Squillalbunea scutelloides ( Garstang, 1897 ) 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

Squillalbunea scutelloides ( Garstang, 1897) , new combination

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

Albunea mariellae Serène, 1973: 261 –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.