Myra elegans Bell, 1855

Galil, Bella S., 2007, The deep-water Calappidae, Matutidae and Leucosiidae of the Solomon Islands, with a description of a new species of Euclosia Galil, 2003 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura), Zoosystema 29 (3), pp. 555-563 : 560

Myra elegans Bell, 1855

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — SALOMON 2, stn CP 2262, 7°56.4’S, 156°51.2’E, Rendova, 460-487 m, XI.2004, 2 ♂♂ cl 11.0, 11.3 mm, 1 ovigerous ♀ cl 12.6 mm (MNHN B.30168). — Stn CP 2280, 8°38.2’S, 157°21.5’E, Rendova, 195-200 m, XI.2004, 1 juv. (MNHN B.30169). — Stn CP 2282, 8°36.7’S, 157°21.0’E, Rendova, 150-160 m, XI.2004, 1 ♂ cl 11.1 mm, 3 ovigerous ♀♀ cl 12.4, 13.3 mm, 1 juv., (MNHN B.30170).

DISTRIBUTION. — Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand, Myanmar, Bay of Bengal, 5-187 m ( Galil 2001c), new record for the Solomons and significant extension of the depth record.