Mizunami Fossil Museum, Yamanouchi, Akeyo, Mizunami, Gifu 509-6132, Japan. E-mail:GHA06103@nifty.com The name Mursia minuta Spiridonov & Apel, 2007, was given to a living species from the Indian Ocean (Spiridonov & Apel 2007: 2870, figs. 2G, H, 4 E, F, 8C, 10A–D, 11A, B, 12A, B).

This name is preoccupied by the senior primary homonym Mursia minuta Karasawa, 1993, for a Pliocene fossil species from Japan (Karasawa 1993: 45, pl. 8, figs. 8, 10, 13, 14). In accordance with Article 60 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999: 62, 63) a

new replacement name, Mursia spiridonovi

is here proposed for Mursia minuta Spiridonov & Apel, 2007 .

It is named for V. A. Spiridonov (Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow), in honor of his pioneering work on the extant decapods.