Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971

Macpherson, Enrique, 2001, New species and new records of lithodid crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the southwestern and central Pacific Ocean, Zoosystema 23 (4), pp. 797-805 : 799

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4524828
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4525232
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scientific name	Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971
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Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971 View in CoL

Neolithodes nipponensis Sakai, 1971: 7 View in CoL , figs 1a-f, pl. 8; 1976, 697, figs 378a-f, pl. 244. — Dawson 1989: 318 (list and references). — Ikeda 1998: 47, pl. 65.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Fiji. MUSORSTOM 10, stn CP 1361, 18°00.00’S, 178°53.71’W, 1058-1091 m, 13.VIII.1998, 1 ♂ 138 × 127 mm (MNHN-Pg 5942). BORDAU 1, stn CP 1458, 17°21.52’S, 179°28.00’W, 1216-1226 m, 5.III.1999, 1 ♂ 73 × 64 mm (MNHN-Pg 5943).

REMARKS

The species has previously been cited in Japan, between 200 and 950 m. This new occurrence extends the distribution range of the species southwards to Fiji, and its depth range to 1058-1091 m.