Agononida procera Ahyong & Poore, 2004

Ahyong, Shane T., 2007, Decapod Crustacea collected by the NORFANZ Expedition: Galatheidae and Polychelidae, Zootaxa 1593, pp. 1-54 : 13

Agononida procera Ahyong & Poore, 2004

( Fig. 6 E)

Agononida procera Ahyong & Poore, 2004: 10 –13, fig. 1 [type locality: E of Broken Bay, New South Wales, Australia; 823 m]. — Machordom & Macpherson 2004: table 2. — Baba 2005: 234, 236.

Material examined. Lord Howe Rise: AM P73017, 1 female (15.7 mm), 29°13.61’S, 159°02.49’E, 740–800 m, TAN0308/56 #026, 21 May 2003; NMNZ, 1 female (14.3 mm), E of Ball’s Pyramid, 31°45.73’S, 159°20.93’E, 565–960 m, TAN0308/66 #33, 23 May 2003; NIWA 28073, 1 female (21.4 mm), 34°12.18’S, 162°41.18’E, 748–772 m, TAN0308/89 #39, 26 May 2003.

Remarks. The present specimens of A. procera agree well with the type description and extend the known range to the southern Lord Howe Rise.

Colour in life. Base colour white. Pereopods with transverse red and white bands. Carapace with diffuse orange-red markings, darkest on peaks of transverse ridges.

Distribution. Eastern Australia, the Lord Howe Rise, and New Caledonia; 450–960 m ( Ahyong & Poore 2004; Machordom & Macpherson 2004; this study).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A, Agononida eminens (Baba, 1988), male, 20.7 mm, TAN 0308 / 043 (NIWA 28055). B, C, Agononida nielbrucei Vereshchaka, 2005, female 16.1 mm, male, 8.5 mm, TAN 0308 / 154 (NIWA 28063). D, Agononida marini (Macpherson, 1994), female, 19.0 mm, TAN 0308 / 126 (NIWA 28072). E, Agononida procera Ahyong & Poore, 2004, female, 21.4 mm, TAN 0308 / 89 (NIWA 28073).