Crosnierita yante (Macpherson, 1994)

Ahyong, Shane T., Taylor, Joanne & Mccallum, Anna W., 2013, New species and new records of deepwater munidid squat lobsters from north-western Australia: Onconida, Bathymunida, Crosnierita, Plesionida and Torbenella, Zootaxa 3734 (1), pp. 23-37 : 29

Crosnierita yante (Macpherson, 1994)

Munida yante Macpherson, 1994: 555 , figs 62, 97 [type locality: New Caledonia, 400 m]. Agononida yante .—Baba & de Saint Laurent 1996: 442.

Crosnierita yante .— Macpherson 1998: 353; 2000: 417; 2004: 249.—Baba 2005: 241.—Baba et al. 2008: 60.—Baba et al. 2009: 96, figs 78, 79.

Material examined. NMV J55267 , 2 males (cl 11.5 mm, pcl 7.4 mm; cl 12.6 mm, pcl 8.3 mm), Imperieuse L23 east transect, 17°35.982–38.574'S, 118°59.076– 119 °01.260'E, 222–319 m, Sherman sled, SS05/2007/63 (acq. 002), 16 Jun 2007.

Remarks. The specimens agree well with the type description of the female holotype (Macpherson 1994). The only intact cheliped (8.3 mm male; cheliped length 4.7 pcl) exhibits slight gape between the fingers, with a small blunt proximal tooth on the occlusal margin of the pollex.

Distribution. New Caledonia, Taiwan, Tonga, French Polynesia (Marquesas Islands), and now from Western Australia; 95– 487 m.