°13.35–13.58’E, 207–216 m, TAN0413/85, 12 Nov 2004 .

NE of Reserve Bank , Chatham Rise: NIWA 34784 , 1 female (pcl 44.1 mm), TAN9901/57, 43°08.97– 06.22’S, 177°55.56–53.89’E, 365 m, 14 Jan 1999 .

Remarks. The 9.5 mm female (NIWA 18050) was carrying an unidentified sponge (19 mm greatest dimension) and an ovigerous female (54.3 mm, NMNZ Cr5640) was carrying an unidentified sea anemone on its left P5.

Distribution. Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand, from the Snares Islands, Fiordland, Banks Peninsula, to the Bay of Plenty and the Cavalli seamounts; 81–920 m ( McLay 1988; Poore 2004).

Figures

FIGURE 1. A, Dagnaudus petterdi (Grant, 1905), female, pcl 44.1 mm (NIWA 34784). B, Homolodromia kai Guinot, 1995, female, cl 19.9 mm, cw 14.6 mm (NIWA 6761). C, Dicranodromia spinulata Guinot, 1995, male, cl 9.6 mm, cw 6.8 mm (NIWA 34933). D, Cymonomus clarki sp. nov., ovigerous female holotype, cl 6.9 mm, cw 6.6 mm (NIWA 29666). E, Lyreidus tridentatus De Haan, 1841, female, cl 46.6 mm (NIWA 6723). F, Cymonomus aequilonius Dell, 1971, female, cl 7.7 mm, cw 6.7 mm (NIWA 34966).